{
 "municipality_id": "gx-003100",
 "municipality": "Rothesay",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "New Brunswick",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "animal_control",
 "label": "Dogs & animal control",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-05",
 "official_website": "https://www.rothesay.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "By-Law 01-12: Animal Control Bylaw",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2012-04-10",
   "document_url": "https://www.rothesay.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/01-12-Animal-Control-Bylaw.pdf",
   "summary": "Regulates dogs and animals including licensing, leashing and impoundment. Third reading and enactment 10 April 2012 (PDF text confirmed).",
   "capture_sha256": "a61e6ea3e84b8c0f055985c70c931c20c64157f637dc1f7a5dfabefb0cc9e6ec",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-07T16:30:53+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/a61e6ea3e84b8c0f055985c70c931c20c64157f637dc1f7a5dfabefb0cc9e6ec.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "licence_fee": "Free; Replacement Tag $10; Dangerous Dog Licence $100",
    "leash_rule": "Animals in public must be secured by a leash with maximum length of two (2) meters.",
    "fine_range": "$35–$200 (1st offense); doubled for each additional offense"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "s. 5: 'every owner of a dog or a cat shall: a) license with the Clerk'",
    "licence_fee": "Schedule \"A\": Animal Licence Free; Replacement Tag $10; Dangerous Dog Licence $100",
    "leash_rule": "s. 2(s)(iv): 'in a public place and is not secured by a leash having a maximum length of two (2) meters'",
    "fine_range": "Schedule \"A\": fines range $35 (any other offense) to $200 (operating kennel without licence); 'For each additional offense, the fines will be doubled'"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/nb/rothesay/animal-control/text-a61e6ea3e84b/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/nb/rothesay/animal-control/"
}