{
 "municipality_id": "gx-003124",
 "municipality": "Annapolis Royal",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Nova Scotia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "animal_control",
 "label": "Dogs & animal control",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-05",
 "official_website": "https://annapolisroyal.com/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Dog By-law No. 206",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://annapolisroyal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Dog-By-law-206-Signed-August.pdf",
   "summary": "Dog By-Law #206 of the Town of Annapolis Royal; covers at-large dogs, leashing, and control of nuisance dogs. PDF opened (scanned) and jurisdiction/title confirmed via OCR.",
   "capture_sha256": "f72dd1684437e9f03b40d4591760df224b9b83c744ad7fdece5101bc67aadb0d",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-05T05:14:55+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/f72dd1684437e9f03b40d4591760df224b9b83c744ad7fdece5101bc67aadb0d.pdf",
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": false,
    "leash_rule": "Dog at large = off owner's premises without leash or effective care and control; owner liable if dog runs at large",
    "fine_range": "$200-$1,000 first offence; $300-$1,000 second; $400-$1,000 third or subsequent"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "s. 3",
    "leash_rule": "Definitions (1) \"at large\"; s. 10(1)",
    "fine_range": "s. 29 Penalty"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/annapolis-royal/animal-control/text-f72dd1684437/",
   "transcript_quality": "ocr"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ns/annapolis-royal/animal-control/"
}