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 "municipality_id": "gx-003144",
 "municipality": "Kings",
 "status_type": "County municipality",
 "jurisdiction": "Nova Scotia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "animal_control",
 "label": "Dogs & animal control",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-05",
 "official_website": "https://www.countyofkings.ca/",
 "documents": [
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   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "By-law 12A — Animal Control",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.countyofkings.ca/upload/All_Uploads/COUNCIL/Bylaws/By-law%2012A%20Animal%20Control.pdf",
   "summary": "Animal Control By-law for the Municipality of the County of Kings (animals including livestock and urban chickens; excludes cats and dogs covered separately).",
   "capture_sha256": "91a84369c762d3c47a70d03643bc6e3e6d34b438977757eb2ec0784751d88f75",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-05T05:14:55+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/91a84369c762d3c47a70d03643bc6e3e6d34b438977757eb2ec0784751d88f75.pdf",
   "facts": {
    "leash_rule": "Animal, Cat or Urban Chicken runs at large when found in any place other than the owner's premises and not under apparent restraint or control of some person",
    "fine_range": "not less than One Hundred dollars ($100.00) and not more than Five Thousand dollars ($5,000.00)"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "leash_rule": "s. 15",
    "fine_range": "s. 25"
   },
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   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
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   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "By-law 71A — Dog",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.countyofkings.ca/upload/All_Uploads/COUNCIL/Bylaws/By-law%2071A%20Dog.pdf",
   "summary": "Dog By-law for the Municipality of the County of Kings covering dog registration, fees, and control requirements.",
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   "captured_at": "2026-06-05T05:14:55+00:00",
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   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/b44b86984f41be112c38c8e2e8abb7bccc153fbd0f535a0bf8ed3576af5eb7aa.pdf",
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "licence_fee": "annual registration fee per dog as set out in the Policy for Fees (amount not stated); reduced 50% if acquired after June 30; lost tag replacement $5.00",
    "leash_rule": "Dog runs at large when off owner's property without apparent restraint or control; in hamlets and growth centres, without control by means of a harness or leash",
    "fine_range": "not less than One Hundred dollars ($100.00) and not more than Five Thousand dollars ($5,000.00)"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
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    "licence_fee": "s. 4(a)(c); s. 6",
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   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/kings/animal-control/text-b44b86984f41/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
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 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ns/kings/animal-control/"
}