{
 "municipality_id": "gx-003155",
 "municipality": "Port Hawkesbury",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Nova Scotia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "animal_control",
 "label": "Dogs & animal control",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-05",
 "official_website": "http://www.townofporthawkesbury.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Dog By-Law",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2013-04-02",
   "document_url": "https://townofporthawkesbury.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/1600443984Dog-by-law.pdf",
   "summary": "Governs dog ownership, registration and control within the Town of Port Hawkesbury; first reading 5 Mar 2013, second reading 2 Apr 2013.",
   "capture_sha256": "39f5bcd8718483c37265d3a7ed47e77d827886daa7544afa0f0e0b814a36e868",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-05T05:14:55+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/39f5bcd8718483c37265d3a7ed47e77d827886daa7544afa0f0e0b814a36e868.pdf",
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "licence_fee": "$25.00 each spayed/neutered dog; $50.00 each non-spayed/non-neutered dog; $15.00 tag replacement",
    "leash_rule": "While off the owner's premises the dog must be kept under control by a harness or leash; tethering long enough to leave the property boundary, or being off premises without continuous restraint, is running at large",
    "fine_range": "first $60.00; second $100.00; third $150.00; subsequent $300.00-$500.00 (per 12-month period)"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_fee": "Schedule A s. 1",
    "licence_required": "s. 3",
    "leash_rule": "s. 13; s. 14",
    "fine_range": "s. 39"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/port-hawkesbury/animal-control/text-39f5bcd87184/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ns/port-hawkesbury/animal-control/"
}