{
 "municipality_id": "gx-003155",
 "municipality": "Port Hawkesbury",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Nova Scotia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "tax_assessment",
 "label": "Property tax & assessment",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-05",
 "official_website": "http://www.townofporthawkesbury.ca/",
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   "title": "Deed Transfer Tax Bylaw",
   "category": "tax_assessment",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2012-10-18",
   "document_url": "https://townofporthawkesbury.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/1600443874Deed-Transfer-Tax-by-law.pdf",
   "summary": "Town of Port Hawkesbury bylaw imposing a deed transfer tax on real property transfers within the town.",
   "capture_sha256": "3258d583befe8537f49aa293724c6d6893e9cb4ec21fa209bca958bd3f15847c",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-08T01:09:19+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/3258d583befe8537f49aa293724c6d6893e9cb4ec21fa209bca958bd3f15847c.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "tax_rate": "one and one-half percent (1.5 %)"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "tax_rate": "s. 4"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/port-hawkesbury/property-tax/text-3258d583befe/",
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 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ns/port-hawkesbury/property-tax/"
}