{
 "answer": "The County municipality of Richmond, Nova Scotia has 1 adopted bylaw on file: Municipal Fees Policy (Council 02-036, approved Sept 23, 2025), verified 2026-10-23.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-003157",
 "municipality": "Richmond",
 "status_type": "County municipality",
 "jurisdiction": "Nova Scotia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "fees_rates",
 "label": "Fees & rates",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-10-23",
 "official_website": "https://www.richmondcounty.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Municipal Fees Policy (Council 02-036, approved Sept 23, 2025)",
   "category": "fees_rates",
   "document_type": "policy",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2025-09-23",
   "document_url": "https://www.richmondcounty.ca/council/policies/3535-council-02-36-municipal-fees-policy/file.html",
   "summary": "Council-adopted fees policy (Sept 23, 2025) for the Municipality of the County of Richmond: photocopies $0.10/page, tax certificate $20, NSF cheque $25, lifetime dog licence $45, first impoundment $100, FOIPOP request $5, taxi licence $20/yr, special event deposit $100–$2,000.",
   "discovered_by": "fees-ca",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-23",
   "capture_sha256": "55f1df22e1783b1114d2e014517ae6b6d1258f391c164e65e1271971c1dfd55e",
   "captured_at": "2026-10-23T15:16:33+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "02-036",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/55f1df22e1783b1114d2e014517ae6b6d1258f391c164e65e1271971c1dfd55e.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "schedule_scope": "Fees charged by MOCR for services, programs, regulatory functions, operations, applications, permits, licenses, service delivery, and by-law-related services or interventions.",
    "notable_fees": "Dog lifetime license/tag/registration $45.00; initial dog under one year $10.00; tax certificates $20.00; FOI access requests $5.00; special event permit deposit $100.00-$2,000.00; taxi application $10.00; taxi 12-month license $20.00."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "schedule_scope": "s. 1.1",
    "notable_fees": "s. 3.2; s. 3.3; s. 3.4; s. 3.5; s. 3.6"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/richmond/fees/policy-02-036/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ns/richmond/fees/"
}