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 "municipality_id": "gx-001545",
 "municipality": "Hanover",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "animal_control",
 "label": "Dogs & animal control",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-09",
 "official_website": "http://www.hanover.ca/",
 "documents": [
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   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Animal Control Responsible Ownership By-law 2819-13",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.hanover.ca/media/369",
   "summary": "Official Hanover by-law text regulating animal control and responsible ownership.",
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   "captured_at": "2026-06-10T22:04:10+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/c1b4bddd7e2e51084aa596a8274fc5b6faa3e3496912120d5da0199562530caf.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "licence_fee": "Dog: $15.00-$30.00 (before Mar 31), $25.00-$45.00 (after); Cat: $30.00-$40.00; Service dog: no charge",
    "leash_rule": "Dogs must not run at large; must be under control of competent person by means of a leash off owner's premises.",
    "max_animals": "three (3) dogs; three (3) cats",
    "fine_range": "not exceeding $5,000; maximum not exceeding $100,000"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "s. 5.1",
    "licence_fee": "Schedule 'A'; s. 5.13",
    "leash_rule": "s. 9.1",
    "max_animals": "s. 7.1; s. 16.1",
    "fine_range": "s. 24.1; s. 24.3"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/hanover/animal-control/text-c1b4bddd7e2e/",
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  }
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 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/hanover/animal-control/"
}