{
 "answer": "In the Township of Lanark Highlands, Ontario, property tax & assessment rules are set by By-law No. 2026-2025 — Being a By-law to Adopt the Tax Rates for 2026, verified 2026-10-19. Due dates: Friday, August 28, 2026 and Thursday, October 29, 2026.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001597",
 "municipality": "Lanark Highlands",
 "status_type": "Township",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "tax_assessment",
 "label": "Property tax & assessment",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-10-19",
 "official_website": "https://www.lanarkhighlands.ca/",
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   "title": "By-law No. 2026-2025 — Being a By-law to Adopt the Tax Rates for 2026",
   "category": "tax_assessment",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2026-04-14",
   "document_url": "https://www.lanarkhighlands.ca/component/edocman/2026-tax-rates/viewdocument/340?Itemid=0",
   "summary": "Township of Lanark Highlands 2026 tax rates by-law (s.312), enacted April 14, 2026 (scanned; number not legible, OCR read 2026-2025). Final instalments Aug 28 and a second date; 1.25% monthly penalty.",
   "discovered_by": "on-proptax",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-15",
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   "captured_at": "2026-10-16T01:27:38+00:00",
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   "document_number": "2026-2025",
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   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "tax_rate": "Residential: municipal 0.00575526, policing 0.00129290, county 0.00420400; Multi-Residential: 0.01135703, 0.00255132, 0.00829588; Commercial: 0.01060653, 0.00238273, 0.00774767; Industrial: 0.01457021, 0.00327316, 0.01064299; Farmland: 0.00143881, 0.00032323, 0.00105100; Managed Forest: 0.00143881, 0.00032323, 0.00105100; Aggregate Extraction: 0.01185584, 0.00266338, 0.00866024; Landfill: 0.00709307, 0.00159344, 0.00518122",
    "due_dates": "Friday, August 28, 2026 and Thursday, October 29, 2026",
    "penalty_interest": "Penalty: 1.25% of unpaid taxes on first day of calendar month following due date and further 1.25% monthly until December 31, 2026; interest: 1.25% on January 1, 2027 and monthly thereafter if unpaid"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "tax_rate": "s. 1",
    "due_dates": "s. 3",
    "penalty_interest": "s. 4; s. 5"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/lanark-highlands/property-tax/bylaw-2026-2025/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
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   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Lanark Highlands Property Taxes page (2026 due dates)",
   "category": "tax_assessment",
   "document_type": "announcement",
   "status": "n/a",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.lanarkhighlands.ca/services-payments/property-taxes",
   "summary": "Interim due Feb 26 and Apr 29, 2026; final due Aug 28 and Oct 29, 2026.",
   "discovered_by": "on-proptax",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-15",
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   "captured_at": "2026-10-16T01:27:38+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
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   "link_dead": false,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/lanark-highlands/property-tax/lanark-highlands-property-taxes-page/",
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  },
  {
   "primary": false,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Lanark Highlands Tax Rates page (2018-2026 rate documents)",
   "category": "tax_assessment",
   "document_type": "announcement",
   "status": "n/a",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.lanarkhighlands.ca/services-payments/property-taxes/tax-rates",
   "summary": "Lists yearly tax rate documents; total rate combines township, county and education rates.",
   "discovered_by": "on-proptax",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-15",
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   "captured_at": "2026-10-16T01:27:38+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/9da9860e89442e5bf6a62a0dcc4673f124145cd5d36aa1f72731a679f11ba215.html",
   "link_dead": false,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/lanark-highlands/property-tax/lanark-highlands-tax-rates-page/",
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 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/lanark-highlands/property-tax/"
}