{
 "municipality_id": "gx-001601",
 "municipality": "Laurentian Valley",
 "status_type": "Township",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "animal_control",
 "label": "Dogs & animal control",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-09",
 "official_website": "http://www.lvtownship.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "By-law 2017-09-036 - Animal Control",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.lvtownship.ca/en/lv-government-services/resources/Documents/2017-09-036-Animal-Control-Bylaw-2006-01-271-UA-FINAL.pdf",
   "summary": "Regulates keeping, control, licensing, identification, restraint, and impoundment of animals in Laurentian Valley.",
   "capture_sha256": "6fa64df4f9c7a15faf82ff3917a9ef51adaf9078c126ea1f5678275edfe30e4a",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-10T22:04:10+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/6fa64df4f9c7a15faf82ff3917a9ef51adaf9078c126ea1f5678275edfe30e4a.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "licence_fee": "Sterilized: $15.00 (before Mar 31) / $25.00 (after Mar 31); Unsterilized: $20.00 (before Mar 31) / $30.00 (after Mar 31); Dangerous Dog: $500.00; Service Dogs: $0.00",
    "leash_rule": "Every person shall control a dog while off its own property with a leash held in hand or affixed to an immovable structure.",
    "max_animals": "Kennel licence required for more than 4 dogs; farms exempt for up to 5 dogs/cats combined",
    "fine_range": "$100.00 (no dog/cat tag) to $1,500.00 (no rabies immunization); set fines range from $100 to $1,500"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "s. 4(a)",
    "licence_fee": "s. 4(b) fee schedule",
    "leash_rule": "s. 10",
    "max_animals": "s. 2(n) (kennel definition); s. 14(b)(i) (farm exemption)",
    "fine_range": "Appendix C, Column 3"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/laurentian-valley/animal-control/text-6fa64df4f9c7/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/laurentian-valley/animal-control/"
}