{
 "municipality_id": "gx-001640",
 "municipality": "Minto",
 "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.town.minto.on.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Dog Licensing By-law 2019-39",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://minto.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/By-Laws/Animal-By-Laws/Dog-Licensing-By-Law-2019-39.pdf",
   "summary": "Regulates dog licensing and related animal control matters in Minto.",
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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/88f79e7577f221932ed770a959b54bfdce98f9f2d8d0c4df9c07aeecdfef7ead.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "licence_fee": "$20.00 per dog before April 1; $35.00 per dog after March 31 (first, second and third dog); $5.00 replacement tag; Guide/Special Assistance Dogs exempt",
    "leash_rule": "Dogs must be on leash and under control of a competent person when off owner's property; leash must not exceed 1.98 m (6'6\")",
    "max_animals": "No more than 3 dogs per property (exceptions: animal hospitals, pet stores, humane society/pound, dogs under 12 weeks)",
    "fine_range": "$100.00 to $500.00 (set fines including costs)"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "s. C.1.a)",
    "licence_fee": "Schedule \"A\"; s. C.9 (Guide Dog exemption)",
    "leash_rule": "s. E.1; s. E.2; s. L.12",
    "max_animals": "s. M.2",
    "fine_range": "Set Fines Application (Column 3)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/minto/animal-control/text-88f79e7577f2/",
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 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/minto/animal-control/"
}