{
 "municipality_id": "gx-001659",
 "municipality": "Nipissing",
 "status_type": "Township",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "animal_control",
 "label": "Dogs & animal control",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-10",
 "official_website": "http://www.nipissingtownship.com/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "By-law No. 2022-42 - Dog By-law",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2022-09-20",
   "document_url": "https://nipissingtownship.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2022-42-Dog-ByLaw.pdf",
   "summary": "Adopted Township of Nipissing By-law 2022-42 regulating the keeping and registration of dogs (tags, kennels, dangerous dogs, impoundment). Confirmed via OCR; passed 20 September 2022.",
   "capture_sha256": "45a64d546f0d708865e6049c84e3ca96adfdc0cc6a70245a0daebd6bd58e9bf0",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-10T22:04:10+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/45a64d546f0d708865e6049c84e3ca96adfdc0cc6a70245a0daebd6bd58e9bf0.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "licence_fee": "$10.00 (one dog); $20.00 each (2nd–4th dog); after March 31: $20.00 (one dog), $30.00 each (2nd–4th dog); kennel licence $75.00 / $100.00 after March 31",
    "leash_rule": "Dog must be on a leash not exceeding 1.8 metres, held under effective control of a competent person.",
    "max_animals": "No more than four dogs per dwelling unit or premises",
    "fine_range": "$50.00–$300.00 (set fines); general penalty per Provincial Offences Act s. 15.1"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "s. 4.1",
    "licence_fee": "Schedule \"A\" - TAGS AND LICENSES",
    "leash_rule": "s. 10.4; s. 1.14 \"a restraint not exceeding 1.8 metres\"",
    "max_animals": "s. 9.1",
    "fine_range": "Schedule B TO DOG CONTROL BY-LAW 2022-42"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/nipissing/animal-control/text-45a64d546f0d/",
   "transcript_quality": "ocr"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/nipissing/animal-control/"
}