{
 "municipality_id": "gx-001713",
 "municipality": "Prescott",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "animal_control",
 "label": "Dogs & animal control",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-10",
 "official_website": "http://www.prescott.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "By-law No. 05-2021 - Animal Control By-law",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2021-02-01",
   "document_url": "https://www.prescott.ca/media/ujapqmsv/by-law-05-2021-animal-control-bylaw.pdf",
   "summary": "Town of Prescott By-law No. 05-2021 providing for the licensing and registering of animals, prohibiting running at large, regulating kennels and the keeping of animals. Read and passed, signed and sealed February 1, 2021.",
   "capture_sha256": "483a3516ef15440d324e467f213888d2b2ff869b92ce89c3d1f70fb65811580a",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-10T22:04:10+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/483a3516ef15440d324e467f213888d2b2ff869b92ce89c3d1f70fb65811580a.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "licence_fee": "$20.00 first time; $18.00 2nd and subsequent (no tag); $5.00 replacement tag; yearly",
    "leash_rule": "Animals must be under control and on a leash at all times when not on the owner's property.",
    "max_animals": "Not more than 3 dogs or 4 cats, with a combined household maximum of 5 dogs and cats, per dwelling unit.",
    "fine_range": "$110.00–$210.00"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "s. 2(a)",
    "licence_fee": "Schedule of Animal License and Tag Fees",
    "leash_rule": "s. 5(c)",
    "max_animals": "s. 1(a)",
    "fine_range": "Schedule of Set Fines"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/prescott/animal-control/text-483a3516ef15/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/prescott/animal-control/"
}