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 "municipality_id": "gx-001779",
 "municipality": "Tay",
 "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.tay.ca/",
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   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Animals at Large",
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   "document_url": "https://www.tay.ca/media/x5snwsxn/animals-at-large-by-law.pdf",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "summary": "Official Tay Township animals-at-large by-law PDF linked from the by-laws page.",
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   "captured_at": "2026-06-10T22:04:10+00:00",
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   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "leash_rule": "No owner shall permit an animal to be at large (found off premises and not under control of any person).",
    "fine_range": "$125.00 per offence (set fine); minimum $500, maximum $100,000 on conviction"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "leash_rule": "s. 2.1; \"At Large\" means found at a place other than the premises",
    "fine_range": "Schedule 'A', Column 3; s. 7.2"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/tay/animal-control/text-5e892e10a701/",
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   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Canine Control & Dog Licensing",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "document_url": "https://www.tay.ca/media/nsplj4lk/by-law-2025-10.pdf",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "summary": "Official Tay Township canine control and dog licensing by-law PDF linked from the by-laws page.",
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    "licence_required": true,
    "leash_rule": "dog must be leashed and under the control of a person when on Township land, unless consent given by the landowner",
    "max_animals": "2 dogs per dwelling unit; kennel licence required for more than 2",
    "fine_range": "Set fines $150–$300 (Schedule 'A'); on conviction minimum fine shall not exceed $500 and maximum fine shall not exceed $100,000; continuous/multiple offences not exceeding $10,000 per day"
   },
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    "max_animals": "s. 2.1",
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   },
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 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/tay/animal-control/"
}