{
 "answer": "In the Municipality of Saint-Albert, Quebec, licence required: True; licence fee: 30 $ (chien); 15 $ (chat); première année gratuite si micropucé; leash rule: All dogs must be on leash at all times; max 1.85 m in public; off-leash allowed in exercise areas or on fenced terrain; max animals: Max 4 animals per dwelling unit, including max 2 dogs or max 4 cats; written authorization required to exceed limit. Source: Règlement 2023-09 concernant les animaux (réglementation uniformisée SPAA), verified 2026-06-13.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-002477",
 "municipality": "Saint-Albert",
 "status_type": "Municipality",
 "jurisdiction": "Quebec",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "animal_control",
 "label": "Dogs & animal control",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-13",
 "official_website": "https://www.munstalbert.ca",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Règlement 2023-09 concernant les animaux (réglementation uniformisée SPAA)",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.munstalbert.ca/upload/medias/82fd83-reglementation-uniformisee-spaa-st-albert.pdf",
   "summary": "Règlement adopté concernant la garde et le contrôle des animaux sur le territoire de Saint-Albert (entente SPAA).",
   "capture_sha256": "f5d8b6978ba3a968d03734d2d57915542cdda70bd608e31249f291e6c7a5afb7",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-14T21:05:42+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/f5d8b6978ba3a968d03734d2d57915542cdda70bd608e31249f291e6c7a5afb7.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "licence_fee": "30 $ (chien); 15 $ (chat); première année gratuite si micropucé",
    "leash_rule": "All dogs must be on leash at all times; max 1.85 m in public; off-leash allowed in exercise areas or on fenced terrain",
    "max_animals": "Max 4 animals per dwelling unit, including max 2 dogs or max 4 cats; written authorization required to exceed limit",
    "fine_range": "$250–$750 (general); $500–$1,500; $1,000–$2,500; $2,500–$62,500 (natural persons) / $5,000–$125,000 (others) for animal welfare violations; doubled for first recidivism, tripled thereafter"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "art. 20.1: \"Nul ne peut garder un chien... à moins de l'avoir enregistré\"",
    "licence_fee": "art. 30.1a–b; art. 20.10",
    "leash_rule": "art. 21.2: \"Tout chien doit être constamment tenu au moyen d'une laisse\"",
    "max_animals": "art. 10.1: \"plus de quatre (4) animaux, dont un maximum de deux (2) chiens\"",
    "fine_range": "art. 31.1, 31.3, 31.10"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/qc/saint-albert/animal-control/text-f5d8b6978ba3/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/qc/saint-albert/animal-control/"
}