{
 "municipality_id": "gx-005745",
 "municipality": "Middletown",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Delaware",
 "country": "US",
 "topic": "business_licensing",
 "label": "Business licences & permits",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-05",
 "official_website": null,
 "documents": [
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   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Chapter 45: Business Licenses — Town of Middletown, DE",
   "category": "business_licensing",
   "document_type": "code_chapter",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2022-12-05",
   "document_url": "https://ecode360.com/7145593",
   "summary": "Requires annual business licenses for all businesses operating in Middletown; fees computed per Chart A rate schedule; repealed and replaced prior chapter. Adopted by Ordinance No. 22-11-03 on December 5, 2022.",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-08T01:09:19+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 429,
   "capture_note": "fetch failed/blocked; not snapshotted",
   "link_dead": false
  }
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 "source": "https://govanswers.org/us/de/middletown/business-licensing/"
}