{
 "municipality_id": "gx-005754",
 "municipality": "Odessa",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Delaware",
 "country": "US",
 "topic": "animal_control",
 "label": "Dogs & animal control",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-05",
 "official_website": null,
 "documents": [
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   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Ordinance 83-7: Proper Control of Dogs Within Town Limits",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://odessa.delaware.gov/files/2021/06/83-7-Proper-Control-of-Dogs-Within-Town-Limits.pdf",
   "summary": "Requires dogs to be under control within town limits; addresses running at large and nuisance. (adopted 1983-01-01 per source)",
   "capture_sha256": "018c93ecbd9896b9bc876d52073bb648a005f2031e4b5c6750c7d7642fb088d5",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-07T03:40:14+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/018c93ecbd9896b9bc876d52073bb648a005f2031e4b5c6750c7d7642fb088d5.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "leash_rule": "Unlawful for any dog to run at large within the Town Limits at any time, regardless of state registration.",
    "fine_range": "not more than ten dollars ($10.00) and costs for the first offense, not more than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for the second offense and not more than fifty dollars ($50.00) for each offense thereafter"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "leash_rule": "Section 1",
    "fine_range": "Section 2"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/us/de/odessa/animal-control/text-018c93ecbd98/",
   "transcript_quality": "ocr"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/us/de/odessa/animal-control/"
}