{
 "municipality_id": "gx-005756",
 "municipality": "Seaford",
 "status_type": "City",
 "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": "Chapter 3: Animals",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "code_chapter",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2013-11-26",
   "document_url": "https://cdnsm5-hosted.civiclive.com/UserFiles/Servers/Server_16487754/File/Government/Departments%20and%20Offices/Code/City%20Code/Chapter%203%20ANIMALS%20(created%202013%2011%2027%20by%20JEL).pdf",
   "summary": "Animal control ordinance: max 3 dogs and 5 cats per lot (total 5 combined), rabies vaccination, leash laws, dangerous/vicious dog rules, tethering restrictions (no 8 p.m.–8 a.m.), cat spay/neuter over 6 months.",
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   "captured_at": "2026-06-07T03:40:14+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/6bd1971c57949f34600925451d9af230d9fcc658fc6a8efe9f96d8fb77717ab6.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "leash_rule": "Leashes required for any dog not confined; dog must be securely attached to a leash no more than twelve feet in length; no dog permitted to run at large at any time.",
    "max_animals": "No more than three (3) dogs, nor more than five (5) cats; combined cats and dogs not to exceed five (5) on any residential lot",
    "fine_range": "fined not less than fifty dollars ($50) and not more than three hundred dollars ($300) for each offense; subsequent offense within twelve months not less than three hundred dollars ($300) and not more than five hundred dollars ($500)"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "§ 3.5.4",
    "leash_rule": "§ 3.5.10",
    "max_animals": "§ 3.2.18",
    "fine_range": "§ 3.1.13"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/us/de/seaford/animal-control/text-6bd1971c5794/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
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 "source": "https://govanswers.org/us/de/seaford/animal-control/"
}