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 "municipality_id": "gx-005760",
 "municipality": "South Bethany",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Delaware",
 "country": "US",
 "topic": "business_licensing",
 "label": "Business licences & permits",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-05",
 "official_website": null,
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   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "South Bethany Ordinance 204-21 — Amending Mercantile/Rental License",
   "category": "business_licensing",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2021-12-17",
   "document_url": "https://southbethany.delaware.gov/files/2022/04/Ordinance-204-21Amending-Mercantile.Rentallicense.pdf",
   "summary": "Ordinance amending South Bethany's mercantile and rental licence provisions. PDF metadata shows creation date December 17, 2021. Governs business/rental licensing within the town.",
   "capture_sha256": "7c15cf9aeb245f46e8b559d64167a1ceb27ae46f312af9c00f2e3679bb575920",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-08T01:09:19+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/7c15cf9aeb245f46e8b559d64167a1ceb27ae46f312af9c00f2e3679bb575920.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "who_must_license": "Persons engaged in business for profit within corporate limits and property owners leasing residential or commercial property.",
    "renewal": "Annual (May 1-April 30 or Jan 1-Dec 31), six month, thirty-day"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "§ 84-2 Scope",
    "who_must_license": "§ 84-2 Scope; § 84-13 A",
    "renewal": "§ 84-2 Scope; § 84-3. Definitions."
   },
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 "source": "https://govanswers.org/us/de/south-bethany/business-licensing/"
}