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 "municipality_id": "gx-005761",
 "municipality": "Townsend",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Delaware",
 "country": "US",
 "topic": "animal_control",
 "label": "Dogs & animal control",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-05",
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   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Chapter 10: Animals",
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   "status": "adopted",
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   "document_url": "https://townsend.delaware.gov/files/2015/02/CH010-Chapter-10-ANIMALS.pdf",
   "summary": "Animal control ordinance requiring all dogs to be kept under restraint at all times and prohibiting animals from becoming a public nuisance.",
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   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "leash_rule": "All dogs shall be kept under restraint at all times; at large means off owner's property and not under restraint",
    "max_animals": "more than three dogs requires a licensed kennel",
    "fine_range": "not less than $25.00 or more than $50.00, nor more than $200.00 for each subsequent offense"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "Sec. 10-13",
    "leash_rule": "Sec. 10-6(a)",
    "max_animals": "Sec. 10-12",
    "fine_range": "Sec. 10-7(1)"
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}