{
 "municipality_id": "gx-018356",
 "municipality": "Wells",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "Nevada",
 "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": "Dangerous or Vicious Animals (7-5-14)",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "code_chapter",
   "status": "adopted",
   "document_url": "https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/wellsnv/latest/wells_nv/0-0-0-18793",
   "summary": "Defines dangerous/vicious animals; requires 14-day confinement after a bite; mandates humane destruction if rabid or uncontrollably vicious; prohibits keeping vicious animals.",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-07T16:30:53+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 403,
   "capture_note": "fetch failed/blocked; not snapshotted",
   "link_dead": false
  },
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Impounding Large Animals (7-5-24)",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "code_chapter",
   "status": "adopted",
   "document_url": "https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/wellsnv/latest/wells_nv/0-0-0-18854",
   "summary": "Authorizes animal control to impound large animals (horses, cows, sheep, etc.) and allows officers to notify owners to remove animals before impoundment; owner liable for costs.",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-07T16:30:53+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 403,
   "capture_note": "fetch failed/blocked; not snapshotted",
   "link_dead": false
  },
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Keeping of Backyard Chickens (7-5-40)",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "code_chapter",
   "status": "adopted",
   "document_url": "https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/wellsnv/latest/wells_nv/0-0-0-25254",
   "summary": "Allows up to 4 backyard hens in R-1 and R-2 zones; prohibits roosters, on-site slaughtering, and sales; mandates coop/run setbacks, sanitation, and rodent-proof feed storage.",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-07T16:30:53+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 403,
   "capture_note": "fetch failed/blocked; not snapshotted",
   "link_dead": false
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/us/nv/wells/animal-control/"
}