{
 "answer": "The Town of Athens, Vermont has 1 adopted ordinance on file: Dog Ordinance (2004), verified 2026-09-22.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-028458",
 "municipality": "Athens",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Vermont",
 "country": "US",
 "topic": "animal_control",
 "label": "Dogs & animal control",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-09-22",
 "official_website": "https://www.athensvt.com/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Dog Ordinance (2004)",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.athensvt.com/uploads/1/3/1/3/131385459/dog_ordinance_2004.pdf",
   "summary": "Town of Athens dog-control ordinance (per filename, from 2004). Document is a scanned image with no extractable text layer; confirmed as a genuine, sizeable PDF via pdfinfo.",
   "link_dead": false
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/us/vt/athens/animal-control/"
}