{
 "answer": "The Town of Bridgewater, Vermont has 1 adopted ordinance on file: Town of Bridgewater Dog Ordinance, verified 2026-09-22.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-028480",
 "municipality": "Bridgewater",
 "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.bridgewater.vt.gov/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Town of Bridgewater Dog Ordinance",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2019-09-10",
   "document_url": "https://www.bridgewater.vt.gov/vertical/sites/%7B562C3348-6A49-4470-9BE0-69A4BB072D18%7D/uploads/Dog_Ordinance_2019(1).pdf",
   "summary": "Regulates keeping of dogs/wolf-hybrids: licensing, leashing, muzzling, restraint, impoundment; tiered civil penalties $100-$500 per offense. Adopted 2019-09-10, repealing a 2002-09-04 predecessor ordinance.",
   "link_dead": false
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/us/vt/bridgewater/animal-control/"
}