{
 "answer": "The Town of Brighton, Vermont has 1 adopted ordinance on file: Civil Animal Control Ordinance, verified 2026-09-22.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-028482",
 "municipality": "Brighton",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Vermont",
 "country": "US",
 "topic": "animal_control",
 "label": "Dogs & animal control",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-09-22",
 "official_website": null,
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Civil Animal Control Ordinance",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://brightonvt.org/ordinances/civil-animal-control/",
   "summary": "Regulates keeping of dogs, cats and wolf-hybrids: running-at-large, leash rules, owner responsibility, and penalties. Amends the original Animal Control Ordinance adopted 1998-05-21 (amendment itself undated on the page).",
   "link_dead": false
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/us/vt/brighton/animal-control/"
}