{
 "answer": "The Town of Chelsea, Vermont has 1 adopted ordinance on file: Ordinance Regulating Dogs and Wolf-Hybrids, verified 2026-09-22.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-028499",
 "municipality": "Chelsea",
 "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.chelseavt.org",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Ordinance Regulating Dogs and Wolf-Hybrids",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.chelseavt.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Signed_Certified_Dog_Ordinance_2017.pdf",
   "summary": "Regulates leashing, muzzling, restraint, impoundment/destruction, and running at large of dogs and wolf-hybrids; includes a rabies-suspect and bite-hearing procedure. Town Clerk's certified-true-copy stamp is dated September 25, 2017 (exact Selectboard adoption date illegible on the scanned history page).",
   "link_dead": false
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/us/vt/chelsea/animal-control/"
}