{
 "answer": "The Town of Hardwick, Vermont has 1 adopted ordinance on file: Hardwick Dog Control Ordinance, verified 2026-09-22.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-028547",
 "municipality": "Hardwick",
 "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": "Hardwick Dog Control Ordinance",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://hardwickvt.gov/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Final-Hardwick-Dog-Ordinance-2017.pdf",
   "summary": "Regulates keeping/leashing of dogs and wolf-hybrids, impoundment, restorative-justice option for first-time complaints, tiered penalties. Filename indicates 2017; exact signature date illegible via OCR.",
   "link_dead": false
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/us/vt/hardwick/animal-control/"
}