{
 "answer": "The Town of Marshfield, Vermont has 1 adopted ordinance on file: Town of Marshfield Civil Ordinance #7, Regulating Livestock Running at Large, Adopted September 21, 2021, verified 2026-09-22.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-028584",
 "municipality": "Marshfield",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Vermont",
 "country": "US",
 "topic": "backyard_animals",
 "label": "Backyard hens & livestock",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-09-22",
 "official_website": "http://www.town.marshfield.vt.us/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Town of Marshfield Civil Ordinance #7, Regulating Livestock Running at Large, Adopted September 21, 2021",
   "category": "backyard_animals",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2021-09-21",
   "document_url": "https://www.town.marshfield.vt.us/vertical/sites/%7BDE838A07-5D57-4E6F-95DF-7C05B7FB1126%7D/uploads/Ordinance_7_Livestock_Ordinance_adopted_092121.pdf",
   "summary": "Declares livestock running at large a public nuisance and establishes impoundment regulations under 24 V.S.A. Section 2291(14)-(15).",
   "document_number": "7",
   "link_dead": false
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/us/vt/marshfield-town/backyard-hens/"
}