{
 "answer": "The Town of Middlesex, Vermont has 1 adopted ordinance on file: Dog and Wolf-Hybrid Ordinance, verified 2026-09-22.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-028588",
 "municipality": "Middlesex",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Vermont",
 "country": "US",
 "topic": "animal_control",
 "label": "Dogs & animal control",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-09-22",
 "official_website": "https://middlesexvermont.org/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Dog and Wolf-Hybrid Ordinance",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2016-06-15",
   "document_url": "http://web.archive.org/web/20240624064142/http://middlesexvermont.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/2016-Revised-Dog-Ordinance.pdf",
   "summary": "Regulates keeping of dogs (incl. wolf-hybrids and working farm dogs): leashing/restraint, 'running at large' prohibition, collar/license requirement, impoundment, vicious-dog investigation, and penalties. Effective 2016-06-15.",
   "link_dead": false
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/us/vt/middlesex/animal-control/"
}