{
 "answer": "The Town of Montgomery, Vermont has 1 adopted ordinance on file: Town of Montgomery Dog Ordinance (including Wolf-Hybrids), verified 2026-09-22.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-028592",
 "municipality": "Montgomery",
 "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": "Town of Montgomery Dog Ordinance (including Wolf-Hybrids)",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2012-10-01",
   "document_url": "https://montgomeryvt.us/doc/dog-ordinance-10-1-12",
   "summary": "Regulates dogs (and wolf-hybrids): barking/howling, collar requirement, dogs at large, dogs in heat, dogs pursuing deer/moose, dogs that have bitten persons, and licensing. Originally effective July 21, 1980; amended through Oct 1, 2012. Note: text references a separate Pit Bull ordinance not found on the current site.",
   "link_dead": false
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/us/vt/montgomery/animal-control/"
}