{
 "answer": "The Town of New Haven, Vermont has 2 adopted ordinances on file: Dog Ordinance; Ordinance Regulating Livestock Running at Large, verified 2026-09-22.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-028600",
 "municipality": "New Haven",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Vermont",
 "country": "US",
 "topic": "animal_control",
 "label": "Dogs & animal control",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-09-22",
 "official_website": "http://www.newhavenvt.com/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Dog Ordinance",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.newhavenvt.com/vertical/sites/%7B95C9AC24-F92E-457E-9A2F-56C2E251493B%7D/uploads/2021_Dog_Ordinance(1).pdf",
   "summary": "Regulates dogs and wolf-hybrids in New Haven: defines 'potentially vicious' and 'vicious' dogs (biting/attacking off-owner's-premises), service animal exemption; 2021 version (prior version 2018).",
   "link_dead": false
  },
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Ordinance Regulating Livestock Running at Large",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2024-06-03",
   "document_url": "https://www.newhavenvt.com/vertical/sites/%7B95C9AC24-F92E-457E-9A2F-56C2E251493B%7D/uploads/2024_06-03_Livestock_Ordinance(1).pdf",
   "summary": "Civil ordinance to abate livestock running at large as a public nuisance; establishes impoundment procedures for loose livestock to protect motorists and public/private property. Adopted 2024-06-03.",
   "link_dead": false
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/us/vt/new-haven/animal-control/"
}