{
 "answer": "The Town of Norwich, Vermont has 1 adopted ordinance on file: Ordinance Regulating Dogs, Wolf-Hybrids, and Domestic Pets (2025), verified 2026-09-22.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-028613",
 "municipality": "Norwich",
 "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.norwich.vt.us",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Ordinance Regulating Dogs, Wolf-Hybrids, and Domestic Pets (2025)",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2025-07-23",
   "document_url": "https://norwich.vt.us/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Animal-Control-Ordinance-23Jul2025-SIGNED.pdf",
   "summary": "Current dog/wolf-hybrid control ordinance: licensing, leashing/running-at-large, nuisance barking (60+ min), rabies/bite handling, impoundment, potentially-vicious-dog rules, recreation-area leash rules, civil penalties.",
   "link_dead": false
  },
  {
   "primary": false,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Code of Ordinances Ch. 12 - Animal Control (2017 codification, superseded)",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "code_chapter",
   "status": "repealed",
   "adopted_date": "2017-11-15",
   "document_url": "https://norwich.vt.us/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Norwich-Codification-SB-Approved-2017-11-15.pdf",
   "summary": "Prior (2017-codified) animal control chapter covering dog/wolf-hybrid licensing, at-large and nuisance rules, rabies bite protocol, impoundment and appeals; superseded in substance by the 2025 Ordinance Regulating Dogs, Wolf-Hybrids and Domestic Pets.",
   "link_dead": false
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/us/vt/norwich/animal-control/"
}