{
 "answer": "The Town of Richmond, Vermont has 1 adopted ordinance on file: Town of Richmond Animal Control Ordinance (2015-04), verified 2026-09-22.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-028636",
 "municipality": "Richmond",
 "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 Richmond Animal Control Ordinance (2015-04)",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.richmondvt.gov/fileadmin/files/General/2025/02/2015-04_Animal_Control_Ordinance_signed.pdf",
   "summary": "Regulates keeping/leashing/muzzling of dogs and wolf-hybrids, running at large, impoundment, and Selectboard vicious-dog hearings. Ordinance number 2015-04 indicates 2015 adoption; exact adoption date not visible on the scanned signature page.",
   "document_number": "2015-04",
   "link_dead": false
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/us/vt/richmond/animal-control/"
}