{
 "answer": "The Town of Rockingham, Vermont has 2 adopted ordinances on file: Designation of \"No Dog Areas\" (under Animal Control Ordinance Sec. 4.7); Rockingham Animal Control Ordinance, verified 2026-09-22.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-028639",
 "municipality": "Rockingham",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Vermont",
 "country": "US",
 "topic": "animal_control",
 "label": "Dogs & animal control",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-09-22",
 "official_website": "https://www.rockinghamvt.org/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Designation of \"No Dog Areas\" (under Animal Control Ordinance Sec. 4.7)",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2009-06-16",
   "document_url": "https://www.rockinghamvt.org/api/blob/viewBlob?rf=t&i=vZtKBqOhoCFt0mNa3qZW5ctsIX3rkJRZnqENRtLCJNAML5K4mHXHCnH8rgbnftOu",
   "summary": "Selectboard designation of public places (playgrounds, cemeteries) and special events (Old Home Days) as no-dog or leash-required areas under the Animal Control Ordinance.",
   "link_dead": false
  },
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Rockingham Animal Control Ordinance",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2008-10-07",
   "document_url": "https://www.rockinghamvt.org/api/blob/viewBlob?rf=t&i=vZtKBqOhoCFt0mNa3qZW5Qf9l9KfnIm%2FP6jCiJlRI11C5b7ElB3p7kwcswa6uFlc",
   "summary": "Regulates dogs and wolf-hybrids in Rockingham: leash/restraint requirements, impoundment, enforcement, and Selectboard authority to designate no-dog areas; effective 2008-12-06, amending the 1994 ordinance.",
   "link_dead": false
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/us/vt/rockingham/animal-control/"
}