{
 "answer": "The Town of Rupert, Vermont has 1 adopted ordinance on file: Town of Rupert Animal Control Ordinance, verified 2026-09-22.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-028642",
 "municipality": "Rupert",
 "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 Rupert Animal Control Ordinance",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://rupert.vt.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Rupert-Animal-Control-Ordinance.pdf",
   "summary": "Regulates leashing/licensing/impoundment of dogs and wolf-hybrids, running at large, rabies-suspect procedure, and Selectboard vicious-dog hearings; tiered civil fines $50/$75/$100. Exact adoption date not visible in the pages of the scan checked.",
   "link_dead": false
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/us/vt/rupert/animal-control/"
}