{
 "answer": "The Town of Shaftsbury, Vermont has 1 adopted ordinance on file: Dog Ordinance, verified 2026-09-22.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-028650",
 "municipality": "Shaftsbury",
 "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.shaftsbury.net/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Dog Ordinance",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2022-11-07",
   "document_url": "http://www.shaftsbury.net/all-docs/archived-docs/ordinances/dog-ordinance.pdf",
   "summary": "Regulates dogs in Shaftsbury: licensing, running-at-large ban, nuisance/bite provisions, penalties, and an unlicensed-dog list; most recently amended 2022-11-07 (orig. amended 2011-03-09).",
   "link_dead": false
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/us/vt/shaftsbury/animal-control/"
}