{
 "answer": "The Town of Sharon, Vermont has 1 adopted ordinance on file: Animal Control Ordinance, verified 2026-09-22.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-028651",
 "municipality": "Sharon",
 "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.sharonvt.gov/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Animal Control Ordinance",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2011-08-01",
   "document_url": "https://www.sharonvt.gov/Documents/Your%20Government/Helpful%20Links/Permits%20Policies%20Ordinances/AC-Ordinance_Signed-Filed-w-Town-Clerk.pdf",
   "summary": "Regulates keeping of dogs town-wide in Sharon: licensing, restraint/running-at-large, nuisance and impoundment provisions.",
   "link_dead": false
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/us/vt/sharon/animal-control/"
}