{
 "answer": "The Town of Stamford, Vermont has 1 adopted ordinance on file: Town of Stamford Ordinance Regulating Dogs and Wolf-Hybrids, verified 2026-09-22.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-028664",
 "municipality": "Stamford",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Vermont",
 "country": "US",
 "topic": "animal_control",
 "label": "Dogs & animal control",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-09-22",
 "official_website": "https://townofstamfordvermont.org",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Town of Stamford Ordinance Regulating Dogs and Wolf-Hybrids",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2023-05-04",
   "document_url": "http://www.stamfordvt.net/mediaItems/Ordinance%20regulating%20Dogs%20and%20Wolf-Hybrids%205-4-23%20%281%29.pdf",
   "summary": "Regulates keeping of dogs/wolf-hybrids: leashing, licensing/collar requirement, nuisance and 'potentially vicious dog' definitions, running-at-large ban, with an exemption for registered working farm dogs. Scanned document, OCR'd.",
   "link_dead": false
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/us/vt/stamford/animal-control/"
}