{
 "answer": "The Town of Thetford, Vermont has 1 adopted ordinance on file: Ordinance Relating to Street Vendors and Door-to-Door Solicitors, verified 2026-09-22.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-028676",
 "municipality": "Thetford",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Vermont",
 "country": "US",
 "topic": "business_licensing",
 "label": "Business licences & permits",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-09-22",
 "official_website": null,
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Ordinance Relating to Street Vendors and Door-to-Door Solicitors",
   "category": "business_licensing",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "1996-08-12",
   "document_url": "https://thetfordvt.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/140/637337533079170000",
   "summary": "Requires a permit from the Chief of Police/Constable/Town Clerk for street vendors and door-to-door solicitors; sets permit fees ($25 individual/$50 group) and civil penalties.",
   "link_dead": false
  },
  {
   "primary": false,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Town of Thetford Sign Ordinance",
   "category": "business_licensing",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "unknown",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.thetfordvt.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/6642/638967342494900000",
   "summary": "Sign permit ordinance listed on the Zoning Dept Forms & Information page; the PDF is graphic-heavy and could not be OCR'd/read (garbled text) despite multiple retrieval attempts - existence confirmed via the department's own document list only.",
   "link_dead": false
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/us/vt/thetford/business-licensing/"
}