{
 "answer": "The Town of Williamstown, Vermont has 1 adopted ordinance on file: Dog & Pet Ordinance -- Town of Williamstown, verified 2026-09-22.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-028715",
 "municipality": "Williamstown",
 "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": "Dog & Pet Ordinance -- Town of Williamstown",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2016-01-18",
   "document_url": "https://williamstownvt.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/dog-pet-ordinance-williamstown-vt.pdf",
   "summary": "Regulates dogs, ferrets, wolf-hybrids and other pets: licensing, leashing, Animal Control Officer duties, impoundment. Adopted at a Selectboard meeting held 2016-01-18 (confirmed in document text).",
   "link_dead": false
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/us/vt/williamstown/animal-control/"
}