{
 "answer": "The Town of Windham, Vermont has 2 adopted ordinances on file: Vicious Dog Ordinance; Windham Nuisance Animal Ordinance, verified 2026-09-22.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-028718",
 "municipality": "Windham",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Vermont",
 "country": "US",
 "topic": "animal_control",
 "label": "Dogs & animal control",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-09-22",
 "official_website": "https://townofwindhamvt.org/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Vicious Dog Ordinance",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2017-01-09",
   "document_url": "https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1tYVxuFl8VBDP3c9qNCGoSsQFkW_3JB2g",
   "summary": "Defines and regulates vicious dogs, restraint/confinement requirements and enforcement; re-posted by the Select Board Jan 9, 2017.",
   "link_dead": false
  },
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Windham Nuisance Animal Ordinance",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1tYVxuFl8VBDP3c9qNCGoSsQFkW_3JB2g",
   "summary": "Regulates animals creating a public nuisance (noise, running at large, damage); impoundment and civil enforcement process. Selectboard discussed the ordinance Sept 7, 2020; posting/publication date fields blank in the recorded copy.",
   "link_dead": false
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/us/vt/windham/animal-control/"
}