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 "municipality_id": "gx-003142",
 "municipality": "Inverness",
 "status_type": "County municipality",
 "jurisdiction": "Nova Scotia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "animal_control",
 "label": "Dogs & animal control",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-05",
 "official_website": "https://invernesscounty.ca/",
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   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "By-Law 12 — Regulation of Animals",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://invernesscounty.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/By-Law-12-Regulation-of-Animals.pdf",
   "summary": "Regulates keeping and control of animals (diseased animals, dogs, other domestic animals) within the Municipality of the County of Inverness.",
   "capture_sha256": "01cb49158a98948d60e6b852624b9a2f4d498502e3e5ab6375e4a61a78dd704f",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-05T05:14:55+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/01cb49158a98948d60e6b852624b9a2f4d498502e3e5ab6375e4a61a78dd704f.pdf",
   "facts": {
    "leash_rule": "Owner/harbourer of any domestic animal (incl. livestock, fowl) who does not prevent it from going at large is liable to penalty",
    "fine_range": "not exceeding One Hundred ($100) Dollars"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "leash_rule": "ss. 2, 4, 5",
    "fine_range": "ss. 2, 4, 5"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/inverness/animal-control/text-01cb49158a98/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "By-Law 48 — Dog Control",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://invernesscounty.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/By-Law-48-Dog-Control-FINAL.pdf",
   "summary": "Dog Control By-Law for Inverness County governing dog control, repealing former By-Law 13. Covers licensing, control officers, and summary offence enforcement.",
   "capture_sha256": "90543969b8feaa4b1831318b01b14e5ce69405f479cd15fcfca1afd5a7b35f67",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-05T05:14:55+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/90543969b8feaa4b1831318b01b14e5ce69405f479cd15fcfca1afd5a7b35f67.pdf",
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "licence_fee": "$10 spayed/neutered; $25 un-spayed/un-neutered (annual)",
    "leash_rule": "Any dog off its owner's property without being under continuous restraint and control of some person is running at large; tethered dog able to leave property is running at large",
    "fine_range": "not less than $100.00 and not more than $5,000.00"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "Registration s. 4 (\"Every dog... must be registered annually\")",
    "licence_fee": "Registration Fees s. 8(a)(b)",
    "leash_rule": "Dogs Running At Large s. 34-35",
    "fine_range": "Penalty s. 50(a)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/inverness/animal-control/text-90543969b8fe/",
   "transcript_quality": "ocr"
  }
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 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ns/inverness/animal-control/"
}