{
 "municipality_id": "gx-003145",
 "municipality": "Lockeport",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Nova Scotia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "animal_control",
 "label": "Dogs & animal control",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-05",
 "official_website": "https://www.lockeport.ns.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Dog By-Law (By-Law 15)",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.lockeport.ns.ca/index.php/business/by-laws/22-dog-by-law/file",
   "summary": "By-Law 15, the Dog By-Law of the Town of Lockeport, made under the Municipal Government Act. Regulates dog ownership in Lockeport.",
   "capture_sha256": "e5be3c0fd51259740e2294e70e36ec39c80084c7050869cd45289b8da0069380",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-05T05:14:55+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/e5be3c0fd51259740e2294e70e36ec39c80084c7050869cd45289b8da0069380.pdf",
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "licence_fee": "$10 spayed/neutered; $20 unspayed/unneutered; kennel $50/yr",
    "leash_rule": "Dog off owner's premises and not under effective control or restraint is deemed running at large",
    "fine_range": "$50-$5,000"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "s. 4(1)",
    "licence_fee": "s. 6(1); s. 5(2)",
    "leash_rule": "s. 9(1)",
    "fine_range": "s. 14(1)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/lockeport/animal-control/text-e5be3c0fd512/",
   "transcript_quality": "ocr"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ns/lockeport/animal-control/"
}