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 "municipality": "Lunenburg",
 "status_type": "District municipality",
 "jurisdiction": "Nova Scotia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "animal_control",
 "label": "Dogs & animal control",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-05",
 "official_website": "https://www.modl.ca/",
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   "title": "By-law No. 002 — Dog By-law",
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   "summary": "Dog By-law of the Municipality of the District of Lunenburg dealing with dogs running at large, fierce/dangerous dogs, and persistently barking dogs.",
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    "licence_fee": "$13 neutered; $25 unneutered ($5 discount if registered within 30 days of notice)",
    "leash_rule": "No dog shall leave owner's premises unless under effective restraint and control",
    "fine_range": "$100 first / $200 second / $300 subsequent (failure to register/tag); general not exceeding $1,000"
   },
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    "licence_fee": "s. 5(1)(a),(c)",
    "leash_rule": "s. 9(4)",
    "fine_range": "s. 15(1); s. 9(1)"
   },
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  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "By-law No. 007 — Domestic Animal By-law",
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   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "1999-08-11",
   "document_url": "https://www.modl.ca/index.php?option=com_docman&view=download&alias=69-domestic-animal-by-law&category_slug=municipal-by-laws&Itemid=281",
   "summary": "Domestic Animals By-law of the Municipality of the District of Lunenburg covering animal control more broadly. Effective date August 11, 1999.",
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   "facts": {
    "leash_rule": "Domestic animal off owner's premises without being under apparent restraint or control deemed running at large",
    "fine_range": "$100-$5,000"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "leash_rule": "s. 2(a)",
    "fine_range": "s. 2(b); s. 5(1)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/lunenburg-district-municipality/animal-control/text-66fa1e484e74/",
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 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ns/lunenburg-district-municipality/animal-control/"
}