{
 "municipality_id": "gx-003148",
 "municipality": "Mahone Bay",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Nova Scotia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "animal_control",
 "label": "Dogs & animal control",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-05",
 "official_website": "http://www.townofmahonebay.ca",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Dog Control By-law",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "http://www.townofmahonebay.ca/uploads/1/3/0/6/130665195/bylaw_-_dog_control.pdf",
   "summary": "Town of Mahone Bay dog control bylaw. Regulates dog ownership, leashing, and control within town limits.",
   "capture_sha256": "35b7775a0f8d00430010f1e8c89f749c0e9f6cc647497dd02c8e4ba029ee22cb",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-05T05:14:55+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/35b7775a0f8d00430010f1e8c89f749c0e9f6cc647497dd02c8e4ba029ee22cb.pdf",
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "licence_fee": "Dog Registration Fee set by resolution of Council (may be at no cost; replacement tag fee by resolution)",
    "leash_rule": "Animal runs at large when off owner's property without being on a leash and under control of some person",
    "max_animals": "No more than four Dogs may be kept on any property",
    "fine_range": "$150-$10,000 (most); $350-$10,000 for fierce/dangerous; ticket amounts $150 / $350 (Schedule A)"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "s. 3(1)",
    "licence_fee": "s. 2(6); s. 2(14)",
    "leash_rule": "s. 12(1)",
    "max_animals": "s. 10",
    "fine_range": "s. 26(1),(2); Schedule A"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/mahone-bay/animal-control/text-35b7775a0f8d/",
   "transcript_quality": "ocr"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ns/mahone-bay/animal-control/"
}