{
 "municipality_id": "gx-003165",
 "municipality": "Victoria",
 "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://victoriacounty.com/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Dog Control By-law",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://victoriacounty.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Dog-Control-By-law.pdf",
   "summary": "Governs dog ownership in the Municipality of the County of Victoria; requires registration, leashing, and controls on dogs running at large.",
   "capture_sha256": "7c8c96f4df9f26a04ed5f73a6342c722ce768e7384b736b9da5766dd20ae74ab",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-05T05:14:55+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/7c8c96f4df9f26a04ed5f73a6342c722ce768e7384b736b9da5766dd20ae74ab.pdf",
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "licence_fee": "$10 spayed female; $10 neutered male; $25 un-spayed female; $25 un-neutered male",
    "leash_rule": "Any dog off owner's property not under continuous restraint and control of a person is deemed running at large",
    "fine_range": "not less than $100.00 and not more than $5,000.00"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "s. 4",
    "licence_fee": "s. 8",
    "leash_rule": "s. 34",
    "fine_range": "s. 50(a)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/victoria/animal-control/text-7c8c96f4df9f/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ns/victoria/animal-control/"
}