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 "about": "Coverage manifest for govanswers.org. Coverage is explicit, never implied: a missing answer page does NOT mean no bylaw exists — read bylaws_status for the municipality (in /{country}/{region}.json, /munis.json field `s`, or the MCP server's get_coverage tool) and interpret it via `semantics`.",
 "generated": "2026-09-29",
 "semantics": {
  "found": "Searched; adopted documents were verified and are published here.",
  "none_found": "Searched and nothing is published online — a verified negative as of the municipality's last_verified date.",
  "uncertain": "Searched; leads exist but no document could be verified.",
  "not_indexed": "Not yet searched. Absence of a page for these municipalities says nothing about whether rules exist."
 },
 "totals": {
  "municipalities": 4051,
  "by_status": {
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   "uncertain": 163,
   "none_found": 280,
   "not_indexed": 487
  },
  "verified_bylaws": 23861,
  "verified_policies": 6094
 },
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  "animal-control": 1510,
  "fences": 1439,
  "noise": 1257,
  "traffic-streets": 1196,
  "water-sewer": 1044,
  "other-policies": 984,
  "backyard-hens": 970,
  "property-maintenance": 953,
  "building-permits": 839,
  "parking-snow": 791,
  "open-burning": 711,
  "business-licensing": 686,
  "fees": 684,
  "garbage-recycling": 659,
  "property-tax": 551,
  "other": 491,
  "atv-snowmobile": 470,
  "trees": 419,
  "fireworks": 365,
  "finance-policy": 341,
  "smoking-vaping": 322,
  "privacy-records": 302,
  "hr-personnel": 281,
  "communications": 273,
  "short-term-rentals": 273,
  "grants": 252,
  "procurement": 251,
  "cannabis": 201,
  "conduct-ethics": 181,
  "emergency-management": 181,
  "facility-use": 165,
  "winter-services": 116,
  "technology": 62,
  "ai-policy": 34
 },
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   "name": "Prince Edward Island",
   "country": "CA",
   "path": "/ca/pe",
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    "not_indexed": 0
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  {
   "name": "Nova Scotia",
   "country": "CA",
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   "index": "/ca/ns.json",
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  {
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   "country": "CA",
   "path": "/ca/yt",
   "index": "/ca/yt.json",
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  {
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   "country": "CA",
   "path": "/ca/nt",
   "index": "/ca/nt.json",
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  {
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   "country": "CA",
   "path": "/ca/nu",
   "index": "/ca/nu.json",
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  {
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   "country": "CA",
   "path": "/ca/nl",
   "index": "/ca/nl.json",
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    "not_indexed": 0
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  {
   "name": "Rhode Island",
   "country": "US",
   "path": "/us/ri",
   "index": "/us/ri.json",
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  {
   "name": "Delaware",
   "country": "US",
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  {
   "name": "Nevada",
   "country": "US",
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  {
   "name": "New Brunswick",
   "country": "CA",
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  {
   "name": "British Columbia",
   "country": "CA",
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   "index": "/ca/bc.json",
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  {
   "name": "Alberta",
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  {
   "name": "Manitoba",
   "country": "CA",
   "path": "/ca/mb",
   "index": "/ca/mb.json",
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  {
   "name": "Ontario",
   "country": "CA",
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  {
   "name": "Saskatchewan",
   "country": "CA",
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  {
   "name": "Quebec",
   "country": "CA",
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   "index": "/ca/qc.json",
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  {
   "name": "Wyoming",
   "country": "US",
   "path": "/us/wy",
   "index": "/us/wy.json",
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  {
   "name": "Vermont",
   "country": "US",
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