{"data":{"id":"us-ca/gov-56031","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"GOV § 56031","heading":"","body":"(a) “Contiguous” means territory that abuts or shares a common boundary with territory within a local agency.\n(b) Territory is not contiguous if the only contiguity is based upon a strip of land more than 300 feet long and less than 200 feet wide at its narrowest width, that width to be exclusive of highways.","path":["Government Code - GOV","TITLE 5. LOCAL AGENCIES [50001. - 57607.]","DIVISION 3. CORTESE-KNOX-HERTZBERG LOCAL GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION ACT OF 2000 [56000. - 57550.]","PART 1. GENERAL [56000. - 56160.]","CHAPTER 2. Definitions [56010. - 56081.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"31821d16c2a34c42d536f37123e237239a3f4fdc0394a620544340ea3b9b4261","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/gov-56030","next":"us-ca/gov-56032"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}