{"data":{"id":"us-ca/gov-56043","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"GOV § 56043","heading":"","body":"“Incorporation” means the creation or establishment of a city. Any area proposed for incorporation as a city shall have at least 500 registered voters residing within the affected territory at the time the proposal is initiated.","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":"221d8fbedd2c0b200acca86cac37bad17f97688583cc6890295db71b31691591","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/gov-56042","next":"us-ca/gov-56044"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}