{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-13.053","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Education Code § 13.053","heading":"TERRITORY NOT IN SCHOOL DISTRICT.","body":"(a) All real property must be included within the limits of a school district. At any time it is determined that there is territory located in a county but not within the described limits of a school district, the commissioners court shall annex the territory to one or more adjoining districts.\n(b) The annexation order shall define by legal boundary description the territory of the new district and shall be recorded in the minutes of the commissioners court.\nAdded by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.","path":["EDUCATION CODE","TITLE 2. PUBLIC EDUCATION","SUBTITLE C. LOCAL ORGANIZATION AND GOVERNANCE","CHAPTER 13. CREATION, CONSOLIDATION, AND ABOLITION OF A DISTRICT","SUBCHAPTER B. DETACHMENT; ANNEXATION"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.13.htm#13.053","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:05Z","sha256":"f5457fecb2a72d790c80d12d8c25f8decef140eb52f674fdd1e0b543846ea9be","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-13.052","next":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-13.054"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}