{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-212.0045","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 212.0045","heading":"EXCEPTION TO PLAT REQUIREMENT: MUNICIPAL DETERMINATION.","body":"(a) To determine whether specific divisions of land are required to be platted, a municipality may define and classify the divisions. A municipality need not require platting for every division of land otherwise within the scope of this subchapter.\n(b) In lieu of a plat contemplated by this subchapter, a municipality may require the filing of a development plat under Subchapter B if that subchapter applies to the municipality.\nAdded by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1, Sec. 46(b), eff. Aug. 28, 1989.","path":["LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 7. REGULATION OF LAND USE, STRUCTURES, BUSINESSES, AND RELATED ACTIVITIES","SUBTITLE A. MUNICIPAL REGULATORY AUTHORITY","CHAPTER 212. MUNICIPAL REGULATION OF SUBDIVISIONS AND PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT","SUBCHAPTER A. REGULATION OF SUBDIVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.212.htm#212.0045","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"c9f410a8d043a2f30436301de44cda7e8cf78d329624220cecdf3078363f26ca","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-212.004","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-212.0046"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}