{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-43.014","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 43.014","heading":"AUTHORITY TO ANNEX LIMITED TO EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION.","body":"A municipality may annex area only in its extraterritorial jurisdiction unless the municipality owns the area.\nActs 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.\nTransferred and redesignated from Local Government Code, Section 43.051 by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 6 (S.B. 6), Sec. 7, eff. December 1, 2017.","path":["LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 2. ORGANIZATION OF MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT","SUBTITLE C. MUNICIPAL BOUNDARIES AND ANNEXATION","CHAPTER 43. MUNICIPAL ANNEXATION","SUBCHAPTER A-1. GENERAL AUTHORITY TO ANNEX"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.43.htm#43.014","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"57e04678e54d0d766f366b7bc718c881a49cfb430afb8d83c0013843f1743dea","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-43.013","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-43.015"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}