{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-5.901","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 5.901","heading":"TERRITORIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR INCORPORATION AS GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY.","body":"A community may not incorporate as a general-law municipality unless it meets the following territorial requirements:\n(1) a community with fewer than 2,000 inhabitants must have not more than two square miles of surface area;\n(2) a community with 2,001 to 4,999 inhabitants must have not more than four square miles of surface area; and\n(3) a community with 5,001 to 9,999 inhabitants must have not more than nine square miles of surface area.\nActs 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.","path":["LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 2. ORGANIZATION OF MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT","SUBTITLE A. TYPES OF MUNICIPALITIES","CHAPTER 5. TYPES OF MUNICIPALITIES IN GENERAL","SUBCHAPTER Z. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS AFFECTING TYPES OF MUNICIPALITIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.5.htm#5.901","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"c34f0f6ca12ab1c49e833a8ba38bf0fbbc56949df9112eacc1134eacaddf075a","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-5.005","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-5.902"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}