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Government Code § 56744

ARTICLE 3. Annexation and Other Changes of Organization

Current as of September 28, 2026Gov. Code, § 56744Official source ↗

Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 388, Sec. 17. Effective January 1, 2002.

Unless otherwise determined by the commission pursuant to subdivision (m) of Section 56375, territory shall not be incorporated into, or annexed to, a city pursuant to this division if, as a result of that incorporation or annexation, unincorporated territory is completely surrounded by that city or by territory of that city on one or more sides and the Pacific Ocean on the remaining sides.