TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
1 History, Policy, and Constitutional Issues
2 Statutory Summary and Distinctions between the Two Statutes
3 Defining the Annexation Area 1
4 Defining the Annexation Area 2: Urban Development Standards for All Cities
5 Defining the Annexation Area 3: Urban Development Standards for Larger Cities
6 The City’s Services Responsibilities
7 The Annexation Report
8 Annexation Procedures
9 Judicial Review of Involuntary Annexations
Appendixes
A Major North Carolina Statutes Discussed in Text and Footnotes
B Cases Discussed in the Text and Notes
C Cases Cited in the Notes
The North Carolina Involuntary Annexation Statutes
D Annexation by Cities of Less Than 5,000
E Annexation by Cities of 5,000 or More
Index