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Dear Mayor Butterfield:

You advise this office that the town of Pollock is interested in annexing a certain subdivision near the Town of Pollock which is not contiguous to the Town.

This office has previously concluded that the land sought to be annexed to a municipality must be contiguous, but it is sufficient "if enough of the new territory abuts the town so as to allow free ingress and egress". See Attorney General Opinions 79-701, 85-950, 88-97.

In Attorney General Opinion 00-77, this office was asked whether a town may annex property which is not contiguous to municipal limits. The author…