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Dear Mayor Harris,

This office is in receipt of your opinion request wherein you asked whether an annexation across the Town of Richwood boundary by another governmental body, with the consent of the Town, is permissible or advisable under current Louisiana law.

Under LSA-R.S. 33:171, the limits and boundaries of municipalities may be enlarged by ordinance of the governing body. The procedure for annexing territory is outlined in LSA-R.S. 33:172, which reads in pertinent part:

A. (1)(a) No ordinance enlarging the boundaries of a municipality shall be valid unless, prior to the adoption thereof,…