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title: O.C.G.A. § 36-36-132. Unincorporated islands prohibited.
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# O.C.G.A. § 36-36-132. Unincorporated islands prohibited.

There shall be no deannexation under this article that results in the formation of one or more unincorporated islands or in part of the area remaining in the municipal corporation no longer being a contiguous area of such municipal corporation.

## History

Code 1981, § 36-36-132, enacted by Ga. L. 2023, p. 411, § 3/HB 374, effective May 2, 2023.