Handbook for Minnesota Cities Chapter 2: Change of Boundaries, Status, and Name

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Learn the procedures for incorporating, consolidating, and dissolving cities and the related procedures of annexation and concurrently detaching from one city and annexing into another. Understand the role of the state’s Municipal Boundary Adjustment Unit in these processes.

See Table of Contents: Handbook for Minnesota Cities