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Unincorporated area

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What Does It Mean If I Live In An Unincorporated Area?

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Water Issues In An Unincorporated Area of Dallas - April 1974

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Tougher rules for blighted properties in unincorporated areas

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What if a listing is in an unincorporated area of the County and not in a subdivision? - What If #40

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What if a listing is in an unincorporated area of the County and not in a subdivision? - What If #40

In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not governed by a local municipal corporation; similarly an unincorporated community is a settlement that is not governed by its own local municipal corporation, but rather is administered as part of larger administrative divisions, such as a township, parish, borough, county, city, canton, state, province or country. Occasionally, municipalities dissolve or disincorporate, which may happen if they become fiscally insolvent, and services become the responsibility of a higher administration. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. In most other countries of the world, there are either no unincorporated areas at all, or these are very rare; typically remote, outlying, sparsely populated or uninhabited areas.
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