A municipality may annex area only in its extraterritorial jurisdiction unless the municipality owns the area.
Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 43.014
AUTHORITY TO ANNEX LIMITED TO EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.