Town Incorporation questions

[shawna01]

What is the name of your state? Arkansas

Does anyone have any experience in town incorporation?
We are working on incorporating our town in Arkansas, but have a few stumbling blocks.
We are within 5 miles of another city. We had previously believed that the city must give us a release to form a new town. However, under examination of Arkansas Act 14-38-101, I have found that we may not have to.
The existing town and our area are seperated by a river and is only accessable by a bridge. This may make the 5 mile law invalid, according to a subsection of the act.
Does anyone know anything about this?
Thanks,
Shawna

 

[pslice]

Take a look at this document

We are looking to possibly incorporate also in Arkansas as there is a nearby town that is talking "forced annexation". We are doing research, too, and here is a document I found that maybe might help you. www.arml.org/pdfs/publications/Annexation_June_2005.pdf

 

[racer72]

Tell me you folks are attempting to do something that should require the services of an attorney, and probably more than one. I live in an area that was incorporated about 7 years ago, we had at least 5 attorneys to handle all the paperwork.