Municipal Code Corporation

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Municipal Code Corporation
FoundedMarch 21, 1951 (1951-03-21)
FounderGeorge Langford
DefunctAugust 2021;3 years ago (2021-08)
Successor CivicPlus
Country of originUnited States
Headquarters location Tallahassee, Florida
Publication typesCodifier of legal documents
Official website municode.com

Municipal Code Corporation (Municode) was a codifier of legal documents for local governments in the United States. [1] [2] The company, founded in 1951 by George Langford [3] was located in Tallahassee, Florida. [4]

History

George Langford founded Municode Code Corporation on March 21, 1951. Langford served in World War II as a sergeant in the Corps of Engineers. [5] After the war, he went to college and earned a law degree from the University of Virginia. His first job was at a legal publishing company and founded Municode. He founded the company with the idea of making the code of ordinances loose leaf so that new ordinances could be added without having to reprint the entire volume. [3] The Municode Code Corporation's first client was the city of Tallahassee, Florida. [6]

In August 2021, CivicPlus announced they have acquired the company. [7] At the time of its acquisition, the company served over 4,200 municipalities in 50 states. [8]

  1. Schweers, Jeffrey (January 4, 2019). "George Langford, Municode founder, 'father of Seminole Boosters,' dies at 95". Tallahassee Democrat. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  2. "The Langford Family Chair". Florida State University. Department of Classics. Retrieved August 11, 2021.
  3. 1 2 "Company History". Municode. Retrieved August 11, 2021.
  4. "Portrait of Florida State Bank of Tallahassee charter member George R. Langford". Florida Memory. State Archives of Florida. September 22, 1971. Retrieved August 11, 2021.
  5. Kleindienst, Linda (November 3, 2014). "An Inside Look into World War II From Those Who Served". Tallahassee Magazine. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
  6. Robbins, Josh (February 4, 2004). "Salesmanship Comes Naturally to Longtime Seminoles Booster". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved August 11, 2021.
  7. "CivicPlus Acquires 70-Year-Old Ordinance Compiler Municode". GovTech. August 27, 2021. Retrieved August 28, 2021.
  8. Strickland, T.S. (April 29, 2021). "GovTech Heats Up". 850 Business Magazine. Retrieved August 11, 2021.

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