In Alaska, a city may be a home-rule or general-law city, and a borough may be a home-rule or general-law borough. A home-rule city or borough may exercise all legislative powers not prohibited by law or by its charter, while … See more

In Minnesota, cities are either statutory cities or home rule charter cities. Statutory cities may select from three forms of organization, although one form is available only to … See more

In Washington (state), a code city is a city operating under the state's Optional Municipal Code rather than a charter. See more

In California, a general-law city has only those powers expressly granted or necessarily incident to those expressly granted. Any fair, reasonable doubt is resolved against the … See more

In Michigan, villages can be general-law villages, governed under the General Law Village Act (Act 3 of 1895), or home-rule villages having charters. See more

In Texas, only cities of more than 5,000 inhabitants may become, upon voter approval of a city charter, home-rule cities; the rest must be general-law cities. General-law cities have only those powers that state law expressly or implicitly authorizes. By … See more