Municipal Code Corporation (Municode) was a codifier of legal documents for

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s in the United States. The company, founded in 1951 by George Langford was located in

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History

George Langford founded Municode Code Corporation on March 21, 1951. Langford served in

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as a sergeant in the Corp of Engineers. After the war, he went to college and earned a law degree from the

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. 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

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so that new ordinances could be added without having to reprint the entire volume. The Municode Code Corporation's first client was the city of Tallahassee, Florida. In August 2021, CivicPlus announced they have acquired the company. At the time of its acquisition, the company served over 4,200 municipalities in 50 states.

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{{Reflist Publishing companies of the United States Publishing companies established in 1951 1951 establishments in Florida Organizations based in Tallahassee, Florida Privately held companies based in Florida 2021 disestablishments in Florida Publishing companies disestablished in 2021