quasi-municipal corporation

A quasi-municipal corporation is a government corporation with limited powers. Common examples of quasi-municipal corporations in some states include school districts, boards of education, and public utility districts for water and sanitation.

Quasi-municipal corporations are legal entities that possess some properties similar to corporations like leadership boards and the capacity to be sued. However, quasi-municipal corporations are often shielded from some actions being brought against them in the performance of their public duties, especially when acting solely as an instrument of the state .

Quasi-municipal corporations differ from true municipal corporations , which have the power of local government. Instead, quasi-municipal corporations are public agencies with attributes of a municipality only insofar as they serve the performance of its express objectives.

Quasi-municipal corporations are often described simply as quasi-corporations .

[Last reviewed in August of 2023 by the Wex Definitions Team ]

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