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Municode

Municipal Code Publishing

As of 30 August 2026, Municode starts at $200/month. Municode provides municipal code codification and publishing services that help local governments maintain, update, and publish their legal codes. Softwr lists it under Government. Municode is launched in 1951, available on Web, iOS, Android.

Overview

What Municode does

Municode provides municipal code codification and publishing services that help local governments maintain, update, and publish their legal codes. The platform offers online code hosting, supplementation services, and code revision tracking for thousands of jurisdictions.

What people use it for

  • Citizen Services
  • Records Management
  • Public Safety
  • Civic Engagement

The honest half

Where it falls short

Concrete and checkable, so you can decide whether any of them matter to you. This is the half of a review a vendor will not write about Municode.

  • Custom pricing model requires contacting sales, no published pricing tiers
  • Full-service codification requires vendor management of code updates
  • Limited support for complex code structures without manual intervention

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What people choose instead of Municode

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    Municode
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    eCode360 logo
    eCode360

    eCode360: Cloud-based codification and legal publishing platform for municipal governments

  • Municode logo
    Municode
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    CivicPlus logo
    CivicPlus

    CivicPlus: Now owns Municode through acquisition and offers competing codification services alongside other government software

  • Municode logo
    Municode
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    Accela logo
    Accela

    Accela: Comprehensive government software platform with legal code and ordinance management capabilities

Pricing

What Municode costs

Taken from the vendor's own pricing page. Prices move, so check before you buy.

Code Publishing

$200 /mo

  • Online Code Hosting
  • Supplementation
  • Search

Capabilities

Features

  • Code Codification

  • Online Publishing

  • Code Supplements

  • Full-text Search

  • Mobile Access

  • Meeting Management

    Integration with Meeting Management

  • Document Systems

    Integration with Document Systems

  • Public Portals

    Integration with Public Portals

  • Web support

    Available on web

Answered, with sources

Questions people ask

Each answer names the page it came from, so you can check it rather than take our word for it.

Does Municode host codes or is it just self-publishing software?

Municode offers two options: MunicodeNEXT for full-service professional codification with expert editors, or Municipal Code Online for self-publishing where government workers update codes themselves with cloud-based software.

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Can I track changes to my municipal code?

Yes. Municode shows version history with visible new and modified indicators, allows comparing previous versions, and links ordinances to code sections with full legislative history through OrdLink and OrdBank tools.

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What search capabilities does Municode provide?

Municode includes advanced keyword search with Boolean operators available to both residents and staff, plus access to MuniPro for searching across thousands of hosted municipal codes.

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Behind it

Who makes Municode

Company
Municode
Based in
Tallahassee, Florida
Founders
George Langford

Timeline

Municode over time

  1. Acquisition2021-08-24

    CivicPlus acquires Municode to combine codification expertise with broader government software

    Source
  2. Founded1951-03-21

    Municipal Code Corporation founded by George Langford

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