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Code of Civil Procedure § 1240.010

ARTICLE 1. General Limitations on Exercise of Power of Eminent Domain

Current as of September 28, 2026Code Civ. Proc., § 1240.010Official source ↗

Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1275.

The power of eminent domain may be exercised to acquire property only for a public use. Where the Legislature provides by statute that a use, purpose, object, or function is one for which the power of eminent domain may be exercised, such action is deemed to be a declaration by the Legislature that such use, purpose, object, or function is a public use.