California · Code of Civil Procedure - CCP
CCP §1240.020: The power of eminent domain may be exercised to acquire property for a particular use only by a person authorized by statute to exercise the power of eminent domain to acquire such property for that u
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Eminent domain power to acquire property for a specific use may only be exercised by a person authorized by statute to do so for that particular use.
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