GroundRules
CCP § 1240.010
Where this section sits in the code
- Code of Civil Procedure - CCP
- PART 3. OF SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS OF A CIVIL NATURE [1063. - 1822.60.]
- TITLE 7. EMINENT DOMAIN LAW [1230.010. - 1273.050.]
- CHAPTER 3. The Right to Take [1240.010. - 1240.700.]
- ARTICLE 1. General Limitations on Exercise of Power of Eminent Domain [1240.010. - 1240.055.]
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.
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