{"data":{"id":"us-ca/ccp-1240.010","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"CCP § 1240.010","heading":"","body":"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.","path":["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.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"fbc9d85ed2b5d72e4bfb3eb24cecc3ec71d24e490641c889c352bc4915f92e63","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/ccp-1235.210","next":"us-ca/ccp-1240.020"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}