{"data":{"id":"us-ca/ccp-1240.020","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"CCP § 1240.020","heading":"","body":"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 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":"d0a049ce7f21dac469aa84005f635ad3921fcdca3eaec279daba1bb0d2dcc524","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/ccp-1240.010","next":"us-ca/ccp-1240.030"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}