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
§ 1240.040
California Code of Civil Procedure · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California
A public entity may exercise the power of eminent domain only if it has adopted a resolution of necessity that meets the requirements of Article 2 (commencing with Section 1245.210) of Chapter 4.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1275.)
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