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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 2. Rights Included in Grant of Eminent Domain Authority 1240.110-1240.160

§ 1240.125

California Code of Civil Procedure · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

Except as otherwise expressly provided by statute and subject to any limitations imposed by statute, a local public entity may acquire property by eminent domain outside its territorial limits for water, gas, or electric supply purposes or for airports, drainage or sewer purposes if it is authorized to acquire property by eminent domain for the purposes for which the property is to be acquired.

(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1275.)

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