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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 7. Condemnation for More Necessary Public Use 1240.610-1240.700

§ 1240.660

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

Where property has been appropriated to public use by a local public entity, the use thereof by the local public entity is presumed to be a more necessary use than any use to which such property might be put by any other local public entity. The presumption established by this section is a presumption affecting the burden of proof.

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

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