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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

§ 1240.110

California Code of Civil Procedure · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-03 · California

(a) Except to the extent limited by statute, any person authorized to acquire property for a particular use by eminent domain may exercise the power of eminent domain to acquire any interest in property necessary for that use including, but not limited to, submerged lands, rights of any nature in water, subsurface rights, airspace rights, flowage or flooding easements, aircraft noise or operation easements, right of temporary occupancy, public utility facilities and franchises, and franchises to collect tolls on a bridge or highway.

(b) Where a statute authorizes the acquisition by eminent domain only of specified interests in or types of property, this section does not expand the scope of the authority so granted.

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

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