The power of eminent domain may be exercised to acquire property only for a public use. Where the Legislature provides by statute that a use, purpose, object, or function is one for which the power of eminent domain may be exercised, such action is deemed to be a declaration by the Legislature that such use, purpose, object, or function is a public use.
Cal. Civ. Proc. Code § 1240.010
General Limitations on Exercise of Power of Eminent Domain
Known as the Eminent Domain Law
The act spans §§ 1230–1273 (260 sections).
Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1275.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.