A county may acquire, by gift, grant, devise, exchange, purchase, lease, or any other lawful method, the fee or any lesser interest in real or personal property for use by the county or any department, board, commission, or agency of the county. In exercising the power of eminent domain a county shall use the procedures of Chapter 40A.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 153A-158
Power to acquire property
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case 196 N.C. App. 557 - Reese v. City of Charlotte (2009)
Most recently applied in 200 N.C. App. 491 - Reese v. Mecklenburg County (November 2009)
1868, c. 20, ss. 3, 8; 1879, c. 144, s. 1; Code, ss. 704, 707; Rev., ss. 1310, 1318; C.S., ss. 1291, 1297; 1973, c. 822, s. 1; 1981, c. 919, s. 21; 1995, c. 17, s. 14; 2011-284,…
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