Q: Can You File For Eminent Domain Regarding Government Property
Can You File Eminent Domain In Regards Regards Government Property .....( International Law )
A: You have the concept reversed. Eminent domain is the right of the sovereign to take private land after paying reasonable compensation. It is limited to legitimate public purposes. You can’t exercise eminent domain unless you are a government.
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A: No. Eminent domain is a means by which the government can take land from private citizens to serve some greater public good, subject to due process requirements. There is not a means where private citizens may force take government property. The government must do this voluntarily, ordinarily by private negotiated sale or through a formal process of abandonment (imagine a vote by a County Council, based on the advice of the County Attorney).
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