The City of Virginia Beach is planning a road project to realign Princess Anne Road. In order to do so they will need to take one-half acre of property from the historical Emmanuel Episcopal Church. The city has offered to give the church $850, 000 and adjoining parcels of land that amount to around 2 [...]
There was a huge win for a youth center in California last month. A California judge has ruled in favor of the youth center in its fight against a San Diego suburb that wanted to take over the property. The Community Youth Athletic Center, which runs a youth boxing gym, sued National City in 2007 [...]
The Private Property Rights Protection Act (H.R. 1443) was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on February 28. The bipartisan legislation would prohibit federal, state and local governments that receive federal economic development funds from using eminent domain to acquire land for economic development purposes. The act also gives private property owners the right [...]
Great news for North Carolinians, eminent domain reform is getting the attention it deserves. It has been a long fought battle to get the North Carolina Legislature to amend the State Constitution to limit government’s authority in taking private property. Last Thursday the members of a Senate subcommittee sounded supportive of placing the proposed constitutional [...]
When the government has condemned you land this is often referred to as eminent domain. When faced with eminent domain, you should consider obtaining the assistance of a condemnation attorney. Before you choose a condemnation lawyer to represent you, there are some questions that you may want to ask the attorneys you are interviewing: What [...]
Minnesota landowners have reason to fear that mining companies may use eminent domain to take their land. While property owners own the surface land and their homes, they don’t own the minerals beneath it. The mineral rights are currently owned by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. But they are leasing those rights without notification [...]
Eminent Domain abuse is popping up all over the country. This new trend of “blight” and urban redevelopment is leaving land owners with no choice: not about whether they get to keep their property and not about how much they get to sell it for. We all understand the government’s power to seize private property [...]
Most people have heard of eminent domain; the taking of ones land by the government. And when a government takes a property owner to court to take that land it’s called “Condemnation.” Inverse Condemnation is a little different. In this case, a lawsuit is brought by a property owner seeking compensation for land taken for [...]
When the government condemns your property under eminent domain laws they are required to pay you just compensation. They will usually bring out a registered agent to appraise your land, but you don’t want to accept this offer. Here’s why: The registered agent or appraiser that the government hires will usually price your land under [...]
The “takings clause” of the U.S. Constitution is written in the Fifth Amendment stating “nor shall private property be taken for public use without just compensation.” Eminent Domain is the word used when the government exercises its rights to take private property. Generally, takings claims arise two ways: Physical taking – when the government encroaches [...]
