Dallas Eminent Domain Law Blog
What is “adequate compensation”?
According to the Texas Constitution, when the government or another condemning entity wants to take your property through the power of eminent domain, it must offer adequate compensation. (Federal eminent domain proceedings are required to pay just compensation and...
Common errors in appraisal reports
When a condemning entity (State of Texas, a city, a county, Gas, Electric, telephone, Pipeline or other agency) in exercising its eminent domain authority offers you compensation for your property, the offered compensation is based on a real estate appraisal of your...
U.S. government faces land acquisition challenges
Eminent domain allows the government and other condemning entities the right to purchase private property for public use. Public-use projects must have some benefit to the general public, and can include roads, utilities, schools, pipelines, and more. Unfortunately...
Was the condemnation of your property motivated by development?
There's a saying that progress waits for no person, and that can certainly seems to be the case when influential people or businesses develop a plan to profit off of property somewhere. Plans to construct anything from a school to a road will often require the...
Could SpaceX use eminent domain to take a Texas neighborhood?
SpaceX is a company run by Tesla founder Elon Musk. The company's many goals include building a rocket that can get to Mars. The company has already been working toward this goal for some time.This project is located in Texas and SpaceX built an experimental spaceport...
Bullet train builders say they’ll use eminent domain if necessary
The company behind a multibillion-dollar high-speed railway is touting the project as a revolutionary step in the state’s transportation network. What’s unclear, however, is how many property owners might lose some of their land to make this...
What projects see the use of eminent domain?
Under eminent domain and condemnation laws, the government may have the rights to take your property, pay you a fair value for it and use it for a project that is deemed necessary for the general good of the country.In a place like the United States, where personal...
Eminent domain allows for public works, but you do have rights
Essentially, the goal of eminent domain laws is simply to say that there are times, even in the United States, where the individual may have to sacrifice something for the greater good. This law allows the government to take private land for use in various public...
What exactly is a regulatory taking?
From time to time, government agencies and private parties alike will approach individuals who own sizeable parcels of land to let them know of their interest in taking ownership of it. Both parties generally offer in-kind compensation for the property that they are...
Know your rights when you receive a condemnation notice
You've received notice that your property is subject to condemnation, or eminent domain. That means a government agency wants to take your property for a public use, such as a road.That's within the law. But what are your rights as a property owner when you...
