Authority to regulate real estate
When state and federal rules governing the use of real estate conflict, which rules take precedence, and when can police powers be used to take property?
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Tag: eminent domain
Form-of-the-Week: Deed of Trust & Assignment of Rents, and All-Inclusive Trust Deed Addendums — Forms 450, 442 and 443
An agent or escrow officer uses these forms when a seller of property carries back an all-inclusive note and trust deed (AITD) evidencing a principal debt which includes the balance owed on an existing mortgage and a payoff demand.
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May a local agency limit compensation for taking undeveloped land to its present use value, not its highest and best use value?
City of Escondido v. Pacific Harmony Grove Development, LLC
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Eminent Domain, the Power to Tax and Escheat
A deeper dive into California’s four main constitutional powers
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Word-of-the-Week: Eminent Domain
What is eminent domain?...
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Is the owner of a condemned commercial property entitled to the compensation the tenant receives for loss of goodwill?
Thee Aguila, Inc. v. Century Law Group, LLP Facts: A commercial property is condemned under the...
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May a commercial property owner whose property is seized through eminent domain recover money losses for lost goodwill when they refuse to relocate?
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority v. Yum Yum Donut Shops, Inc. Facts: A...
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California’s use and abuse of eminent domain
Eminent domain is an issue that impacts all residents.
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