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How Early Legal Action Can Prevent or Limit a Florida Eminent Domain Taking

When a government agency sets its sights on your property, the legal clock starts running long before a lawsuit ever lands on your desk. By the time most owners receive a formal Pe...

Severance Damages in Florida: When Part of Your Land Is Taken and the Rest Loses Value

When a government agency condemns part of your property for a road, a drainage project, or a utility corridor, it does not just take the strip of dirt it needs. It can leave you wi...

Paragould council approves condemnation plans, appointment

PARAGOULD — The Paragould City Council agreed to a pair of condemnation orders, held off on two others and approved an appointment to a key city commission Monday.

Supreme Court Issues Terrible Takings Decision in Pung v. Isabella County

The Court ruled that local goverments may pay compensation far below fair market value for property seized in tax foreclosures.

Eminent domain resolution advances

The Hawaii County Council voted 7-1 Wednesday in favor of a resolution calling for the acquisition of 3.74 acres of land along Government Beach Road in Puna using eminent domain —...

Land Court Orders Bond Under New Statute Governing Zoning Appeals

Colturi v. Eco Land Development LLC involved a dispute over the issuance of a comprehensive permit under G.L. c. 40B to Eco Land Development LLC (“Eco Land”) for the construction o...

Valuation Extremes and the Rejection of Speculative Mining Use in Conservation Easement Deductions

Rising Rock Partners, LLC v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo. 2026-45, June 2, 2026 In a recent decision, the United States Tax Court addressed the limits of valuation methodologies r...

Justices reject constitutional attack on foreclosure rules

Updated on June 24 at 9:35 a.m. Tuesday’s decision in Pung v. Isabella County squarely rejects an argument that the longstanding use of tax foreclosure sales as a method to collect...

Easement Limitations: Land Court Rejects Emergency-Access Workaround

Farkes v. 648 Canton Avenue, LLC involved a dispute arising from the approval of a comprehensive permit under G.L. c. 40B to construct a 116-unit affordable housing development in...

Legal Strategies Florida Homeowners Can Use to Fight Eminent Domain

When a Florida homeowner opens the mail and finds a notice from a state agency, county, city, or utility company announcing intent to take part or all of their property, the first...

Indian River Lagoon-South Project: SFWMD Takings in Martin and St. Lucie Counties

If you own land along the Treasure Coast, a letter from the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) can be unsettling. The District is acquiring thousands of acres in Marti...

A Fair Process to Avoid Home Equity Theft

“Nonsensical”: Miami-Dade votes to pursue Fisher Island site via eminent domain

The Miami-Dade County Commission voted to pursue acquiring the Fisher Island fuel terminal property via eminent domain, escalating the battle over the nearly 10-acre site.  Commiss...

What is Just Compensation for Homeowners in Florida Eminent Domain Cases?

When the government tells a Florida homeowner that it intends to take part or all of their property for a road widening, a utility easement, a school site, or another public projec...

U.S. Supreme Court Narrows Post-Tyler Damages in Pung v. Isabella County

In a decision closely watched by local governments, tax-lien investors, and property owners nationwide, the United States Supreme Court just issued its long-anticipated opinion in...

Public Notice

TO THE OWNERS OF THE WITHIN DESCRIBED REAL ESTATE AND ALL INTERESTED PARTIESNOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALEBy virtue of a certified copy of a decree to me directed from the Clerk of Circu...

I-4 Beyond the Ultimate: Reading an Eminent Domain Notice in Polk and Osceola Counties

If you own property near Interstate 4 between U.S. 27 and the Osceola County theme-park corridor, the survey crews and orange barrels are not a passing nuisance. They are the leadi...

Supreme Court Says Government Not Liable to Pay Owner Fair Market Value in Tax Foreclosure Sale

In a 9-0 opinion (with a couple of concurring opinions), the U.S. Supreme Court held that a government that forecloses and sells property for delinquent property taxes is not respo...

Port to court: Miami-Dade approves eminent domain move in Fisher Island fuel yard fight

A 30-day negotiation window opens before Miami-Dade can formally file — but the developer at odds with the county says it's ready for a battle. The post Port to court: Miami-Dade a...

The First Coast Expressway: How Eminent Domain Will Affect Clay and St. Johns County Landowners

The First Coast Expressway is no longer a line on a planning map. It is a working toll road, and the next phases will cut through working farms, family homesteads, timber tracts, a...

SR-7 Widening in Broward and Palm Beach: How to Read an FDOT Order of Taking

State Road 7, also signed as US 441, is one of South Florida’s busiest north-south corridors. The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) is in the middle of a multi-year push...

Computation of Limitation under Section 34(3) starts from disposal of Section 33 Application

FACTS The Ministry of Shipping, Road Transport and Highways issued a preliminary notification dated 15.12.2009 under Section 3A(1) of the National Highways Act, 1956 for acquisitio...

I-10 Widening in Northwest Florida: What Owners Should Do Before Responding to the State

If you own land, a storefront, or a commercial building anywhere along Interstate 10 in Northwest Florida, you may already have received a letter, a phone call, or a knock on the d...

Strict Compliance with Contemporaneous Written Acknowledgment Rules and Penalty Defenses: An Analysis of Wells v. Commis...

William P. Wells and Ruth E. Wells v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, T.C. Memo. 2026-49, June 10, 2026 The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued a Notice of Deficiency to W...