Tennessee § 54-5-104 - Eminent domain.
Full text of Tennessee Tennessee Code Annotated § 54-5-104 — Eminent domain., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 54-5-104. Eminent domain.
The department is authorized to condemn the fee to, or an easement in, lands that may be necessary, suitable, or desirable for the construction, reconstruction, development, enlargement, maintenance, repair, drainage, or protection of any street, road, highway, freeway, or parkway, by the officials charged by law with the maintenance or construction of the street, road, highway, freeway, or parkway, including the power to acquire easements in lands adjacent to the lands for related slopes and drainage and any other similar purposes. This section applies to all transportation purposes, as well as for highway purposes. Acts 1917, ch. 74, § 5; Shan., § 1720a29b17 (p. 6549); Shan. Supp., § 1720a7b48; mod. Code 1932, § 3206; impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 3; impl. am. Acts 1972, ch. 829, § 7; Acts 1973, ch. 49, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-504; Acts 1981, ch. 264, § 12. Cross-References. Additional method of eminent domain, title 29, ch. 17, part 8. Continuation of condemnation trial, § 29-17-1001 . State powers of eminent domain relating to rights-of-way and road improvement, §§ 54-22-101 , 54-22-104 . Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 6 Tenn. Juris., Constitutional Law, § 64; 10 Tenn. Juris., Eminent Domain, § 17; 23 Tenn. Juris., Streets and Highways, § 7.
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Section 54-5-104 ("Eminent domain.") is part of the Tennessee Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of Tennessee. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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