Eminent domain gives them the power to take. The Constitution gives you the right to full and fair payment. We connect property owners with experienced condemnation counsel and the knowledge to protect what they have built.
Get a Free Case Review Know Your Rights FirstOwners who understand the process and get representation early consistently do better than owners who sign the first offer.
The first offer is a starting point, not a verdict. Signing early can waive rights you did not know you had. Learn what the notice actually means.
A condemnation attorney reviews your property, the project, and the offer, then tells you plainly whether the number is fair. The review costs nothing.
With your own appraisal and counsel, you negotiate as an equal. If the condemnor will not pay fair value, a jury can decide it.
From a strip of frontage for a road widening to the loss of an entire family farm, the principle is the same: full compensation for everything taken and every damage to what remains.
DOT widenings, interstates, and frontage takings, including access loss and severance damages to the remainder.
Learn more →Gas, oil, and carbon pipelines. Easement offers are negotiable on both price and terms, and terms often matter more.
Learn more →High voltage corridors across farms and rural land, with proximity, visibility, and future use damages in play.
Learn more →Commercial takings involving leaseholds, fixtures, relocation, and business damages where state law allows them.
Learn more →Partial takings that cut fields in half, drainage changes, crop losses, and the special protections farm states provide.
Learn more →Flooding, access loss, and damage without any lawsuit filed against you. When the government takes without paying, you can sue.
Learn more →Every taking involves their appraisers, their right of way agents, and their attorneys, all working toward the lowest defensible number. Representation levels the field.
Fair market value in condemnation includes things first offers routinely leave out:
Deadlines, hearings, fee recovery, and business damages all depend on where your property sits. Find your state’s guide.
You cannot simply refuse a lawful taking, but you can challenge whether the taking is proper and you can always contest the amount. Compensation challenges succeed far more often than owners expect, and that is where representation earns its keep.
Almost always. The first offer is based on the condemnor’s own appraisal, prepared for the party paying the bill. An independent appraisal frequently reaches a different number.
Most work on contingency, typically as a percentage of the amount recovered above the original offer. If your compensation does not increase, you owe no fee. Case reviews are free.
Negotiated resolutions often conclude in months. Contested cases can run a year or more, though in quick take states the condemnor may take possession early while the compensation fight continues.
Condemnation proceeds have their own tax rules, including a deferral election many owners miss. See our companion resource on eminent domain taxes before you spend or reinvest the award.
A free case review tells you what your property may really be worth and what your options are. No cost, no obligation, and no pressure to proceed.
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