Eminent Domain

OCA and OCA lawyers are a resource to landowners facing all manner of eminent domain takings. Eminent domain (also referred to as condemnation) is the power that rests with governmental bodies to take private property without the owner’s consent. Traditionally, eminent domain has been used to take property for public infrastructure projects (such as roads, highways, bridges and public utilities) or for public structures and buildings (such as schools, court houses, municipal buildings and airports). However, in recent times, the power of eminent domain is also used in more controversial ways. For instance, to construct private redevelopment projects, urban renewal projects, and even private pipelines. In whatever way the power of eminent domain is exercised, OCA and OCA lawyers are prepared to help and assist you in protecting your property rights and defending against an unauthorized taking.