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Gov. Code, § 51063 · Chapter 6.5. Open-Space Easements

Gov. Code, § 51063

Verbatim from the official edition

Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)

If any land or a portion thereof as to which any city or county has accepted an open-space easement is thereafter sought to be condemned for public use and the city or county received the easement as a gift without the payment of any compensation therefor, the easement shall terminate as of the time of the filing of the complaint in condemnation as to the land or portion thereof sought to be taken for public use, and the owner shall be entitled to such compensation for the taking as he would have been entitled to had the land not been burdened by the easement.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Added by Stats. 1969, Ch. 762.

Source of truth

Edition
As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
Official file
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=GOV&sectionNum=51063.
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