This issue brief summarizes eminent domain bills that were considered by the Colorado General Assembly during the 2006 legislative session.

If you occupy a residential property that is located within an area the state must acquire for public is located within an area the state must acquire for public roads, the state follows a set of federally mandated procedures to buy the property and help you relocate to another property.

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After years of hard work and saving, you finally own a home. But don't get too comfortable. If government officials decide they want your property, they can take it-for a wide variety of shady reasons that go far beyond the usual definition of "public purposes." The courts have allowed these injustices to persist. And there is nothing you can do about it-not yet. Real estate developer and property rights expert Don Corace offers the first in-depth...

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