§ 8593 Drainage District Property Acquisition

• •The government can take private land if they need it for drainage projects.
• •They can do this even if the owner doesn’t want to sell.
• •They have to pay the owner for the land.

Imagine your backyard is in the way of a new ditch the city needs to build to stop flooding.

The city can force you to sell them your backyard so they can build the ditch, but they have to pay you for it.