Florida Eminent Domain Resources
Explore Florida focused resources about eminent domain, property acquisition, property owner rights, compensation, and the issues that may affect your property.
Start With Your Situation Explore Florida Eminent Domain Law
Understand what a notice about a potential property acquisition may mean and what to review first.
ExploreLearn how an eminent domain acquisition begins in Florida and who may bring one.
ExploreExplore how property value is measured and what an offer may leave out.
ExploreUnderstand what owners consider when an offer does not reflect the property.
ExploreRoad widening, interchanges and new alignments that take frontage or access.
ExploreTransit, rail, airport and port work that reaches beyond the roadway.
ExploreWater, sewer, power and pipeline corridors crossing private land.
ExploreDrainage, stormwater, schools and civic facilities.
ExploreCommunity redevelopment areas and the limits Florida places on them.
ExploreCoastal resilience, beach renourishment and shoreline improvement work.
ExploreHomes, lots and the frontage, driveway and yard a project may reach.
ExploreRetail, office and industrial sites where parking and access carry the value.
ExploreOperating businesses, including the Florida question of business damages.
ExploreRentals and held land where income and future use drive value.
ExploreGroves, ranch and row crop land split by a corridor.
ExploreWaterfront and near shore parcels, easements and shoreline work.
ExploreThe starting measure, and what it does and does not capture.
ExploreWhen a project takes a strip and leaves the rest behind.
ExploreHarm to the land that remains after a partial taking.
ExploreHow the leftover parcel is valued and used afterwards.
ExploreChanged driveways, medians and turning movements.
ExploreEffects on an operating business, an area where Florida differs from most states.
ExploreEminent domain projects may affect commercial property, business operations, access, parking and future property use. Florida treats business impact differently from most states, which makes this worth understanding early.
Sites where access and parking carry much of the value.
ExploreOwner occupied and tenant operated business premises.
ExploreDriveway closures, medians and circulation changes.
ExploreEffects on trade, and what Florida allows owners to raise.
ExploreA corridor or site is studied and parcels within it are mapped.
Design, funding and right of way needs are settled.
The agency or its agent makes contact and seeks entry to survey.
An appraisal is prepared for the agency and the property is inspected.
A written offer is presented with the appraisal behind it.
The owner reviews, questions the appraisal and may present their own.
If no agreement is reached the matter proceeds through the courts.
Compensation is determined and the acquisition completes.
The authority, the limits Florida places on it, and what it means for an owner.
ExploreWhat an owner keeps, what they can ask for and where the burden sits.
ExploreFull compensation in Florida, and the parts owners most often miss.
ExploreNothing is decided yet, which is exactly why these two weeks matter. What to establish, what to gather, and what not to…
Read moreBusiness DamagesFlorida is one of the few states that compensates damage to a business, not just to the land. What section 73.071(3)(b) covers,…
Read moreThe power rests with the state and with bodies the legislature has authorised, which includes the Florida Department of Transportation, counties, municipalities, school boards, water management districts and certain utilities. Each acquisition must serve a public purpose.
A notice usually signals that your parcel sits within a project and that the agency intends to evaluate it. It is the point at which to read carefully, keep every document, and understand what is being proposed before responding.
Florida measures full compensation, starting from the market value of what is taken. Where only part of a property is acquired, the effect on what remains is also examined.
This is a partial taking. The value of the strip acquired is one question and the harm to the remainder is a separate one, often the larger of the two.
Yes. Projects regularly change driveways, close medians and alter turning movements. Loss of access is a recognised issue and can matter more than the land area taken.
They address the reduction in value of the property left behind after a partial taking, for example a parcel that becomes awkward to use or loses its frontage.
Yes, and Florida is unusual in the scope it gives business owners to raise the effect on their trade. This is one of the clearest differences between Florida and most other states.
An offer is a starting position rather than a final figure. Owners commonly obtain their own appraisal and examine what the agency valuation assumed.
Explore Florida focused resources based on your property type, the project affecting it, and the stage of the eminent domain process you have reached.
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