This compendium is intended to provide succinct answers to the fundamental questions in the area of eminent domain and condemnation procedure not only for practitioners in this field, but also for academic study and comparisons between jurisdictions. Each state chapter is written by experienced eminent domain practitioners in that jurisdiction, and many can be recognized as the most experienced and knowledgeable condemnation practitioners in the United States today. Each state outline is organized in the following manner:

• Who is eligible to condemn?
• What can be condemned?
• The condemnation proceedings
• Procedure to challenge condemnation
• Inverse condemnation
• Just compensation issues
• How are various ownership interests treated?
• Abandonment
• Attorney’s fees and costs