An officer of the Federal Government authorized to acquire real estate for the erection of a public building or for other public uses may acquire the real estate for the Government by condemnation, under judicial process, when the officer believes that it is necessary or advantageous to the Government to do so. The Attorney General, on application of the officer, shall have condemnation proceedings begun within 30 days from receipt of the application at the Department of Justice.
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An officer of the Federal Government authorized to acquire real estate for the erection of a public building or for other public uses may acquire the real estate for the Government by condemnation, under judicial process, when the officer believes that it is necessary or advantageous to the Government to do so. The Attorney General, on application of the officer, shall have condemnation proceedings begun within 30 days from receipt of the application at the Department of Justice.
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§ 3113. Acquisition by condemnation
An officer of the Federal Government author-
ized to acquire real estate for the erection of a
public building or for other public uses may ac-
quire the real estate for the Government by con-
demnation, under judicial process, when the offi-
cer believes that it is necessary or advantageous
to the Government to do so. The Attorney Gen-
eral, on application of the officer, shall have
condemnation proceedings begun within 30 days
from receipt of the application at the Depart-
ment of Justice.
(Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1144.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Revised
Section
Source (U.S. Code)
Source (Statutes at Large)
3113 ............
40:257.
Aug. 1, 1888, ch. 728, § 1, 25
Stat. 357; June 25, 1948, ch.
646, § 6, 62 Stat. 986.
The words ‘‘the Secretary of the Treasury or any
other’’ are omitted as unnecessary. The reference to
section 258 is omitted because 40:258 is superseded by
rule 71A of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (28
App.: U.S.C.).
§ 3114. Declaration of taking
(a) FILING AND CONTENT.—In any proceeding in
any court of the United States outside of the
District of Columbia brought by and in the
name of the United States and under the author-
ity of the Federal Government to acquire land,
or an easement or right of way in land, for the
public use, the petitioner may file, with the pe-
tition or at any time before judgment, a declara-
tion of taking signed by the authority empow-