Category: Iowa

  • Pipelines and Eminent Domain: Iowa Homeowners Push Back

    When the government decides its stake in a piece of property overrides the landowner’s, it has a process to take over private property. This is called eminent domain. It’s essentially the government forcing a private landowner to sell their residence or business property. Another word for it is condemnation (which sounds even worse!). Condemnation or eminent…