The plaintiff may join in one complaint all property located within the same county which is sought to be acquired for the same project.
§ 1250.240.Joinder of Property In One Complaint
Title 7. Eminent Domain Law · Chapter 5. Commencement of Proceeding · Article 3. Parties; Joinder of Property · Enacted 1975 · no amendments on record · Last verified July 29, 2026
In one sentenceSection 1250.240 lets a plaintiff combine all property located within the same county into a single complaint, so long as every parcel is being acquired for the same public project.
Full Text of § 1250.240
Plain-English Summary
Large public projects often need dozens of parcels, and filing a separate lawsuit for each one would waste everyone's time. Section 1250.240 avoids that by letting the plaintiff join all the property within one county into a single complaint.
The condition is that every parcel joined has to be sought for the same project. This section is about consolidating the pleading, not about mixing unrelated acquisitions — property for one project and property for a different, unrelated project cannot be folded into the same complaint just because they sit in the same county.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can a plaintiff sue for multiple parcels in one complaint?
Yes, if the parcels are located in the same county and sought for the same project, under § 1250.240.
Does this section let a plaintiff combine unrelated projects into one lawsuit?
No. Joinder under this section is limited to property acquired for the same project.
Amendment History
Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1275.
Source & verification. Section text is reproduced verbatim from
the Deering's California Codes Annotated / vLex. Enacted by the California Legislature.
Last verified July 29, 2026.
· Official source
Also known as: joining multiple parcels eminent domainone complaint multiple properties condemnation