§ 1268.240.Public Entity's Right to Exercise Police Power Not Limited

This closing section of Article 3 draws a boundary around everything that came before it. The possession procedures in §§ 1268.210 through 1268.230 -- the application, the order, the notice requirements -- govern the ordinary, planned path to possession after judgment. None of that limits a separate authority public entities already have.

When a genuine emergency arises, a public entity's police power operates independently of this article's possession mechanics. The agency doesn't have to wait for an ex parte order or observe the 10- or 30-day notice periods if it's acting under emergency police powers rather than the possession procedure this article describes.