PA · constitutions
Pa. Const. art. X, § 4
Compensation for property taken by corporations under right of eminent domain
Municipal and other corporations invested with the privilege of taking private property for public use shall make just compensation for property taken, injured or destroyed by the construction or enlargement of their works, highways or improvements and compensation shall be paid or secured before the taking, injury or destruction.
History
Adoption. Present Article X was adopted (without article number) November 8, 1966, 1965 P.L.1909, J.R.3, and the article number was supplied by proclamation of the Governor of July 7, 1967, P.L.1063.
Provenance
- Source
- palegis.us
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-30
- Edition
- supplied-2026-09-30
- Content hash
756facc1fd912ba62fba0a3abb6dadb0bb94c182083d4c27a55b60894d49485b
The link goes to the issuing authority’s own document — the one we read to produce this record. Where a source publishes whole titles rather than sections, your browser may need a moment to jump to the provision.
Unofficial copy of government-published law, reproduced from official sources with full provenance. Not an official publication; verify against official sources before relying on it in a filing. Records in the 'guidance' corpus, and only that corpus, are sub-regulatory (interpretive guidelines, survey procedures) and are not binding law. Validity bounds follow each jurisdiction's declared temporalBasis.