Do Tenants Have Rights in Eminent Domain?

They certainly do have claims against the government, and there’s two or three forms of those claims. Under certain conditions, and they’re a little bit stricter than for property owners, renters, commercial renters, have business damage claims. Then secondly, tenants have claims for relocation when there are federal dollars involved in the particular project. Your typical FDOT project involving widening a state road might not have tenant compensation.