Land Use & Zoning
In Idaho, when a government regulation reduces the value of private property so drastically that it constitutes an unconstitutional taking, this is called:
AInverse condemnation
BRegulatory taking✓ Correct
CEscheat
DPolice power
Explanation
A regulatory taking occurs when government regulation goes so far as to deprive an owner of substantially all economic use of their property, entitling the owner to compensation as if the property were physically taken.
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