Eminent Domain

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Section
1

Order of Taking; Contents

Section
2

Officials Authorized to Exercise Eminent Domain

Section
3

Recordation of Taking Order; Procedure to Acquire Possession

Section
4

Taking Registered Land

Section
5

Taking of Land Already in Public Use

Section
5a

Historical or Archeological Landmarks; Ancient Landmarks; Taking

Section
5b

Agricultural Land

Section
5c

Notice of Intent Prior to Taking; Exceptions

Section
6

Taking by Public; Award of Damages; Amendment of Award; Payment

Section
6a

Moving Expenses; Exemption From Attachment or Execution

Section
7

Taking by Private Corporations; Award of Damages; Time of Payment

Section
7a

Appraisal as Pre-Requisite to Payment of Damages

Section
7b

Payment of Damages; Execution of Necessary Documents; Time of Issuance of Checks

Section
7c

Notice of Taking and Amount of Damages; Contents; Service

Section
7d

Unknown Persons or Persons Under Legal Disability; Manner of Payment of Damages; Apportionment of Damages; Deposits

Section
7e

Unclaimed Checks

Section
7f

Copies of Notice or Notice of Deposit; Sending to Tax Collectors

Section
7g

Receipt of Payment or Deposit; Effect; Recovery of Interest; Refund of Overpayment; Recovery of Payment Made to Person Not Entitled Thereto

Section
7h

Payment of Damages of Less Than $2000 to Prevent Hardship Notwithstanding Title Deficiencies

Section
8

Repealed, 1964, 579, Sec. 4

Section
8a

Offer of Settlement; Payment Pro Tanto; Refund of Excess

Section
8b

Time for Vacation of Dwellings

Section
9

Injuries to Realty Caused by Improvements Not Constituting a Taking

Section
10

Damages for Injuries to Property Caused by Acts in Pais

Section
10a

Payment of Damages; Enforcement of Provisions of Certain Sections; Petition for Writ of Mandamus

Section
11

Land Lying in More Than One Governmental Unit; Petition for Award of Damages

Section
12

Measure of Damages; Federal Reimbursement

Section
12a

Property Taken Diminished in Value by Disaster; Full Compensation; Determination of Fair Market Value; Time Limit

Section
13

Buildings and Trees on Land Taken

Section
14

Petition to Superior Court

Section
15

Repealed, 1936, 385, Sec. 1

Section
16

Time for Filing Petition

Section
17

Time for Filing Petition When Original Proceedings Quashed

Section
18

Time for Filing Petition When Validity of Taking Is Contested

Section
19

Time for Filing Petition if Improvement Delayed by Law

Section
20

Petition by Guardian, Conservator or Trustee

Section
21

Procedure on Death of Person Entitled to Damages

Section
22

Pleading and Procedure; Entry of Judgment

Section
23

Petition of Persons Holding Different Interests in Same Property

Section
24

Damages Sustained by Tenant for Life or Years and Remaindermen; Trust

Section
25

Amount of Damages Placed in Trust; Damages Special to Separate Estate

Section
26

Trustees for Persons With Legal Disability; Appointment; Bond

Section
27

Persons Holding Unusual Interests; Right to Petition

Section
28

Notice to Other Holders of Interests

Section
29

Award to Persons Holding Different Interests; Apportionment

Section
30

Appointment of Guardian Ad Litem or Trustee

Section
31

Petition by Tenant in Possession of Encumbered Property

Section
32

Mortgaged Land; Procedure

Section
33

Apportionment of Damages Between Mortgagors and Mortgagees

Section
34

Request for Speedy Trial

Section
35

Evidence of Assessed or Fair Market Value of Property; Admissibility

Section
35a

Apportionment of Taxes

Section
36

Discontinuance of Petition

Section
36a

Payment of Damages After Exhaustion or Waiver of Right to Appeal

Section
37

Interest on Award of Damages

Section
38

Costs

Section
39

Settlement and Tender; Interest

Section
40

Taking by Private Corporations; Security for Damages

Section
41

Finality of Award; Remedy for Collection

Section
42

Remedies to Enforce Payment by Private Corporations

Section
43

Right Less Than Fee; Effect of Abandonment on Award of Damages

Section
44

Taking by United States

Section
44a

Tax Liens on Realty Taken

Section
45

Applicability of Chapter