Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes

[No sections of Title 26 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes yet have been enacted.]


Unconsolidated Pennsylvania Statutes

EMINENT DOMAIN (Title 26)


ARTICLE I. SHORT TITLE

§ 1-101. Short title.

ARTICLE II. DEFINITIONS

§ 1-201. Definitions.

ARTICLE III. SEVERABILITY, EFFECTIVE DATE, AND INTENT

§ 1-301. Severability.
§ 1-302. Effective date.
§ 1-303. Intent of act; exclusions.

ARTICLE IV. PROCEDURE TO CONDEMN

§ 1-401. Jurisdiction and venue.
§ 1-402. Condemnation; passage of title; declaration of taking. [Off site.]
§ 1-403. Security required. [Off site.]
§ 1-404. Recording notice of condemnation. [Off site.]
§ 1-405. Notice to condemnee. [Off site.]
§ 1-406. Preliminary objections. [Off site.]
§ 1-407. Possession; entry; payment of compensation. [Off site.]
§ 1-408. Revocation of condemnation proceedings.
§ 1-409. Right to enter property prior to condemnation. [Off site.]
§ 1-410. Abandonment of project.
§ 1-411. [Repealed.]

ARTICLE V. PROCEDURE FOR DETERMINING DAMAGES

§ 1-501. Agreement as to damages.
§ 1-502. Petition for the appointment of viewers.
§ 1-503. View.
§ 1-504. Appointment of viewers; notice; objections.
§ 1-505. Service of notice of view and hearing.
§ 1-506. Additional condemnees; mortgagees.
§ 1-507. Joint claims required; apportionment of damages; separate hearings allowed.
§ 1-508. Appointment of trustees or guardian ad litem.
§ 1-509. Furnishing of plans to viewers.
§ 1-510. Powers of viewers.
§ 1-511. Report of viewers.
§ 1-512. Disagreement.
§ 1-513. Filing of report of viewers.
§ 1-514. Reports.
§ 1-515. Appeals; time of taking; consolidation.
§ 1-516. Appeals.
§ 1-517. Disposition of appeal.
§ 1-518. Severance and general damages; allocation.
§ 1-519. [Repealed.]
§ 1-520. Waiver of viewer's proceedings; termination by stipulation.
§ 1-521. Distribution of damages; liens.
§ 1-522. Payment into court; distribution.
§ 1-523. [Repealed.]
§§1-524, 1-525.[Repealed.]

ARTICLE VI. JUST COMPENSATION AND MEASURE OF DAMAGES

§ 1-601. Just compensation.
§ 1-602. Measure of damages.
§ 1-603. Fair market value.
§ 1-604. Effect of imminence of condemnation.
§ 1-605. Contiguous tracts.
§ 1-606. Effect of condemnation use on after value.
§ 1-607. Removal of machinery, equipment or fixtures.
§ 1-608. Expenses incidental to transfer of title.
§ 1-609. Condemnee's costs where no declaration of taking filed.
§ 1-610. Limited reimbursement of appraisal, attorney and engineering fees.
§ 1-610.1. Payment on account of increased mortgage costs.
§ 1-611. Delay compensation.
§ 1-612. Consequential damages.
§ 1-613. Damages for vacation of roads.
§ 1-614 to 1-617. [Repealed.]
§ 1-617.1. Monetary just compensation attempted avoidance.
§ 1-618. [Repealed.]

ARTICLE VI-A. SPECIAL DAMAGES FOR DISPLACEMENT

§ 1-601A. Moving and related expenses of displaced persons.
§ 1-602A. Replacement housing for homeowner.
§ 1-603A. Replacement housing for tenants and others.
§ 1-604A. Issuance of regulations to implement this article.
§ 1-605A. Payments not to be considered as income or resources.
§ 1-606A. Rights of certain displaced persons defined.

ARTICLE VII. EVIDENCE

§ 1-701. Viewer's hearings.
§ 1-702. Condemnor's evidence before viewers.
§ 1-703. Trial in the court of common pleas on appeal.
§ 1-704. Competency of condemnee as witness.
§ 1-705. Evidence generally.
§ 1-706. Use of condemned property.

ARTICLE VIII. BOARD OF VIEWERS

§§ 1-801, 1-802. [Repealed.]
§ 1-803. Qualifications.
§§ 1-804, 1-805. [Repealed.]
§ 1-806. Viewer's hearings; facilities.
§ 1-807. Stenographic notes of hearings.
§ 1-808. [Repealed.]

ARTICLE IX. REPEALS

§ 1-901. Saving clause.
§ 1-902. Specific repeals.
§ 1-903. General repeal.


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