Duty to negotiate - Just compensation - Appraisals
N.D. Cent. Code § 32-15-06.1
in effect32-15-06.1. Duty to negotiate - Just compensation - Appraisals
1. A condemnor shall make every reasonable and diligent effort to acquire property by
negotiation.
2. Before initiating negotiations for the purchase of property, the condemnor shall
establish an amount which it believes to be just compensation therefor and promptly
shall submit to the owner an offer to acquire the property for the full amount so
established. The amount shall not be less than the condemnor's approved appraisal or
written statement and summary of just compensation for the property.
3. In establishing the amount believed to be just compensation, the condemnor shall
disregard any decrease or increase in the fair market value of the property caused by
the project for which the property is to be acquired or by the reasonable likelihood that
the property will be acquired for that project, other than a decrease due to physical
deterioration within the reasonable control of the owner.
4. The condemnor shall provide the owner of the property with a written appraisal, if one
has been prepared, or if one has not been prepared, with a written statement and
summary, showing the basis for the amount it established as just compensation for the
property. If appropriate, the compensation for the property to be acquired and for the
damages to remaining property shall be separately stated.
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