Indiana § 32-24-1-13 - Highways and roads; appointment of appraisers
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§ 32-24-1-13. Highways and roads; appointment of appraisers
Sec. 13. (a) The Indiana department of transportation or any state board, agency, or commission that succeeds the department in respect to the duties to locate, relocate, construct, reconstruct, repair, or maintain the public highways of Indiana, having the right to exercise the power of eminent domain for the public use, in its action for condemnation is not required to prove that an offer of purchase was made to the property owner in an action under this article.
(b) The court shall on the return day fixed at the time of the filing of the complaint appoint appraisers as provided by law and fix a day not later than ten (10) days after the date of the court's order for the appraisers to appear, qualify, and file their report of appraisal.
(c) If the appraisers appointed by the court fail to appear, qualify, and file their report of appraisal as ordered by the court, the court shall discharge the appraisers and appoint new appraisers in the same manner as provided in subsection (b).
[Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-11-1-9.]
As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.9.
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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