Pennsylvania § 308 - Revocation of condemnation proceedings.
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§ 308. Revocation of condemnation proceedings.
(a) Declaration of relinquishment.--
(1) The condemnor, by filing a declaration of relinquishment in court within two years from the filing of the declaration of taking and before having made the payment provided in section 307(a) or (b) (relating to possession, right of entry and payment of compensation) or as to which the condemnee has not tendered possession of the condemned property as provided in section 307, may relinquish all or any part of the property condemned that it has not taken actual possession of for use in the improvement.
(2) The title shall then revest in the condemnee as of the date of the filing of the declaration of taking, and all mortgages and other liens existing as of that date and not thereafter discharged shall be reinstated.
(b) Notice.--Notice of the relinquishment shall be:
(1) Recorded in the office of the recorder of deeds of the county in which the property taken is located, with the condemnor as the grantor and the condemnee as the grantee.
(2) Served on the condemnee, any mortgagee of record and any lienholder of record in the same manner as provided for service of the declaration of taking.
(c) Fees.--The fees payable to the recorder for recording the notice of relinquishment shall be in the same amounts as provided in section 304(c) (relating to recording notice of condemnation).
(d) Costs and expenses.--Where condemned property is relinquished, the condemnee shall be reimbursed by the condemnor for reasonable costs and expenses as provided in section 306(g) (relating to preliminary objections).
(e) Agreement.--The condemnor and the condemnee, without the filing of a declaration of relinquishment, may by agreement effect a revesting of title in the condemnee which agreement shall be properly recorded.
Cross References. Section 308 is referred to in sections 519, 710 of this title.
Source: official Pennsylvania text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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