Tennessee § 29-17-1001 - Continuance of condemnation trial.

§ 29-17-1001. Continuance of condemnation trial.

In any case in which the state of Tennessee, its counties or municipalities exercise the power of eminent domain to acquire land for the construction, reconstruction, maintenance, repair, drainage or protection of any street, road, highway, freeway or parkway under this chapter and chapter 16 of this title or any other law, and the owner of the condemned property is not satisfied with the amount of damages offered, such owner may, upon motion filed with the proper court not less than ninety (90) days prior to the trial on the issue of damages, request that such trial be continued until the highway for which the land was condemned, or any work being done thereto, is completed. If the motion is timely and properly filed, it shall be granted. Acts 1981, ch. 334, § 1; T.C.A. § 29-17-1201 ; Acts 2006, ch. 863, § 1. Compiler's Notes. Acts 2006, ch. 863, § 25, provided that the amendment by that act shall apply only to eminent domain or condemnation proceedings initiated on or after July 1, 2006. Former part 12 of this chapter, §§ 29-17-1201 and 29-17-1202 , concerning miscellaneous provisions, was transferred to title 29, ch. 17, part 10 in 2006. Cross-References. Condemnation by department of transportation, §§ 54-5-104 , 54-5-105 , 54-5-106 , 54-5-107 . Condemnation for controlled-access roads, § 54-16-104 . Eminent domain by state within municipalities, § 54-5-208 . Eminent domain for road purposes, title 29, ch. 17, part 8. Cited: State ex rel. Comm'r DOT v. Cox, 840 S.W.2d 357, 1991 Tenn. App. LEXIS 1006 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1991).