Indiana § 20-26-7-16 Eminent domain; offer of reasonable value to owners before petition;
costs of subsequent action

Indiana Statutes

§ 20-26-7-16 — Eminent domain; offer of reasonable value to owners before petition; costs of subsequent action

Indiana § 20-26-7-16

Title 20EDUCATION

Art. 26SCHOOL CORPORATIONS: GENERAL

Ch. 7Property and Eminent Domain

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Ind. Code § 20-26-7-16 (2026).

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Before the filing of the petition, the township trustee or school trustees, or a majority of them, may offer or tender to the owner or owners of the real estate an amount considered a reasonable value for the real estate. If the amount fixed by the appraisers or by the court later becomes the same or less than the amount tendered:

(1)the cause shall be prosecuted at the cost of the owner or owners of the real estate; and

(2)upon exception to the amount fixed by the appraisers, if the exceptor does not increase the amount of the appraisement and assessment, the action on the exception shall be at the cost of the exceptor. If an amount has not been tendered by the township trustee or school trustees, or a majority of them, and an exception is not taken, the action shall be prosecuted at th

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Before the filing of the petition, the township
trustee or school trustees, or a majority of them, may offer or tender to
the owner or owners of the real estate an amount considered a
reasonable value for the real estate. If the amount fixed by the
appraisers or by the court later becomes the same or less than the
amount tendered:
(1) the cause shall be prosecuted at the cost of the owner or
owners of the real estate; and
(2) upon exception to the amount fixed by the appraisers, if the
exceptor does not increase the amount of the appraisement and
assessment, the action on the exception shall be at the cost of the
exceptor.
If an amount has not been tendered by the township trustee or school
trustees, or a majority of them, and an exception is not taken, the action
shall be prosecuted at the cost of the petitioners.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education
Recodification Citation: 20-5-23-4.]