§ 32-30-16-13 — Damages; reduction in value of property owner's real property; inadmissible evidence

Indiana § 32-30-16-13

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 32: PROPERTY
• Art. 30: CAUSES OF ACTION CONCERNING REAL
• Ch. 16: Utility Easements

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(a) The amount of damages payable to a
property owner for the use of an electric easement by an electricity
supplier for communications infrastructure is limited to an amount
sufficient to compensate the property owner for the reduction in value
of the property owner's real property caused by the attachment or
installation of communications infrastructure within the electric
easement. Evidence of revenues, profits, or any other fees derived by
an electricity supplier from installing communications infrastructure in
an existing easement, or evidence of the revenues, profits, or any other
fees derived from the operation of such equipment, is not admissible
for any purpose in any proceeding under this chapter.
(b) If an appraisal performed under this chapter proves no reduction
in value to the property owner's real property, the property owner is not
entitled to damages.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.236-2017, SEC.1.