§ 1-26-709 — Compensation for growing crops and improvements

(a) The compensation for crops growing on the property on
the date of valuation is the higher of the current fair market
value of the crops in place, assuming the right to bring them to
maturity and to harvest them, or the amount by which the
existence of the crops enhances the fair market value of the
property.
(b) The compensation for an interest in improvements is
the higher of the fair market value of the improvements,
assuming their immediate removal from the property, or the
amount by which the existence of the improvements enhances the
fair market value of the property.
(c) If improvements are destroyed, removed or damaged by
the condemnee after the date of valuation, the amount of
compensation shall be adjusted to reflect the extent to which
the fair market value of the property has thereby been reduced.
(d) Crops or improvements that are first placed upon the
property after the date of valuation shall be excluded from
consideration in determining the amount of the award, except
that the award shall be adjusted to include the reasonable and
necessary cost of providing improvements required by law and
improvements necessary to protect life or property as authorized
by the court.