Alabama Code 18-4-16. Expenses incurred from condemnation proceedings
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Terms Used In Alabama Code 18-4-16
- Appraisal: A determination of property value.
- property: includes both real and personal property. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
- real property: includes lands, tenements and hereditaments. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
Where a condemnation proceeding is instituted by a state agency to acquire real property and the final judgment is that the real property cannot be acquired by condemnation, and the proceeding is abandoned, the owner of any right, title, or interest in real property shall be paid a sum that shall, in the opinion of the court, reimburse the owner for his or her reasonable costs, disbursements, and expenses including reasonable attorney, appraisal, and engineering fees, actually incurred because of the condemnation proceedings. The award of the sums will be paid by the state agency which sought to condemn the property.