Title 23, Title 23

The land taken shall not be entered upon, except to make surveys, before the location has been filed and the damages estimated and secured as provided. No railroad corporation may take, without consent of the owners, meetinghouses, dwelling houses or public or private burying gro…

Any railroad corporation may locate, construct and maintain branch railroad tracks to any railroad station of another corporation or to connect with another railroad or to any mills, mines, quarries, gravel pits, log landing or yard, warehouses and storehouses, airports, piers, d…

For real estate taken pursuant to section 6002, the owners are entitled to damages to be paid by the corporation. The corporation shall attempt to settle the amount of damages, with the consent of the owners, within 60 days from the date of the taking. If all parties do not agree…

In all cases of petition to the commissioners of any county praying for the assessment of damages on account of any railroad corporation having taken lands in the county, the notice to the adverse party of the time and place of the hearing shall be a personal notice of 14 days or…

The county commissioners shall order the corporation to make and maintain such cattle guards, cattle passes and farm crossings as they think reasonable and prescribe the time and manner of making them and consider this work in awarding pecuniary damages. If the corporation after …

The county commissioners in awarding damages for land or other property taken by any railroad company may, on the application of the railroad company, prescribe such terms and conditions, in all respects, for the use of the land or property taken, by the owners of the land or pro…

The county commissioners shall at a regular session make a report of their general estimate of damages, stating specifically the terms and conditions imposed by them, the rights and obligations of each party and the elements of damage as provided for land taken for highway purpos…

Any person, aggrieved by the decision or judgment of the county commissioners in relation to damages for land taken for railroad purposes, may appeal to the Superior Court to be held in the county where the land is situated, within 30 days after the report of the commissioners is…

When the proceedings are closed, the corporation may deposit with the clerk the amount of damages, with interest from the time when the estimation was recorded, and legal costs, in full satisfaction therefor, unless a demand had been previously made and payment neglected.

When the damages remain unpaid for more than 30 days after they are due and demanded, equitable relief may be requested by the person entitled to them, praying for an injunction against the use or occupation of his land taken. If proceedings for an estimation of damages are not c…

Service of process and notice may be made as process is served in other actions. Service of an injunction issued against any person, whether a party to the action or not, may be made upon him and he shall be liable to all the penalties and consequences provided for a breach of it…

The court may order persons violating the injunction, after service or using the land, to show cause at a time fixed, why a decree should not be entered and execution issued against them individually and their goods and estate, for the damages, interest, costs and for additional …

No railroad corporation may take the grounds occupied by any other railroad company and necessary for its use for station purposes, without its consent. When application is made to take those grounds, the Department of Transportation, upon notice and hearing, shall determine whet…

Whenever any railroad passenger station is erected or maintained in any city or town in this State, any railroad corporation having or using a track or passenger station within that city or town may run its passenger trains to and from the station, over any railroad track or trac…

1. Loitering prohibited. A person may not loiter or remain, without right, within any car or station house of a railroad corporation or upon the platform or grounds adjoining that station after being requested to leave by a railroad officer. 2. Soliciting passengers prohibited. A…

The officers of all railroad corporations shall cause a copy of section 6019 to be posted in a conspicuous place at the several stations along the line of their roads.

Where a railroad passes through enclosed or improved land, or woodlots belonging to a farm, legal and sufficient fences shall be made on each side of the land taken therefor, before the construction of the road is commenced, and the fences shall be maintained and kept in good rep…

The owner of any enclosed or improved land or woodlot belonging to a farm abutting upon any railroad, which is finished and in operation, may at any time between the 20th day of April and the end of October give written notice to the president, treasurer or any of the directors o…

1. Injuring fence. A person may not take down or intentionally injure a fence erected to protect the line of a railroad. 2. Turning animals into railroad enclosure. A person may not turn a horse, cattle or other animal upon or within the enclosure of a railroad. 3. Penalty. A per…

The corporation is liable for trespasses and injuries to lands and buildings adjoining or in the vicinity of its road committed by a person in its employment or occasioned by its order, if the party injured within 60 days after the injured gives notice to the corporation; but its…

No title to any real estate or any interest in real estate may be acquired against any railroad corporation by adverse possession, however exclusive or long continued.