Title XX, Transportation

If an appeal is taken, the proprietors shall also file in the office of the clerk of court, in the county in which the land is situated, reasonable security to the satisfaction of the court for the payment of any further damages and of the costs which may be awarded to the landow…

The damages awarded to a landowner shall be paid or tendered to him, if he is known and resident in the state, before the proprietors of the railroad shall enter on his land to construct their road, except by his consent.

If the landowner or his residence is unknown, or if he is a minor and has no guardian, or is not resident in the state, the damages awarded shall be paid to the state treasurer for the landowner's use, before the land can be rightfully entered upon.

If the landowner's damages are reduced upon appeal, the proprietors of the railroad shall have judgment and execution against him for the amount of such reduction if he has taken the damages tendered to him; but, if he has not taken such damages, the proprietors may retain the am…

If the result of an appeal is to change the award of damages in favor of the appellant, the appellant shall recover costs; otherwise he shall pay costs.

No action shall be brought for damages before entry upon the land; and, if the location of the road shall be changed before the land is entered upon for the purpose of building the road, no damages shall be paid.

The grantees to whom the legislature has granted the right to construct and maintain a railroad, by virtue of a special charter or of the general laws, may enter upon any land which falls within their route, and by their agents and engineers may make such surveys as they deem nec…

The location of a railroad already built may be changed by the department of transportation upon petition of the proprietors thereof, after notice to all persons interested, a hearing and an award of damages to persons injured by the change.

The rights of all parties shall be the same in such case as in case of an original appraisal. The change of location shall be a discontinuance of the part abandoned, but the proprietors may be allowed by the department of transportation a limited time to remove their fixtures the…

If land occupied by a railroad was not laid out and the damages appraised at the time of its construction, the road shall not be obstructed, but the land may be set off and the damages appraised as should have been done originally; and the costs of the proceeding shall be assesse…

The proprietors of a railroad may take and hold such land as may be necessary for yards, side tracks, fuel sheds, repair shops, turntables, gravel pits, engine, car and freight houses and depots, for making provisions to supply their buildings and engines with water, and for the …

In the cases provided for in RSA 245:23, the parties shall have like remedies for a change of location, including a modification of the right taken, and for an appraisal of damages, as in the case of taking land for a railroad, with the same right of appeal and the same procedure…

Persons authorized to construct and maintain a railroad as provided in RSA 245:2 shall locate the route for their railroad where they deem it most suitable, establishing at convenient distances, not exceeding one mile apart, permanent monuments easily ascertainable. The width of …

Persons authorized to construct and maintain a railroad as provided in RSA 245:2 shall make a return of their location with reference to such monuments to the office of the secretary of state. Such return shall describe the location of the road by courses and distances with refer…

Persons authorized to construct and maintain a railroad as provided in RSA 245:2 may locate and lay out the road in its entire course at one time, or in parts at different and successive times, as they shall deem conducive to the interests of all concerned.

Persons authorized to construct and maintain a railroad as provided in RSA 245:2 shall give a copy of such location to each owner of land included in the location, if known and resident in the state, at least 14 days before application shall be made for an appraisal of the damage…

If any owner of land over which the road is located, or stockholders of the corporation holding 1/10 of its capital stock, are dissatisfied with the location, they may, at any time before damages are assessed, apply by petition to the department of transportation for a change of …

The corporation, either before or after such location, may obtain deeds, or bonds for deeds, of any lands which it deems necessary for its road, or of the right of way over the same.

If from any cause the corporation does not obtain the deeds provided for in RSA 245:8, it may apply by petition to the department of transportation to appraise the damages occasioned to the owners of such lands by the railroad.