Title 26, EMINENT DOMAIN

(a) General rule.--A property owner shall be entitled to receive as special damages compensation for any loss suffered prior to the date of taking caused by a reduction of income from rentals which the property owner establishes was substantially due to the general knowledge of t…

(a) General rule.--Compensation for delay in payment shall be paid at an annual rate equal to the prime rate as listed in the first edition of the Wall Street Journal published in the year, plus 1%, not compounded, from: (1) the date of relinquishment of possession of the condemn…

All condemnors, including the Commonwealth, shall be liable for damages to property abutting the area of an improvement resulting from change of grade of a road or highway, permanent interference with access or injury to surface support, whether or not any property is taken. Cros…

Whenever a public road, street or highway is vacated, the affected owners may recover damages for any injuries sustained, even though no land is actually taken. Cross References. Section 715 is referred to in section 521 of this title.

Where a condemnor attempts to avoid the payment of monetary just compensation to which the condemnee otherwise would be entitled by use of a substitute for monetary compensation and the condemnee incurs expenses, including appraisal, attorney and engineering fees, in securing an …

The following words and phrases when used in this chapter shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: "Acquiring agency." The term includes an agency or person that is carrying out a program or project to the extent that t…

(a) Reasonable expenses incurred.-- (1) A displaced person shall be reimbursed for reasonable expenses incurred in moving the displaced person and the person's family and for the removal, transportation and reinstallation of personal property. (i) Receipts shall be prima facie ev…

(a) Additional payments to certain homeowners.-- (1) In addition to payments otherwise authorized, the acquiring agency shall make an additional payment not in excess of $31,000 to any displaced person who is displaced from a dwelling actually owned and occupied by the displaced …

(a) Payment to certain displaced persons.-- (1) In addition to amounts otherwise authorized, an acquiring agency shall make a payment to or for any displaced person displaced from a dwelling not eligible to receive a payment under section 903 (relating to replacement housing for …

(a) Short title of section.--This section shall be known and may be cited as the Housing Replacement Authorization Act. (b) Housing replacements by acquiring agency as last resort.-- (1) If comparable replacement sale or rental housing is not available in the neighborhood or comm…

The General Counsel may promulgate regulations necessary to assure that: (1) The payments authorized by this chapter shall be made in a manner which is fair and reasonable and as uniform as practicable. (2) A displaced person who makes proper application for a payment authorized …

No payment received by a displaced person under this chapter shall be considered as income or resources for the purpose of determining the eligibility or extent of eligibility of any person for assistance under any State law or for the purposes of the State or local personal inco…

The viewers may hear testimony, receive evidence and make independent investigation as they deem appropriate, without being bound by formal rules of evidence.

The condemnor shall, at the hearing before the viewers, present expert testimony of the amount of damages suffered by the condemnee.

At the trial in court on appeal: (1) Either party may, as a matter of right, have the jury or the judge in a trial without a jury view the property involved, notwithstanding that structures have been demolished or the site altered, and the view shall be evidentiary. If the trial …

The condemnee or an officer of a corporate condemnee, without further qualification, may testify as to just compensation without compliance with the provisions of section 1103(2) (relating to trial in court on appeal).

At the hearing before the viewers or at the trial in court on appeal: (1) A qualified valuation expert may, on direct or cross-examination, state any or all facts and data which the expert considered in arriving at an opinion, whether or not the expert has personal knowledge of t…

In arriving at a valuation of the remaining part of the property in a partial condemnation, an expert witness may consider and testify to the use to which the condemned property is intended to be put by the condemnor.