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...ved by the court in favor of the agency unless such matters are specifically denied in the answer and the facts relied upon in support of such denial are set forth therein, provided, when taken in time of war or other public exigency, imperatively requiring its immediate seizure or for the purpose of making or repairing roads, which shall be open to the public, without charge, an answer may not deny the right to make...

...f the governing or controlling body, council, or board of the agency declaring the necessity for the appropriation creates a rebuttable presumption of the necessity for the appropriation if the agency is not appropriating the property because it is a blighted parcel or part of a blighted area or slum. (b) The presentation by a public utility or common carrier of evidence of the necessity for the appropriatio...

...civil actions. However, it shall be grounds for challenge for cause if a juror has served in two appropriation trials in the current term of court.

...wners is an infant or otherwise incompetent, and has no guardian, a guardian ad litem shall be appointed in his behalf.

...considers proper. (D) No part of the pleadings shall be read or exhibited to the jury.

...thereof as the court deems appropriate, until the rights of the respective parties have been determined.

...shall not be included in payments made under section 163.53 of the Revised Code, shall not be duplicated in any compensation otherwise awarded to the owner, shall not exceed ten thousand dollars, and shall not be awarded in appropriations of less than the entirety of the business property. (D) The verdict shall be signed by at least three-fourths of the members of the jury. (E) If a jury is discharged withou...

...anization, or small business at its new site, but not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars. (2) If the agency does not approve a payment for which the owner applied under division (B)(1) of this section, the trier of fact, upon presentation of proof, shall determine whether to award a payment for the expenses described in division (B)(1) of this section and the amount of any award. The owner shall have the b...

...ay offer to confess judgment for the amount to be stated and the court costs then made in favor of any owner who in any manner enters an appearance or upon whom service has been made. If such owner refuses to accept such offer and as a result of the trial does not receive more, he shall pay all court costs accruing after the offer.

...e award is not paid to the owner or deposited in court within twenty-one days after journalization of the verdict, interest thereafter shall accrue, except that where the owner appeals, interest shall not accrue until the agency takes possession. If the owner appeals and is granted a larger award, interest shall be paid on the additional amount awarded from the date of taking possession to the date of actual payment...

... ordinary mail of such payment to the counsel of record of each owner and to the known address of owners not represented. Thereupon any owner may file with the court a motion for distribution. After reasonable notice to all parties and to any additional interested parties who become known to the court, the court shall hear evidence as to the respective interests of the owners in the property and may make distribution...

...wner posts a supersedeas bond in an amount the court determines.

...en appropriated, in order to perfect title in itself.

...determines that an agency is not entitled to appropriate particular property, the court shall enter both of the following: (a) A judgment against the agency for costs, including jury fees; (b) A judgment in favor of each affected owner, in amounts that the court considers to be just, for the owner's reasonable disbursements and expenses, to include witness fees, expert witness fees, attorney's fees, apprai...

...If an agency decides not to use appropriated property for the purpose stated in the appropriation petition, the prior owner from whom the property was appropriated may repurchase the property for its fair market value as determined by an independent appraisal made by an appraiser chosen by agreement of the parties or, if the parties cannot agree, an appraiser chosen by the court. The right of repurchase shall b...

...he court at the earliest practicable moment.

...oard, or other contrivance designed, intended, or used to advertise or to give information in the nature of advertising, or any part of any such contrivance, the advertisement on which is visible from the traveled way of any street, road, or highway in this state. (B) "Erect" means to construct or allow to be constructed, but does not include any activity performed incident to a change of an advertisement or normal ...

...est do not reach agreement as to the amount of just compensation to be paid for the right, title, or interest, the public agency shall institute an action to appropriate it in accordance with this chapter.

...rtising device is removed by a public agency pursuant to any law or ordinance, or to the exercise of any power or authority possessed by the public agency, the owner of the advertising device and the owner of the real property upon which the advertising device is located shall be paid just compensation. (B) Sections 163.31 to 163.33 of the Revised Code do not apply to any action taken pursuant to Chapter 5516. of t...

...der the laws of Ohio, together with the credit instruments, if any, secured thereby. (I) "Comparable replacement dwelling" means any dwelling that is decent, safe, and sanitary; adequate in size to accommodate the occupants; within the financial means of the displaced person; functionally equivalent to the displaced person's dwelling; in an area not subject to unreasonable adverse environmental conditions; and in a ...

...under the power of eminent domain, any element of value or damage not in existence immediately prior to June 11, 1971.

...nization, or small business at its new site, but not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars. (B) Any displaced person eligible for payments under division (A) of this section who is displaced from a dwelling and who elects to accept the payments authorized by this division in lieu of the payments authorized by division (A) of this section may receive an expense and dislocation allowance, determined according t...

...de the following elements: (1) The amount, if any, which when added to the acquisition cost of the dwelling acquired by the displacing agency, equals the reasonable cost of a comparable replacement dwelling. (2) The amount, if any, which will compensate the displaced person for any increased interest costs and other debt service costs which the person is required to pay for financing the acquisition of a comp...

...n displaced from any dwelling not eligible to receive a payment under section 163.54 of the Revised Code which dwelling was actually and lawfully occupied by such displaced person for not less than ninety days prior to the initiation of negotiations for acquisition of such dwelling, or in any case in which displacement is not a direct result of acquisition, not less than ninety days prior to such other event as...

...ion. (2) Whenever a program or project undertaken by a displacing agency will result in the displacement of any person, the head of the displacing agency shall provide a relocation assistance advisory program for displaced persons which shall offer the services described in division (B) of this section. If the head of the displacing agency determines that any person occupying property immediately adjacent to the rea...