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...If it appears that any of the owners is an infant or otherwise incompetent, and has no guardian, a guardian ad litem shall be appointed in his behalf.

...of the Revised Code as the result of a public exigency, the party or parties other than the owners shall open and close the case. (C) The court may amend any defect or informality in proceedings under sections 163.01 to 163.22 of the Revised Code. The court may cause new parties to be added and direct further notice to be given to a party in interest as the court considers proper. (D) No part of the pleadings...

...No delay in the proceedings shall be occasioned by doubt as to the ownership of any property, or as to the interest of the respective owners, but in such cases the court may require the retention of the deposit or award or such portion thereof as the court deems appropriate, until the rights of the respective parties have been determined.

...(A) In appropriation proceedings the jury shall be sworn to impartially assess the compensation and damages, if any, without deductions for general benefits as to the property of the owner. (B) The jury, in its verdict, shall assess the compensation for the property appropriated and damages, if any, to the residue, to be paid to the owners. When a building or other structure is on the property appropriated or ...

...t be construed to limit the right of a public agency to enter and take possession, as provided in section 163.06 of the Revised Code. When the agency is entitled to possession the court shall enter an order to such effect upon the record and, if necessary, process shall be issued to place the agency in possession. Whenever a final journal entry in an appropriation proceeding, granting to this state a fee title ...

...The court costs, including jury fees, of any proceeding shall be paid as the court directs, except as may be provided for in cases subject to division (A)(2) or (B)(1) of section 163.21 of the Revised Code. The agency may 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 ref...

...rtation, and the department is the sole public agency seeking to appropriate property in the case, interest as provided for in this section shall be at the per annum rate of either the interest rate as defined and established in division (B) of section 5703.47 of the Revised Code, or ten per cent, whichever is less.

...At the time the agency makes a deposit or pays into court the jury award, the clerk of courts shall give notice by 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, th...

...Subject to sections 163.07 and 163.09 of the Revised Code, any party may prosecute appeals as in other civil actions from the judgment of the court. The owner may request, and the court may grant, a stay on appeal, provided that the owner posts a supersedeas bond in an amount the court determines.

...An agency may appropriate in accordance with sections 163.01 to 163.22, inclusive, of the Revised Code, any property in which an interest has been appropriated, in order to perfect title in itself.

...de a revised offer based on conditions indigenous to the property that could not reasonably have been discovered at the time of the good faith offer, one hundred twenty-five per cent of the revised offer, the court shall enter judgment in favor of the owner, in amounts the court considers just, for all costs and expenses, including attorney's and appraisal fees, that the owner actually incurred. (2) The ...

...e property within sixty days after the public agency offers the property for repurchase. (C) A plan, contract, or arrangement is authorized that commences an urban renewal project that includes the property. (D) The agency grants or transfers the property to any other person or agency. (E) Five years have passed since the property was appropriated. (F) Prior to the filing of the petition for appropriation, ...

...ll be advanced as a matter of immediate public interest and concern and shall be heard by the court at the earliest practicable moment.

... means the payment of compensation by a public agency that orders the removal of an advertising device, in the same manner as it would for other property acquired pursuant to this chapter. (D) "Maintain" means to preserve, keep in repair, continue, allow to exist, or restore if destroyed by an act of God or vandalism. (E) "Public agency" has the same meaning as in section 163.01 of the Revised Code. (F) "Visible" ...

...advertising device that is ordered by a public agency pursuant to law or ordinance, or to the exercise of any power or authority possessed by the public agency, shall be deemed to constitute the taking of all right, title, and interest in the advertising device, including any leasehold interest, of the owner of the advertising device and of the right of the owner of the real property on which the advertising device i...

... any advertising 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 5...

...perty; (2) The sale of services to the public; (3) By a nonprofit organization; (4) Solely for the purposes of section 163.53 of the Revised Code, for assisting in the purchase, sale, resale, manufacture, processing, or marketing of products, commodities, personal property, or services by the erection and maintenance of an outdoor advertising display or displays, whether or not such display or displays are located...

...(A) The failure of an acquiring agency to satisfy a requirement of section 163.59 of the Revised Code does not affect the validity of any property acquisition by purchase or condemnation. (B) Nothing in sections 163.51 to 163.62 of the Revised Code shall be construed as creating, in any condemnation proceeding brought under the power of eminent domain, any element of value or damage not in existence immediately p...

...right-of-way. A utility facility may be publicly, privately, or cooperatively owned.

...(A) In addition to payments otherwise authorized by sections 163.51 to 163.62 of the Revised Code, the head of the displacing agency shall make an additional payment not to exceed thirty-one thousand dollars to any displaced person who is displaced from a dwelling actually owned and occupied by the displaced person for not less than ninety days prior to the initiation of negotiations for the acquisition of the ...

...(A) In addition to amounts otherwise authorized by sections 163.51 to 163.62 of the Revised Code, the head of a displacing agency shall make a payment to or for any displaced person 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 ...

...ems associated with the displacement of individuals, families, businesses, and farm operations, and in a manner that provides for the resolution of such problems in order to minimize adverse impacts on displaced persons and to expedite program or project advancement and completion. (2) Whenever a program or project undertaken by a displacing agency will result in the displacement of any person, the head of the displ...

...gency may enter into contracts with any individual, firm, association, or corporation for services in connection with such programs, or may carry out its functions under sections 163.51 to 163.62 of the Revised Code through any federal or state governmental agency or instrumentality having an established organization for conducting relocation assistance programs. The displacing agency shall, in carrying out the reloc...

...(A) Except as otherwise provided in rules adopted under division (B) of this section, the head of each displacing agency is authorized to establish such regulations and procedures as he may determine to be necessary to assure: (1) That the payments and assistance authorized by sections 163.51 to 163.62 of the Revised Code shall be administered in a manner which is fair and reasonable, and as uniform as practicable;...

..., "appraisal" means a written statement independently and impartially prepared by a qualified appraiser, or a written statement prepared by an employee of the acquiring agency who is a qualified appraiser, setting forth an opinion of defined value of an adequately described property as of a specified date, supported by the presentation and analysis of relevant market information. (D) Before the initiation of negotia...