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AL Code § 18-1A-253 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 18 - Eminent Domain.|Chapter 1A - Eminent Domain Generally.|Article 15 - Arbitration of Compensation.|Section 18-1A-253 - Effect of Pending Condemnation Action.

Section 18-1A-253Effect of pending condemnation action. If a condemnation action has been commenced and is pending between the parties to an arbitration agreement under this article: (1) A petition, motion, or other proceeding thereafter initiated in connection with the arbitration shall be filed in and determined by the court in the condemnation action; (2) The court in the condemnation action may stay the determination of an issue of compensation in the action until arbitration pursuant to the agreement has been concluded; and (3) The total or apportioned amounts of compensation as determined by the arbitration award and confirmed by the court shall be included in the judgment of condemnation as the amount of compensation for the property. (Acts 1985, No. 85-548, p. 802, §1504.)
AL Code § 18-1A-254 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 18 - Eminent Domain.|Chapter 1A - Eminent Domain Generally.|Article 15 - Arbitration of Compensation.|Section 18-1A-254 - Absence of Concurrent Condemnation Action.

Section 18-1A-254Absence of concurrent condemnation action. In the absence of a pending condemnation action relating to the property, a petition, motion, or other proceeding initiated in connection with arbitration pursuant to an agreement under this article shall be filed in and determined by a court that would have both jurisdiction and proper venue of the condemnation action if it had been commenced immediately prior thereto. Unless the agreement for arbitration otherwise provides, the total or apportioned amounts of compensation as determined by the arbitration award and confirmed by the court shall be entered as a judgment with the same effect and subject to the same terms and conditions as a judgment of condemnation of the property. (Acts 1985, No. 85-548, p. 802, §1505.)
AL Code § 18-1A-255 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 18 - Eminent Domain.|Chapter 1A - Eminent Domain Generally.|Article 15 - Arbitration of Compensation.|Section 18-1A-255 - Arbitration Procedure.

Section 18-1A-255Arbitration procedure. Unless the arbitration agreement provides otherwise, the conduct of the arbitration shall be subject to the following rules: (1) The locale for the arbitration is the county in which the subject property, or the major portion of that property, is located. (2) The law of this state relating to the criteria for ascertaining just compensation and damages, and the elements thereof, shall be applied. (3) The arbitration tribunal shall be the judge of the relevancy and materiality of the evidence offered, and conformity to the legal rules of evidence shall not be required. (4) The amount of compensation determined by the arbitration award must be within the range of the evidence presented by the parties. (5) The condemnor shall pay the compensation of and all expenses and fees incurred by the arbitrators. (Acts 1985, No. 85-548, p. 802, §1506.)
AL Code § 18-1A-256 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 18 - Eminent Domain.|Chapter 1A - Eminent Domain Generally.|Article 15 - Arbitration of Compensation.|Section 18-1A-256 - Abandonment of Acquisition.

Section 18-1A-256Abandonment of acquisition. (a) Subject to the requirements of subsection (b), an arbitration under this article may specify the terms and conditions, if any, under which the condemnor may abandon acquisition of the property. (b) Unless the arbitration agreement expressly waives the property owner's right to reimbursement, in the event of abandonment of acquisition after an arbitration agreement has been entered into, he is entitled to recover from the condemnor: (1) The same litigation expenses that would be recoverable upon dismissal of an action for the acquisition of the property; and (2) All other expenses, not included in recoverable litigation expenses, reasonably and necessarily incurred by him in preparation for and in participating in the arbitration and in judicial proceedings in connection with the arbitration, including reasonable attorney, appraisal, and engineering fees. (c) If abandonment of acquisition occurs after the rendition of an award in the arbitration proceedings, the amount of the expenses payable under this section shall be determined as an additional issue in the arbitration, unless the arbitration agreement expressly provides otherwise. If the abandonment occurs before the rendition of the award, the amount shall be determined by the court in a condemnation action, if one is commenced, or in any independent action brought against the condemnor. (Acts 1985, No. 85-548, p. 802, §1507.)
AL Code § 18-1A-257 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 18 - Eminent Domain.|Chapter 1A - Eminent Domain Generally.|Article 15 - Arbitration of Compensation.|Section 18-1A-257 - Recordation of Agreement.

Section 18-1A-257Recordation of agreement. (a) An agreement under this article, or a memorandum summarizing its terms and describing the subject property, after being executed and acknowledged by the parties, may be recorded, or rerecorded, in the same manner and with the same effect as a conveyance of real property. (b) The record of the agreement or summary of agreement ceases to be notice to any person for any purpose after two years following the date of recordation or rerecordation under subsection (a). (Acts 1985, No. 85-548, p. 802, §1508.)
AL Code § 18-1A-270 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 18 - Eminent Domain.|Chapter 1A - Eminent Domain Generally.|Article 16 - Miscellaneous.|Section 18-1A-270 - Application to Probate Court for Order of Condemnation; Bond or Security and Affidavit Not Required of State or Counties; Authority From Governor to Bring Suit.

Section 18-1A-270Application to probate court for order of condemnation; bond or security and affidavit not required of state or counties; authority from Governor to bring suit. The State of Alabama, or any county, municipality, the University of Alabama, Auburn University, the University of Montevallo or any corporation organized under the laws of this state, or any person or association of persons, proposing to take lands, or to acquire an interest or easement therein, for any uses for which private property may be taken, may, if there be no other mode of proceeding prescribed by law, apply to the probate court of the county in which such lands, or a material portion thereof, may be situate, for an order of condemnation thereof to such uses. The state or any county may institute and maintain the proceedings herein authorized, in its own name, without giving bond or security or causing affidavit to be made, though the same may be required if the action were between private citizens. The written direction of the Governor to the attorney of record is a sufficient authority for bringing the suit. (Acts 1985, No. 85-548, p. 802, §1601.)
AL Code § 18-1A-271 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 18 - Eminent Domain.|Chapter 1A - Eminent Domain Generally.|Article 16 - Miscellaneous.|Section 18-1A-271 - Acquisition of Lands, etc., for State Prison System.

Section 18-1A-271Acquisition of lands, etc., for state prison system. The Governor may cause proceedings to be instituted in the name of the State of Alabama for the acquirement by condemnation of any lands, rights-of-way or material needed for the use of the penitentiary, or the maintenance or operation of the prison system of the state, the purchase of which may be authorized by law. Such proceedings must be had in the probate court of the county in which such lands or other property, or a material part thereof, may be situated, and prosecuted in the name of the State of Alabama in accordance with the provisions of this chapter providing for the condemnation of lands for the public uses so far as the same may be applicable; except, that the application need not be certified, nor shall security for costs be required of the state. (Acts 1985, No. 85-548, p. 802, §1602.)
AL Code § 18-1A-272 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 18 - Eminent Domain.|Chapter 1A - Eminent Domain Generally.|Article 16 - Miscellaneous.|Section 18-1A-272 - Acquisition of Easements for Connecting Lines by Foreign Telegraph or Telephone Companies.

Section 18-1A-272Acquisition of easements for connecting lines by foreign telegraph or telephone companies. A telegraph or telephone company, incorporated under the laws of another state, proposing to extend connecting lines into this state, may acquire an easement for the uses and purposes of such connecting lines and may pursue the mode of proceeding prescribed in this chapter. (Acts 1985, No. 85-548, p. 802, §1603.)
AL Code § 18-1A-274 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 18 - Eminent Domain.|Chapter 1A - Eminent Domain Generally.|Article 16 - Miscellaneous.|Section 18-1A-274 - Acquisition of Lands, etc., for Viaducts and Subways by Railroad Companies, etc., Within Municipalities.

Section 18-1A-274Acquisition of lands, etc., for viaducts and subways by railroad companies, etc., within municipalities. Railroad companies and street railway companies may jointly or severally construct viaducts and subways in any municipality in this state by and with the consent of the municipality in which such viaduct or subway is to be constructed, and, to that end, such railroad companies and street railway companies may condemn all necessary property, lands, and interest and easements therein, including consequential damages to any property thereby injured or to be injured, as well as any property taken or destroyed or to be taken or destroyed. Such condemnation proceedings may be had as provided by the general laws of this state governing the taking of lands or acquiring of interests therein for the uses for which private property may be taken, injured, or destroyed. (Acts 1985, No. 85-548, p. 802, §1605.)
AL Code § 18-1A-273 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 18 - Eminent Domain.|Chapter 1A - Eminent Domain Generally.|Article 16 - Miscellaneous.|Section 18-1A-273 - Acquisition of Easements for Crossings by Railroads, Etc.

Section 18-1A-273Acquisition of easements for crossings by railroads, etc. Any corporation, person, or association of persons owning a railroad or street railroad in this state and proposing to cross or intersect the line of another railroad or street railroad may acquire an easement for such purpose and to that end may pursue the mode of proceeding prescribed in this chapter. (Acts 1985, No. 85-548, p. 802, §1604.)
AL Code § 18-1A-275 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 18 - Eminent Domain.|Chapter 1A - Eminent Domain Generally.|Article 16 - Miscellaneous.|Section 18-1A-275 - Guardian Ad Litem for Infants or Incompetents.

Section 18-1A-275Guardian ad litem for infants or incompetents. If the owner of the lands or other party interested therein is an infant or is of unsound mind, the probate court, on the day appointed for the hearing, must appoint a guardian ad litem to represent him, and the guardian so appointed must file a written acceptance of the appointment, must appear and protect the rights and interests of such infant or person of unsound mind, and, if he deems it necessary, may employ counsel to assist him. The compensation of such guardian and of his counsel must be ascertained by the probate court and taxed as costs of the proceedings. (Acts 1985, No. 85-548, p. 802, §1606.)
AL Code § 18-1A-276 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 18 - Eminent Domain.|Chapter 1A - Eminent Domain Generally.|Article 16 - Miscellaneous.|Section 18-1A-276 - Hearing; Order Granting or Refusing Complaint.

Section 18-1A-276Hearing; order granting or refusing complaint. The probate court shall conduct a hearing within 45 days after the filing of the complaint at which, on the day appointed, or any other day to which the hearing may be continued when necessary to provide reasonable notice or for other compelling reasons, the probate court must hear the allegations of the complaint, any objections which may be filed to the granting thereof, and any legal evidence touching the same and, within 10 days after the hearing, shall make an order granting or refusing the complaint. (Acts 1985, No. 85-548, p. 802, §1607; Act 2005-168, p. 289, §1.)
AL Code § 18-1A-277 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 18 - Eminent Domain.|Chapter 1A - Eminent Domain Generally.|Article 16 - Miscellaneous.|Section 18-1A-277 - Hearing to Be Conducted as in Civil Cases.

Section 18-1A-277Hearing to be conducted as in civil cases. The hearing provided for in this chapter must in all respects be conducted and evidence taken as in civil cases at law, except as otherwise provided in this chapter. (Acts 1985, No. 85-548, p. 802, §1608.)
AL Code § 18-1A-278 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 18 - Eminent Domain.|Chapter 1A - Eminent Domain Generally.|Article 16 - Miscellaneous.|Section 18-1A-278 - Who May Appear at Proceedings and Trials.

Section 18-1A-278Who may appear at proceedings and trials. Any person interested in the proceeding may be present in person or by attorney at any of the proceedings or trials provided for in this chapter. (Acts 1985, No. 85-548, p. 802, §1609.)
AL Code § 18-1A-279 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 18 - Eminent Domain.|Chapter 1A - Eminent Domain Generally.|Article 16 - Miscellaneous.|Section 18-1A-279 - Commissioners - Appointment; Qualifications; Certificate; Vacancies.

Section 18-1A-279Commissioners - Appointment; qualifications; certificate; vacancies. If the complaint be granted, in whole or in part, within 10 days after the complaint is granted, the judge of probate must appoint three citizens of the county in which the lands sought to be condemned are situated, who shall possess the qualifications of jurors, who shall be disinterested, and who shall file a certificate along with their award that neither of them had ever been consulted, advised with, or approached by any person in reference to the value of the lands or the proceedings to condemn the same prior to the assessment of damages and that they knew nothing of the same prior to their appointment. The judge of probate may fill any vacancy occasioned by death, failure to act, or any disqualification of any such commissioners from interest, prior knowledge of the subject matter or being consulted with, advised with, or approached in reference to the condemnation of such lands prior to appointment or assessment of the damages. (Acts 1985, No. 85-548, p. 802, §1610.)
AL Code § 18-1A-280 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 18 - Eminent Domain.|Chapter 1A - Eminent Domain Generally.|Article 16 - Miscellaneous.|Section 18-1A-280 - Commissioners - Service of Notice of Appointment.

Section 18-1A-280Commissioners - Service of notice of appointment. When the probate court shall have appointed the commissioners as provided in this chapter, it shall immediately issue notice of the appointment to the commissioners. (Acts 1985, No. 85-548, p. 802, §1611.)
AL Code § 18-1A-281 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 18 - Eminent Domain.|Chapter 1A - Eminent Domain Generally.|Article 16 - Miscellaneous.|Section 18-1A-281 - Commissioners - Assessment of Damages and Compensation; View; Hearing.

Section 18-1A-281Commissioners - Assessment of damages and compensation; view; hearing. The commissioners thus appointed, or a majority of them, shall assess separately the damages and compensation to which the several owners and other parties interested in each of the several tracts of land are entitled, and they shall be sworn as jurors are sworn. The commissioners may view the lands to be subjected and must hold a hearing after notice to all parties to receive all legal evidence offered by any party touching the amount of damages the owners of the lands and other parties interested therein will sustain and the amount of compensation they are entitled to receive. (Acts 1985, No. 85-548, p. 802, §1612.)
AL Code § 18-1A-282 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 18 - Eminent Domain.|Chapter 1A - Eminent Domain Generally.|Article 16 - Miscellaneous.|Section 18-1A-282 - Commissioners to Report Assessment; Issuance of Order of Condemnation Upon Deposit in Court or Payment of Damages, etc., Assessed; Notice of Order.

Section 18-1A-282Commissioners to report assessment; issuance of order of condemnation upon deposit in court or payment of damages, etc., assessed; notice of order. The commissioners must, within 20 days from their appointment, make a report in writing to the probate court stating the amount of damages and compensation ascertained and assessed by them for the owners of each tract of and, or persons injured and other parties interested therein, and thereupon, within seven days, the probate court must issue an order that the report be recorded and the property be condemned upon payment or deposit into the probate court of the damages and compensation so assessed. A notice of entry of said order and the amount of the award shall immediately be mailed by first class mail to each party whose address is known, together with a notice of the right to appeal therefrom to the circuit court within 30 days from the date of said order. (Acts 1985, No. 85-548, p. 802, §1613.)
AL Code § 18-1A-283 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 18 - Eminent Domain.|Chapter 1A - Eminent Domain Generally.|Article 16 - Miscellaneous.|Section 18-1A-283 - Appeal From Order of Condemnation.

Section 18-1A-283Appeal from order of condemnation. Any of the parties may appeal from the order of condemnation to the circuit court of the county within 30 days from the making of the order of condemnation by filing in the probate court rendering that judgment a written notice of appeal, a copy of which shall be served on the opposite party or his attorney, and on such appeal, the trial shall be de novo, and it shall be necessary to send up the proceedings only as to the parties appearing or against whom an appeal is taken. (Acts 1985, No. 85-548, p. 802, §1614.)
AL Code § 18-1A-284 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 18 - Eminent Domain.|Chapter 1A - Eminent Domain Generally.|Article 16 - Miscellaneous.|Section 18-1A-284 - Judgment Not Suspended by Appeal if Damages Paid Into Probate Court and Bond Given.

Section 18-1A-284Judgment not suspended by appeal if damages paid into probate court and bond given. No appeal shall suspend the judgment or deprive the applicant of the right of entry, provided the amount of the damages assessed for the parties who appeal or against whom an appeal is taken shall have been paid into probate court in money and a bond shall have been given in double the amount of such damage, with good and sufficient surety, to pay such damages as the property owners may sustain. Said amount of damages may be paid into probate court and said bond in double the amount of such damage, with good and sufficient surety, may be given at the time of taking the appeal or at any time thereafter that the applicant may desire the right of entry pending the appeal. (Acts 1985, No. 85-548, p. 802, §1615.)
AL Code § 18-1A-285 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 18 - Eminent Domain.|Chapter 1A - Eminent Domain Generally.|Article 16 - Miscellaneous.|Section 18-1A-285 - Separate Bonds Required in Case of Joint Appeals.

Section 18-1A-285Separate bonds required in case of joint appeals. In case more than one party appeals or appeal is taken against more than one, there shall be separate bonds given for each tract of land involved, as provided in Section 18-1A-284 to each one so appealing or appealed against. (Acts 1985, No. 85-548, p. 802, §1616.)
AL Code § 18-1A-286 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 18 - Eminent Domain.|Chapter 1A - Eminent Domain Generally.|Article 16 - Miscellaneous.|Section 18-1A-286 - Appeal to Circuit Court Upon Denial of Application by Probate Court.

Section 18-1A-286Appeal to circuit court upon denial of application by probate court. If the probate court refuses to grant the application, the applicant shall have a right of appeal to the circuit court upon giving security for costs, to be approved by the judge of probate, and upon such appeal the trial shall be de novo. Upon any appeal taken to the circuit court under this section, if such circuit court determines that the application should be granted, it shall immediately proceed either to have the damages and compensation assessed as provided in Section 18-1A-151 or grant the condemnor the right of entry upon deposit of the amount of its approved offer into circuit court together with a bond in double the amount as provided in Section 18-1A-284. In such latter event the valuation issue shall be determined as provided in Section 18-1A-151 as may be set by the circuit court. (Acts 1985, No. 85-548, p. 802, §1617.)
AL Code § 18-1A-287 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 18 - Eminent Domain.|Chapter 1A - Eminent Domain Generally.|Article 16 - Miscellaneous.|Section 18-1A-287 - Order of Condemnation on Appeal.

Section 18-1A-287Order of condemnation on appeal. Upon the payment of the damages so assessed to the owner or other party interested therein and the payment of costs of suit into circuit court, or upon the payment of the damages and costs of suit into circuit court, the circuit court shall make an order of condemnation in accordance with the application upon the trial in the circuit court to which the appeal is taken. (Acts 1985, No. 85-548, p. 802, §1618.)
AL Code § 18-1A-288 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 18 - Eminent Domain.|Chapter 1A - Eminent Domain Generally.|Article 16 - Miscellaneous.|Section 18-1A-288 - Appeal From Final Judgment of Circuit Court.

Section 18-1A-288Appeal from final judgment of circuit court. After entry of final judgment in the circuit court, any party may, within 42 days thereafter, upon giving bond or security for costs as in other cases, file a notice of appeal to the court of civil appeals where the amount involved, exclusive of interest and costs, does not exceed $10,000.00. Where the amount involved, exclusive of interest and costs, exceeds $10,000.00, such appeal shall be to the supreme court. (Acts 1985, No. 85-548, p. 802, §1619.)
AL Code § 18-1A-289 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 18 - Eminent Domain.|Chapter 1A - Eminent Domain Generally.|Article 16 - Miscellaneous.|Section 18-1A-289 - Effect of Order of Condemnation; Right of Entry, etc., Pending Appeal Upon Deposit of Damages, Compensation, and Costs; Effect of Appeal Upon Condemnation Order.

Section 18-1A-289Effect of order of condemnation; right of entry, etc., pending appeal upon deposit of damages, compensation, and costs; effect of appeal upon condemnation order. The order of condemnation, upon the payment of the sum ascertained and assessed by the verdict of the circuit court, or the bond thereof in the circuit court for the defendant, shall vest in the applicant the property or property right proposed to be acquired for the uses and purposes stated in the application and for no other uses or purposes. But if an appeal shall be taken by any party, then the person, corporation or association seeking to acquire such property or property right, upon the deposit in the circuit court for the party whose land or interest therein is sought to be condemned of the amount of damages and compensation so assessed, together with the costs of the proceeding, shall be entitled to enter upon the lands so condemned and to survey, construct, and operate on the same for the uses and purposes stated in the application, but such property or property right shall not vest absolutely in such person, corporation, or association until the final determination of the cause and the payment or deposit in circuit court of such damages and compensation as shall then be adjudged. (Acts 1985, No. 85-548, p. 802, §1620.)