N.Y. Eminent Domain Procedure Law 508 – Filing of appraisals; reports of other expert witnesses
§ 508. Filing of appraisals; reports of other expert witnesses. In all proceedings hereunder, the respective judicial departments and the court of claims, shall adopt rules governing the time for filing and exchange of the written appraisal reports; provided, however, that in a claim for damages arising from the acquisition of real property under subdivision (A) of section five hundred one of this chapter, the time within which the condemnor must file its appraisal shall be computed from the date on which the attorney general shall have been served in the manner provided for in section eleven of the court of claims act. Each judicial department and the court of claims also shall adopt rules requiring at a reasonable time prior to trial, the filing of supplemental reports, rebuttal memoranda and all other reports of expected expert witnesses, intended to be relied upon at the trial, other than the valuation experts.
Terms Used In N.Y. Eminent Domain Procedure Law 508
- Appraisal: A determination of property value.
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
- Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.