Sec. 21. (a) After completion of the list, the board shall consider, determine, and award the damages sustained by the owners of the parcels of land or rights-of-way required to be taken and appropriated or that will be injuriously affected. When the awards are completed, the board shall have a written notice served upon the owner of each piece of property, showing the amount of the award, by leaving a copy at the owner’s last usual place of residence in the municipality or county or by delivering the copy to the owner personally.

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Terms Used In Indiana Code 36-9-25-21

  • Board: refers to a board of sanitary commissioners, or board of public works of a consolidated city. See Indiana Code 36-9-25-2
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
     (b) If the person is a nonresident, or if the person’s residence is unknown, the person shall be notified by publication in accordance with IC 5-3-1. The notice must name a date on which the board shall receive or hear remonstrances from persons regarding the amount of their respective awards of damages. Persons not included in the lists of awards, but claiming to be entitled to them, are considered to have been notified of the pendency of the proceedings by the original notice of the resolution of the board as provided in section 18 of this chapter.

[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-2-14-13.]

As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.98. Amended by Acts 1981, P.L.45, SEC.69; P.L.127-2017, SEC.322.

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