6A.10 - INITIATING RAILROAD CONDEMNATION BY RAILWAY CORPORATION.
6A.10 INITIATING RAILROAD CONDEMNATION BY RAILWAY
CORPORATION.
A railway corporation shall apply to the department of
transportation for permission to condemn. The railway corporation
shall serve notice of the application and hearing and provide a copy
of the legal description of the property to be condemned to the owner
and any recordholders of liens and encumbrances on any land described
in the application. The department may, after hearing, report to the
clerk of the district court of the county in which the land is
situated the description of the land sought to be condemned. The
corporation may begin condemnation procedures in district court for
the land described by the department. Section History: Early Form
[C97, § 1998; S13, § 1998; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 7812; C46,
50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 471.10; 81 Acts, ch 22,
§ 22] Section History: Recent Form
83 Acts, ch 121, § 11
C93, § 6A.10
93 Acts, ch 47, § 17; 93 Acts, ch 87, § 1; 2009 Acts, ch 97, §3