72-5-113 - Acquisition of entire lot, block, or tract -- Sale or exchange of remainder.
72-5-113. Acquisition of entire lot, block, or tract -- Sale or exchange of remainder.
If a part of an entire lot, block, tract of land, or interest or improvement in real property isto be acquired by the department and the remainder is to be left in a shape or condition of littlevalue to its owner or to give rise to claims or litigation concerning damages, the department mayacquire the whole of the property and may sell the remainder or may exchange it for otherproperty needed for highway purposes.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 270, 1998 General Session