6A.20  Description of land furnished.

Whenever any person, state department, or political subdivision takes title to land in fee simple for a public use by condemnation or by purchase in lieu of condemnation, the purchaser shall furnish to the owner of the land a legal description of the part taken and a legal description of the remainder which is compatible with the existing abstract description of the entire tract of land. For the purposes of this section a center line description is compatible only when it contains reference points which are a part of and tied to the abstract description.

Section History: Early form

  [C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 471.20]

Section History: Recent form

  C93, § 6A.20

Internal References

  Referred to in § 306.42


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