6B.33  Costs and attorney fees.

The applicant shall pay all costs of the assessment made by the commissioners and reasonable attorney fees and costs incurred by the condemnee as determined by the commissioners if the award of the commissioners exceeds one hundred ten percent of the final offer of the applicant prior to condemnation. The applicant shall file with the sheriff an affidavit setting forth the most recent offer made to the person whose property is sought to be condemned. Members of such commissions shall receive a per diem of fifty dollars and actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties. The applicant shall also pay all costs occasioned by the appeal, including reasonable attorney fees to be taxed by the court, unless on the trial thereof the same or a less amount of damages is awarded than was allowed by the tribunal from which the appeal was taken.

Section History: Early form

  [R60, § 1317; C73, § 1252; C97, § 2007; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 7852; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 472.33]

Section History: Recent form

  C93, § 6B.33

Internal References

  Referred to in § 461A.75


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