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 two hundred dollars and actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties. The applicant shall reimburse the county sheriff for the per diem and expense amounts paid by the sheriff to the members. The applicant shall reimburse the owner for the expenses the owner incurred for recording fees, penalty costs for full or partial prepayment of any preexisting recorded mortgage entered into in good faith encumbering the property, and for similar expenses incidental to conveying the property to the applicant. 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 lesser amount of damages is awarded than was allowed by the tribunal from which the appeal was taken.
[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]
C93, § 6B.33
99 Acts, ch 171, §15, 42; 2000 Acts, ch 1179, §19, 30
Referred to in § 461A.75
1999 amendment applies to state highway construction projects approved for commencement by the transportation commission on or after July 1, 1999, and to all other condemnation proceedings in which the application for condemnation is filed on or after July 1, 1999; see 99 Acts, ch 171, §42
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