Section 11 Relocation Assistance and Compensation

LibraryCondemnation Practice 2009

In Missouri, “just compensation” for an eminent domain taking does not include payment for the costs of relocating necessitated by a taking of property for public use. In re Sixth St. v. Morris, 207 S.W. 503 (Mo. banc 1918). Legislative enactments have granted owners certain rights to receive some reimbursement of these expenses. Under federal law, it comes in the form of the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 (URA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 4601 et seq. The URA applies to...

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