Section 17 Other Considerations

• Library: Condemnation Practice 2009

A condemnor involved with an applicable project receiving federal funds must comply with 42 U.S.C. §§ 4651, 4652, and 4655 of the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 (the Act), as amended, Public Law No. 91-646, 84 Stat. 1894. But the condemnor does not have to prove compliance with the Act as a jurisdictional prerequisite to filing a condemnation action in state court. State ex rel. Mo. Highway & Transp. Comm’n v. Anderson, 735 S.W.2d 350 (Mo. banc 1987), rev’g State ex rel. Weatherby Adver. Co. v. Conley...