Section 34 Good Faith Negotiations

• Library: Condemnation Practice 2009

Finally, after establishing the power to condemn property and that the property is necessary for a public purpose, the condemning authority must show that it has made a “good faith” attempt to acquire the property without resorting to condemnation. Before the enactment of House Bill 1944, 93^rd Gen. Assembly, 2^nd Regular Sess. (Mo. 2006), Missouri courts interpreted the good faith negotiations requirement as imposing on the condemning authority an obligation merely to make an offer to purchase property...