Section 5 Section 523.259, RSMo

• Library: Condemnation Practice 2009

Revisions made to the condemnation statutes in 2006 changed the damages that the condemnee is able to recover upon the abandonment of condemnation proceedings by the condemnor. According to § 523.259 RSMo Supp. 2008, when a condemnor abandons a condemnation, every owner of an interest shall be entitled to recover reasonable attorney fees and expenses for experts and costs, plus the lesser of the owner's proven actual damages as a direct and proximate result of the condemnation or the damages required to be...