US Laws, Codes, Statutes & Cases

 
    § 5-336 Rights of certain owners of property condemned for public use.
  1.  Notwithstanding  any  general, special or local law to the contrary,
  where rent is paid for the use of land on which  a  one  or  two  family
  dwelling  has  been constructed, in the event of condemnation for public
  use a separate award shall be made to  the  owner  of  the  land  and  a
  separate  award  shall be made to the owner of the dwelling except where
  there is a written agreement to the contrary.
    2. In no event shall the total of the awards, as above, be  in  excess
  of what a single award would have been.