US Laws, Codes, Statutes & Cases

 
    §  5-365  Presentation  of  claims.  Every  owner or person in any way
  interested in any real estate taken, affected or entered  upon  or  used
  and  occupied  for the purposes contemplated by this subchapter, and any
  owner or person interested in real estate contiguous thereto, and  which
  is  affected  by  the  acquisition, use or occupation of the real estate
  shown on such map, whether such contiguous real estate is shown  on  the
  maps  or  not,  if  they  intend to make claim for compensation for such
  taking, entering upon, using or occupying, shall, within one year  after
  completion  of  notice of entry of the order, file a statement of claim,
  pursuant to section five hundred three of the eminent  domain  procedure
  law,  and shall thereupon be entitled to offer testimony and to be heard
  by the court touching such claim and the compensation proper to be made,
  and to have a determination made by such court as to the amount of  such
  compensation.  Every person, corporation, or body politic, neglecting or
  refusing to present such claim within such time shall be deemed to  have
  surrendered  his,  her  or  its title or interest in such real estate or
  his, her or its claim for damages thereto, except so far as they may  be
  entitled,  as such owner or person interested, to the whole or a part of
  the sum of money awarded by the court as a just compensation for taking,
  using and occupying, or as damages for affecting the real  estate  owned
  by such person, corporation, or body politic.