2012 Utah Code
Title 17C - Limited Purpose Local Government Entities - Community Development and Renewal Agencies Act
Article 2 - Urban Renewal
Section 603 - Court award for court costs and attorney fees, relocation expenses, and damage to fixtures or personal property.
If a property owner brings an action in district court contesting an agency's exercise of eminent domain against that owner's property, the court may:
(1) award court costs and a reasonable attorney fee, as determined by the court, to the owner, if the amount of the court or jury award for the property exceeds the amount offered by the agency;
(2) award a reasonable sum, as determined by the court or jury, as compensation for any costs and expenses of relocating an owner who occupied the acquired property, a party conducting a business on the acquired property, or a person displaced from the property, as permitted by Title 57, Chapter 12, Utah Relocation Assistance Act; and
(3) award an amount, as determined by the court or jury, to compensate for any fixtures or personal property that is:
(a) owned by the owner of the acquired property or by a person conducting a business on the acquired property; and
(b) damaged as a result of the acquisition or relocation.
Enacted by Chapter 379, 2007 General Session
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