Venue - 26 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 301

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                                CHAPTER 3
                           PROCEDURE TO CONDEMN

     Sec.
     301.  Venue.
     302.  Declaration of taking.
     303.  Security required.
     304.  Recording notice of condemnation.
     305.  Notice to condemnee.
     306.  Preliminary objections.
     307.  Possession, right of entry and payment of compensation.
     308.  Revocation of condemnation proceedings.
     309.  Right to enter property prior to condemnation.
     310.  Abandonment of project.

        Enactment.  Chapter 3 was added May 4, 2006, P.L.112, No.34,
     effective in 120 days.
     § 301.  Venue.
        (a)  General rule.--A condemnation proceeding shall be
     brought in the court of the county in which the property is
     located or, if the property is located in two or more counties,
     in the court of any one of the counties.
        (b)  Multiple counties.--Where the property is located in two
     or more counties and a proceeding is commenced in the court of
     one of the counties, all subsequent proceedings regarding the
     same property shall be brought in the same county.

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