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Recording notice of condemnation - 26 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 304

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     § 304.  Recording notice of condemnation.
        (a)  County of recording.--
            (1)  The condemnor, upon filing its declaration of
        taking, shall on the same day lodge for record a notice of
        the declaration in the office of the recorder of deeds of the
        county in which the property is located.
            (2)  If the property is located in two or more counties,
        the notice shall be recorded in each county.
        (b)  Notice and recording requirements.--
            (1)  The notice shall specify:
                (i)  The court term and number of the declaration of
            taking.
                (ii)  The date it was filed.
                (iii)  A description or plan of the property
            condemned sufficient for identification.
                (iv)  The names of the owners of the property
            interests condemned, as reasonably known to the
            condemnor.
            (2)  The notices shall be indexed in the deed indices
        showing the condemnee set forth in the notice as grantor and
        the condemnor as grantee.
            (3)  If plans are to be recorded as part of the notice,
        they shall be submitted on standard legal size paper. If
        plans are to be filed as part of the notice, they shall be in
        legible scale and filed in a condemnation book or file or
        microfilmed, with a notation as to the condemnation book and
        page number, file number or microfilm number to be made by
        the recorder on the margin of the notice.
            (4)  Upon the notice being assigned a book and page
        number by the recorder of deeds, the condemnor shall file
        with the prothonotary under the caption of the declaration of
        taking a memorandum of the book and page number in which the
        notice is recorded.
        (c)  Fees.--The recorder shall receive as a fee for recording
     each notice the sums as provided by the act of June 12, 1919
     (P.L.476, No.240), referred to as the Second Class County
     Recorder of Deeds Fee Law, and the act of April 8, 1982
     (P.L.310, No.87), referred to as the Recorder of Deeds Fee Law.

        Cross References.  Section 304 is referred to in sections
     302, 308 of this title.

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