Refusal to grant easements; failure to agree upon consideration
Sec. 1. If:
(1) land that belongs to a landowner in Indiana is shut off from
a public highway because of the:
(A) straightening of a stream under Indiana law;
(B) construction of a ditch under Indiana law; or
(C) erection of a dam that is constructed by the state or by
the United States or an agency or a political subdivision of
the state or of the United States under Indiana law; and
(2) the owner of the lands described in subdivision (1) is unable
to secure an easement or right-of-way on and over the land that
is adjacent to the affected land, and intervening between the
land and the public highways that are most convenient to the
land because:
(A) an adjacent and intervening landowner refuses to grant
an easement; or
(B) the interested parties cannot agree upon the
consideration to be paid by the landowner that is deprived of
access to the highway;
the landowner of the affected land shall be granted the right of
easement established as a way of necessity as provided under
IC 32-24-1.
As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.8.
Last modified: May 24, 2006