General Laws of Massachusetts - Chapter 80A Eminent Domain Takings and Betterment Assessments by Judicial Proceedings
- Massachusetts General Laws - Authorization - Chapter 80A, Section 1
A board of officers, hereinafter called the board, upon whom authority to take real estate by eminent domain on behalf of the commonwealth or of...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Order of intention; contents - Chapter 80A, Section 2
The board, having first complied with all the preliminary requirements prescribed by law, shall adopt an order of intention to take, which shall contain a...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Order of intention; additional provisions; notice of adoption - Chapter 80A, Section 3
The order shall contain an estimate of all damages sustained by every person in his property by reason of such taking as of the date...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Petition to take property - Chapter 80A, Section 4
Within ten days from the recording of such order, plan and estimate, the board shall cause to be filed in the superior court of the...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Answer - Chapter 80A, Section 5
Any of said respondents, and any other person claiming an interest in any of the land to be taken, damaged or assessed by or on...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Default judgments; appointment of guardians - Chapter 80A, Section 6
The court shall, on motion of the petitioner, enter a default against all persons served with process or who otherwise appear to have seasonably received...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Hearing; judgment - Chapter 80A, Section 7
If any person in his answer denies the right of the petitioner to make the improvement or to take or damage his property, or to...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Arbitration of disputes; appointment of commissioners - Chapter 80A, Section 8
If the court shall enter an order establishing the right of the petitioner to take the real estate, or interest therein, described in the order...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Redetermination of damages; procedure - Chapter 80A, Section 9
Any person aggrieved by the determination of the commissioners with respect to his compensation or damages may have a redetermination thereof by a jury by...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Final adjudication - Chapter 80A, Section 10
If the verdict of the jury as finally established shall differ from the award of the commissioners with respect to the compensation or damages to...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Abandonment or discontinuance of proceedings - Chapter 80A, Section 11
The board may at any time before final judgment of condemnation abandon the proposed improvement and discontinue the proceedings, in which case all action taken...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Transfer of property; interest transferred; payment of compensation - Chapter 80A, Section 12
The taking shall become absolute and the right of the body politic to the real estate or interest therein described in the petition and the...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Taxation of costs - Chapter 80A, Section 13
If the petition is dismissed under section seven, costs, as in actions at law, shall be awarded to the respondents, in addition to indemnity for...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Assessment of improvements; assessment lien; effective date - Chapter 80A, Section 14
If the right to assess betterments has been established, the board, within six months after the completion of the improvement, shall assess a proportionate share...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Application of sections controlling eminent domain and betterments; fees of guardians and commissioners - Chapter 80A, Section 15
The provisions of chapters seventy-nine and eighty, and all other provisions of law relative to proceedings under said chapters, shall apply to proceedings under this...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Election to proceed under this chapter - Chapter 80A, Section 16
In any case where the commonwealth, or a county, city, town or district thereof, has been or shall be authorized by provisions of general or...
Last modified: September 11, 2015