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include the following;

1. Generally, a condemning authority will tender a written notice that a property is needed for a project and will then tender a written offer to purchase. This usually occurs prior to the formal initiation of a condemnation action. Offers from condemning authorities are frequently coupled with multiple contacts by the condemning authority's representatives. A prudent landowner will save all records of communications, such as letters, documents, emails and notes of conversations. It is also important to take photographs of the property prior to condemnation.

2. An owner is well advised to avoid taking positions that may be used against him or her in an eminent domain trial. If for example, an owner contests a tax assessment, stating that his or her property is worth less than the county's estimate, the record of an appeal to the Board of Equalization or Board of Assessors may be used to impeach an owner if he or she, in a condemnation case, later asserts that the property has a higher value.

3. Contracts of sale, including sales of a portion of impacted property, that attach a particular value to property before condemnation proceedings are initiated should be avoided.

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