Bill > HF1532

This bill amends Minnesota's eminent domain laws by increasing the maximum reimbursement amounts for property owners who obtain their own independent appraisals when their property is being acquired through eminent domain. Currently, owners of single-family and two-family residential properties or those involved in minimum damage acquisitions can be reimbursed up to $1,500 for an appraisal, which the bill would raise to $3,000. For other types of property, the maximum reimbursement would increase from $5,000 to $10,000. The bill maintains existing requirements that the owner submit appraisal information at least five days before a condemnation commissioners' hearing and that the acquiring authority provide a copy of their own appraisal to the property owner. A "minimum damage acquisition" is defined as an property interest that can be acquired for $25,000 or less, and the acquiring authority must pay the reimbursement within 30 days of receiving the appraisal and necessary documentation, with the option to pay the appraiser directly if agreed upon with the property owner.

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https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF1532&ssn=0&y=2025