Current with operative changes from the 2024 Third Special Legislative Session
Section 19:389 - Answer; delay for filingA. Where an entire lot, parcel, block, or tract of land is expropriated, any defendant may apply for a trial to determine the measure of compensation by:(1) Filing an answer within thirty days from the date of service of the petition setting forth the amount claimed, including: (a) The claimed value of the property expropriated and the amount of damages to the remainder of the property, if any.(b) A reasonable itemization of the damages claimed, if any.B. Where a portion of a lot, block, or tract of land is expropriated, any defendant may apply for a trial to determine the measure of compensation by:(1) Filing an answer within ninety days from the date of service of the petition setting forth the amount claimed, including: (a) The claimed value of the property expropriated and the amount claimed as damages to the remainder of his property, if any.(b) A reasonable itemization of the damages claimed, if any. Added by Acts 2024, No. 717,s. 1, eff. 6/19/2024.