GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1985 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 269

HOUSE BILL 360

 

AN ACT TO REQUIRE THAT WHEN CONDEMNED LAND IS NO LONGER NEEDED IT SHALL FIRST BE OFFERED TO THE OWNER FROM WHOM IT WAS PURCHASED.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 40A-10 is rewritten to read:

"§ 40A-10. Sale or other disposition of land condemned.-When any property condemned by a condemnor is no longer needed for the purpose for which it was condemned, it may be used for any other public purpose or it may be sold or disposed of in the following manner: The property shall be offered for a reasonable time, to the prior owner of the property, or his heirs, successors, or assigns, provided not more than ten (10) years have lapsed since the property was purchased, at the price paid for the property whether arrived at through negotiation or judgment including the reasonable value of any improvements made on the property, and if this party shall refuse to purchase the property, then it may be sold or disposed of in the manner prescribed by law for the sale and disposition of surplus property."

Sec. 2.  This act applies only to Cabarrus County and to any incorporated municipality partly or wholly in Cabarrus County.

Sec. 3.  This act shall become effective October 1, 1985.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 28th day of May, 1985.