HB 1384 Summary

• Amends section 32-15-22 of the North Dakota Century Code regarding damage assessment in eminent domain proceedings.

• Requires juries, courts, or referees to separately assess the value of condemned property, severance damages to remaining portions, and damages to property not taken.

• Allows offset of benefits to remaining property against assessed damages when property is taken or damaged by the state or public corporation.

• Adds new requirement that courts increase damage awards by twenty percent for primary residences after the trier of fact completes the original assessment.

• Specifies that the twenty percent increase for primary residences may not be considered by the jury or fact-finder during initial damage calculations.