Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 18-1A-170 (2026)
Compensation Standards; Valuation in Case of Partial Taking.
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(a) An owner of property acquired by eminent domain is entitled to compensation determined under the standards prescribed in this article.
(b) If there is a partial taking, the valuation rule is the difference between the fair market value of the entire property before the taking and the fair market value of the remainder after the taking.
(Acts 1985, No. 85-548, p. 802, §§906, 1001.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 2004–2016 · leading case: City of Huntsville v. Rowe, 889 So. 2d 553 (Ala. 2004).
City of Huntsville v. Rowe, 889 So. 2d 553 (Ala. 2004). “” Commentary to § 18-1A-170. Subsection (b) “states accurately and codifies the standard previously used in Alabama and continues past Alabama law.”
Chandler v. State, 910 So. 2d 108 (Ala. Civ. App. 2004). “See § 18-1A-170, Ala.Code 1975, and City of Cullman v.”
Enslen v. Alabama Dep't of Transp., 211 So. 3d 841 (Ala. Civ. App. 2016). “Code [1975,] § 18-1A-170. [The DOT’s] failure was intentional.”
Ala. Code § 18-1A-170(b): 1 case
Chandler v. State, 910 So. 2d 108 (Ala. Civ. App. 2004). “See § 18-1A-170, Ala.Code 1975, and City of Cullman v.”
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