Section 2: Recommendation of Appraisers and Expert Witnesses
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Contract (PREAS) appraisers and other individuals selected as expert witnesses will be recommended by ROW PD. Some of the factors to be considered in making these recommendations are:
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- experience of each individual as a witness in court; Anchor: #LHQESQJX
- the recognition that will be given in the community to the ability and judgment of each individual as a subject matter expert; Anchor: #FGCNRNYR
- consultation with the appraisers and/or expert witnesses regarding possible changes in market conditions and other factors which would affect their original estimates; Anchor: #DIWLPDQW
- the time required to furnish a new or updated report; and Anchor: #AINBDGRN
- availability of the appraiser or expert witness to testify.
When ROW PD submits the parcel’s form ROW-E-49 Request for Eminent Domain Proceedings, it will recommend the appraiser(s) and expert witness(es) to prepare for testimony at a Special Commissioners’ Hearing. ROW PD will review and approve the updated appraisal report(s) and obtain any corrections or additional support necessary for them to serve as a basis for testimony at the Special Commissioners’ Hearing. Any updated technical expert’s reports will have to be reviewed by ROW PD staff.
ROW PD may make its assignments to update report(s) as necessary once the state’s “Final Offer” is mailed to the property owner(s).
After a Special Commissioners’ Hearing and Award, if it becomes necessary to continue condemnation proceedings by a jury trial, the OAG will notify ROW PD of its recommendations for the parcel’s appraiser(s) and expert witnesses. The OAG will make the final determination on which witness(es) will be used at any subsequent jury trial.