1. Right of Way – Eligible for State Aid Reimbursement

2. Right of Way - Rules
Local Highway and Street Departments Construction Funds General State Aid Limitations

3. Cost of Lands & Properties Required for Right of Way
Includes permanent right of way and permanent or temporary easements
Land and land improvements – taken or damaged by taking
Owner’s appraisal fees
Up to maximum limits allowed by Minnesota Statute Subd. 2 (b)
The owner must submit a copy of the owner’s appraisal, at least 5 days before a condemnation commissioner’s hearing.
Maximum of $1,500 for single family & two-family residential property and minimum damage acquisitions (property that can be acquired for $25,000 or less)
Maximum of $5,000 for other types of property

4. Cost of Lands & Properties Required for Right of Way
Appraisal costs to the local road authority
Consultant services
Local agency staff for market research and document preparation
Title Issues
Costs to bring abstract up to date for reasons of CURRENT purchase.
Cannot be for correction or updating of missing data or transactions
Filing Fees, Record Deed or Mortgage Satisfaction (unpaid balance of mortgage principal)
State Deed Tax

5. Relocation and Moving Costs
Residential - Owner/Occupant – Total Acquisition
Utility - Payment to utility companies for utility relocation required by construction
Must be on the land being purchased
If on the existing right of way by permit, the utility company is required to move without reimbursement of payment.
Railroad – Payment to railroad for facility relocation required by construction
Railroad must be on the land being purchased
If the railroad is on the existing right of way by permit, the railroad is required to move it’s facility without reimbursement or payment
Demolition Expenses

6. Right of Way Damages to Other Land if Justified
Clean up contaminated site
Bill to owner and reimbursement is to go to the State Aid Account
Title Searches
For consultant services
Local agency staff for document research and document prep
Condemnation Costs
Trial Expenses – Does not include staff Attorney’s fees

7. Right of Way Specifically NOT Eligible:
Abstract Updating – for property owners to clear issues
After the Fact needs on Trunk Highway Projects
Permits
Taxes
Work by local forces to complete negotiations
Eligible for Preliminary Engineering and NOT Right of Way:
Archaeological Digs
Staking of Right of Way
Investigation of Contaminated Site