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N.C.P.I.—Civil 835.24A

EMINENT DOMAIN - ISSUE OF JUST COMPENSATION - TAKING OF AN EASEMENT BY PRIVATE OR LOCAL PUBLIC CONDEMNORS - GREATER OF THE FAIR MARKET VALUE OF PROPERTY TAKEN OR THE DIFFERENCE IN FAIR MARKET VALUE OF THE PROPERTY BEFORE AND AFTER THE TAKING.

activein force · 2006-05-01 – presentas-observed

APPENDIX-SAMPLE VERDICT SHEET

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA IN THE GENERAL COURT OF

JUSTICE

COUNTY OF SUPERIOR COURT

DIVISION

No.

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Plaintiff )

) VERDICT

vs. )

)

)

Defendant )

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First answer the two preliminary questions in Part I. Then answer

the issue in Part II.

I. Preliminary questions:

1. What was the fair market value of the portion of the

[plaintiff('s)(s')] [defendant('s)(s')] property taken by

the [plaintiff] [defendant] at the time of the taking?

Answer: $ _____________.

2. What was the difference between the fair market value

of the [plaintiff('s)(s')] [defendant('s)(s')] entire

property immediately before the taking and the fair

market value of the remainder immediately after the

taking?

Answer: $ _____________.

II. Issue: "What is the amount of just compensation the [plaintiff(s)]

[defendant(s)] [is] [are] entitled to recover from (name

condemnor) for the taking of the easement on the

[plaintiff('s)(s')] [defendant('s)(s')] property?"

Verdict: $ _____________. (Fill in the larger dollar

amount from Part I's two preliminary questions.)

This is the ______ day of ________________, ________.

Foreperson of the Jury

History

N.C.P.I.—Civil 835.24A (May 2006). N.C. Gen. Stat. § 40A. Prepared by the North Carolina Conference of Superior Court Judges' Committee on Pattern Jury Instructions, assisted by the UNC School of Government; published by the School of Government.

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2026-09-24
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2026-09-24
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