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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.
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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