Luzerne Cnty. C.P. Local Rules Rule 290

(a) Petition for the appointment of viewers.

(1) The petition shall be filed with the Clerk of Judicial Records.

(2) Three copies of the petition and one proposed order to appoint viewers shall be

delivered to the Office of Court Administration for transmittal to the court and to the appointed

viewers.

(3) The initial petition presented to the court in any eminent domain preceding shall cite

the statute under which the petition is filed.

(b) Viewers shall be sworn to discharge the duties of their appointment as viewers with

impartiality and fidelity according to the best of their learning and ability, upon their initial

appointment to the board of view, and, thereafter, need not be sworn in any proceeding referred

to them.

(c) A hearing shall be held at the time fixed by the viewers, and witnesses shall be

directed by the viewers or by the parties to appear at a time certain.

(d) Stenographic records of hearings will not be made except in unusual cases where, for

good cause shown, the court has ordered the testimony to be taken stenographically or

electronically or a party has arranged for a stenographer with notice to all parties.

(e) Payment of the viewers shall be assessed by the court against the parties with each

party paying an equal share of the costs, unless otherwise determined by the court by separate

motion.

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