A. The Attorney General shall prepare a written statement that includes a “Landowner’s Bill of Rights” for a property owner whose real property may be acquired by a person, acquiring agency, or other entity through the use of the entity’s eminent domain authority under Title 27 or Title 66 of the Oklahoma Statutes. The statement shall be made available to the public and written in plain language designed to be easily understood by the average property owner.
B. The Landowner’s Bill of Rights shall notify each property owner of the right to:
1. Notice of the proposed acquisition of the owner’s property;
2. A bona fide good-faith effort to negotiate by the entity proposing to acquire the property;
3. An assessment of damages to the owner that will result from the taking of the property;
4. A hearing under Title 27 of the Oklahoma Statutes, including a hearing on the assessment of damages; and
5. An appeal of a judgment in a condemnation proceeding, including an appeal of an assessment of damages.
C. The statement shall include:
1. The title “Landowner’s Bill of Rights”; and
2. A description of:
a.the condemnation procedures provided by Title 27 of the Oklahoma Statutes,
b.the condemning entity’s obligations to the property owner, and
c.the property owner’s options during a condemnation, including the property owner’s right to object to and appeal an amount of damages awarded.
Added by Laws 2012, c. 160, § 1.
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