[PART IV. ACQUISITION OF PRIVATE PERSONAL PROPERTY]

 

§101-71  Taking private personal propertyfor public use.  In connection with the taking for public use of privatereal property, the State or any county may take for a public use privatepersonal property which it deems necessary or convenient which has beenpermanently upon or has been used in connection with the real property beingtaken.  Just compensation must be paid for personal property so taken.  Actionsunder and by virtue of this section shall be commenced by filing a complaintand issuing a summons thereon.  If an action is initiated for the taking of thereal property, the action for the taking of the personal property must bejoined to it.  The complaint shall contain, with reference to the personalproperty sought to be condemned, a statement of the use to which the propertyis to be put and a description of the property and shall join as defendants allpersons who are owners or claimants thereof.  The procedure for the acquisitionof private personal property shall, except as otherwise expressly provided inthis section, be the same as in other actions brought under this chapter unlessthe provision by its terms is clearly inapplicable to the acquisition ofpersonal property. [L 1972, c 84, pt of §1; am L 1974, c 77, §1]