(a) If, after due notice, any party in interest should feel aggrieved at the amount of the estimated compensation as deposited by the Arkansas Department of Transportation into the registry of the circuit court, the party shall be entitled to a hearing, at which time evidence may be heard and received concerning the adequacy of the deposit.
(b) Thereafter, the circuit court shall, in its discretion, determine whether the present deposit is adequate, and if not, shall determine the additional amount which the department shall deposit. Such additional amount ordered deposited shall remain in the registry of the court without withdrawal until final adjudication of just compensation, but the additional deposit shall not prevent the accrual of interest on the difference in the amount of the original deposit and the compensation awarded as provided in §§ 27-67-315 and 27-67-316.
(c) This hearing and adjudication shall in no way interfere with the possession of the premises by the department.
Structure Arkansas Code
Subtitle 5 - Highways, Roads, And Streets
Chapter 67 - State Highway System
Subchapter 3 - Acquisition, Condemnation, and Disposition of Property
§ 27-67-301. Authority to acquire property
§ 27-67-302. State highway purposes
§ 27-67-303. Entry for suitability studies
§ 27-67-304. Use of right-of-way
§ 27-67-305. Commission discretion as to quantity of property acquired
§ 27-67-307. Temporary easements
§ 27-67-308. Authority to compensate — Source of revenue
§ 27-67-309. Venue for condemnation actions
§ 27-67-310. Precedence of condemnation proceedings
§ 27-67-311. Condemnation petition — Notice
§ 27-67-312. Declaration of taking
§ 27-67-313. Motion to strike declaration of taking
§ 27-67-315. Title vests upon deposit
§ 27-67-316. Condemnation proceedings and judgment
§ 27-67-318. Hearing on amount of deposit
§ 27-67-319. Appeal not to delay vesting of title
§ 27-67-320. Acquisition when county court fails to grant petition
§ 27-67-321. Sale of surplus highway property
§ 27-67-322. Reacquisition of surplus property by former owner — Definition