(a) Required.--The claims of all the owners of the condemned property, including joint tenants, tenants in common, life tenants, remaindermen, owners of easements or ground rents and all others having an interest in the property and the claims of all tenants, if any, of the property, shall be heard or tried together.
(b) Apportionment of damages.--The award of the viewers or the verdict on appeal from the viewers shall, first, fix the total amount of damages for the property and, second, apportion the total amount of damages between or among the several claimants entitled to damages.
(c) Separate hearings.--Claims for special damages under section 902 (relating to moving and related expenses of displaced persons) may be heard or tried separately.
Structure Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Chapter 5 - Procedure for Determining Damages
Section 501 - Agreement as to damages
Section 502 - Petition for appointment of viewers
Section 504 - Appointment of viewers
Section 505 - Service of notice of view and hearing
Section 506 - Additional condemnees, mortgagees and intervention
Section 508 - Appointment of trustee or guardian ad litem
Section 509 - Furnishing of plans to viewers
Section 510 - Powers of viewers
Section 511 - Administrative matters for viewers' hearings
Section 512 - Report of viewers
Section 514 - Filing of report of viewers
Section 518 - Disposition of appeal
Section 519 - Allocation of damages
Section 520 - Waiver of viewers' proceedings and termination by stipulation