(a) General rule.--Compensation for delay in payment shall be paid at an annual rate equal to the prime rate as listed in the first edition of the Wall Street Journal published in the year, plus 1%, not compounded, from:
(1) the date of relinquishment of possession of the condemned property by the condemnee; or
(2) if possession is not required to effectuate condemnation, the date of condemnation.
(b) Exclusion.--
(1) No compensation for delay shall be payable with respect to funds paid on account or by deposit in court after the date of the payment or deposit.
(2) During the period the condemnee remains in possession after the condemnation:
(i) the condemnee shall not be entitled to compensation for delay in payment; and
(ii) the condemnor shall not be entitled to rent or other charges for use and occupancy of the condemned property by the condemnee.
(c) Award or judgment.--Compensation for delay shall not be included by the viewers or the court or jury on appeal as part of the award or verdict but shall, at the time of payment of the award or judgment, be calculated under subsection (a) and added to the award or judgment. There shall be no further or additional payment of interest on the award or verdict.
Cross References. Section 713 is referred to in section 521 of this title.
Structure Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Chapter 7 - Just Compensation and Measure of Damages
Section 701 - Just compensation; other damages
Section 702 - Measure of damages
Section 703 - Fair market value
Section 704 - Effect of imminence of condemnation
Section 705 - Contiguous tracts and unity of use
Section 706 - Effect of condemnation use on after value
Section 707 - Removal of machinery, equipment or fixtures
Section 708 - Expenses incidental to transfer of title
Section 709 - Condemnee's costs where no declaration of taking filed
Section 710 - Limited reimbursement of appraisal, attorney and engineering fees
Section 711 - Payment on account of increased mortgage costs
Section 712 - Loss of rentals because of imminence of condemnation
Section 713 - Delay compensation
Section 714 - Consequential damages
Section 715 - Damages for vacation of roads
Section 716 - Attempted avoidance of monetary just compensation