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Getting a second opinion on important decisions is the American way and our ‘second check’ system provides an opportunity for that second opinion, said Kevin Mahoney, an attorney at the NC Eminent Domain Law Firm and a former special deputy who represented the NCDOT.
RAEFORD-ABERDEEN, N.C. (PRWEB)
July 07, 2021
A massive widening of NC 211 will soon lead hundreds of home and property owners in Hoke and Moore counties to the bargaining table with the NCDOT.
A free virtual seminar on July 13, 7-9 pm (more here) is designed to help prepare property owners, and the attorneys who will lead the seminar are available to speak in advance with reporters.
The NC 211 construction project between Mockingbird Hill Road (SR 1311) in Raeford and West Palmer Street (SR 1244) in Aberdeen will turn the road into a four-lane divided highway. More than 400 properties along the approximately 15.4 miles of the increasingly busy artery will be affected, with more than 70 owners – of homes, businesses, and churches – being forced to relocate.
The NCDOT has set aside $54+ million to compensate owners affected by the project.
The offers some property owners receive from state officials may amount to far less than what their property is worth. Nor would these offers make up entirely for the potential danger they may face from the increase in traffic or the frustration when faced with trying to sell their property with a greatly diminished market value, according to former NCDOT attorneys at the NC Eminent Domain Law Firm.
Home and property owners affected by this project are invited to attend a seminar at no obligation whatsoever to learn more about their rights.
“Second Check”
By North Carolina law, property owners whose land or businesses are targeted for acquisition ultimately receive an offer from the state. If the owner chooses not to accept the offer and takes no further steps, the state will still acquire the land and deposit the amount of the original offer with the County Clerk for the owner.
In most cases, the property owner is then free to pursue a potentially better, fairer arrangement — without losing the first offer. This is where the NC Eminent Domain Law Firm’s “second check” approach comes in.
If continued negotiations do not change the offer, the owner still has the first offer. But if continued negotiations are successful, the property owner will receive a “second” check in addition to the first offer.
“Knowing what is legally compensable, and having read hundreds of appraisals, there are certain things that quickly jump off the page to an experienced reader,” Kevin Mahoney, an attorney at NC Eminent Domain Law Firm and a former Special Deputy Attorney General who represented the NCDOT, said. “Getting a second opinion on important decisions is the American way and our ‘second check’ system provides an opportunity for that second opinion.”
The NC Eminent Domain Law Firm is available to talk with property and business owners, and to try to answer questions about the unique circumstances regarding their individual properties. Those questions typically include:
Property owners who have questions about this project and how it will affect them are encouraged to:
About the NC Eminent Domain Law Firm
The NC Eminent Domain Law Firm is dedicated solely to representing property owners impacted by eminent domain law. It is led by three former Attorneys General who worked for the NC Department of Transportation handling some of their largest and most important cases. The firm’s attorneys have over 70 years of combined experience working exclusively in land condemnation. The NC Eminent Domain Law Firm is a division of the Law Offices of James Scott Farrin, which has more than 50 attorneys, based in Durham, North Carolina, with 15 additional offices statewide: Asheville, Charlotte, Fayetteville, Greensboro, Greenville, Goldsboro, Henderson, Morganton, New Bern, Raleigh, Roanoke Rapids, Rocky Mount, Sanford, Wilson, and Winton-Salem.
Contact Information:
Stan Abrams
1-877-393-4990
NC Eminent Domain Law Firm
2915 Raeford Road
Suite 204
Fayetteville, NC 28303
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