§ 249.51. Acquisition of real estate by agreement.  


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  • The commissioner may negotiate with the owner or owners of or persons interested in any real estate or easement laid down or shown on said map, or maps, so approved, either for the acquiring of the fee thereof, a lesser estate or an easement therein as specified on said map or maps, as to the compensation to be paid to such owner or owners or persons interested, for the taking or using and occupying such real estate or interest therein. Any agreement of sale offered by the owner or owners, or option therefor, shall be transmitted as in section 249.31 hereof to the Board of Acquisition and Contract. The title to such lands shall be taken in the name of the county.

(Added as § 216 by the Laws of 1961, Ch. 679)