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Page 2 <br />Project: STP -5050 (007) Parcel: 147 <br />HERE IS A BRIEF SUMMARY OF YOUR OPTIONS AND LEGALLY PROTECTED RIGHTS: <br />By law, the Indiana Department of Transportation is required to make a good faith effort to <br />purchase (your eroperty) (an easement across your property). <br />2. You do not have to accept this offer and the Indiana Department of Transportation is not required <br />to agree to your demands. <br />However, if you do not accept this offer, and we cannot come to an agreement on the acquisition <br />of ( our ro er ) (an easement), the Indiana Department of Transportation has the right to file <br />suit to condemn, and acquire the ro er ) (easement) in the county in which the real estate <br />is located. <br />4. You have the right to seek advice of an attorney, real estate appraiser or any other person of your <br />choice on this matter. <br />5. You may object to the public purpose and necessity of this project. <br />6. If the Indiana Department of Transportation files a suit to onde acquire our <br />proper) (an easement) and the court grants its request to con will then appoint <br />three appraisers who will make an independent appraisal of the ro er easement) to be <br />acquired. <br />7. If we both agree with the court appraisers' report, then the matter is settled. However, if either <br />of us disagrees with the appraisers' report to the court, either of us has the right to ask for a trial <br />to decide what should be paid to you for the ro er ) (easement) condemned. <br />8. If the court appraisers' report is not accepted by either of us, then the Indiana Department <br />of Transportation has the legal option of depositing the amount of the court appraisers' <br />evaluation with the court. And if such a deposit is made with the court, the Indiana <br />Department of Transportation is legally entitled to immediate possession of the ro er ) <br />(easement). You may, subject to the approval of the court, make withdrawals from the amount <br />deposited with court. Your withdrawal will in no way affect the proceedings of your case in <br />court, except that, if the final judgment awarded you is less than the withdrawal you have made <br />from the amount deposited, you will be required to pay back to the court the amount of the <br />withdrawal in excess of the amount of the final judgment. <br />