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Read. Follow. Verify.Indiana Requires 125% Market Value Offers for Eminent Domain Property Purchases
Last action · January 13, 2026: Representative Bartels added as coauthorSponsors: Shane Lindauer and 1 other
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What This Bill Proposed
The Indiana Department of Transportation must offer property owners 125% of a property's appraised fair market value when acquiring land for projects starting July 1, 2026. The bill also allows property owners to file claims for property damaged by public uses without standard procedures.
Property owners faced with state land acquisition receive higher mandatory initial purchase offers, and individuals whose property is damaged by public use gain explicit statutory avenues to seek financial compensation.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Property owners
Property owners receive higher mandatory initial purchase offers for land acquired for state projects and gain statutory entitlement to bring inverse condemnation claims for public-use property damage.
Indiana Department of Transportation
The department must adjust its property acquisition offers to meet the mandatory 125% fair market value threshold for purchase offers made after June 30, 2026.
Key Facts
- The Indiana Department of Transportation must make an original purchase offer equal to 125% of a property's fair market value starting July 1, 2026.
- Property purchase offers are based on the appraisal required under IC 32-24-1-3(c)(2).
- Individuals holding an interest in property damaged or acquired for a public use without standard procedures are entitled to bring an inverse condemnation claim.
- The new purchase offer requirements apply to offers made after June 30, 2026.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
3 actions- Jan 13, 2026HouseRepresentative Bartels added as coauthor
- Jan 8, 2026HouseIntroducedFirst reading: referred to Committee on Roads and Transportation
- Jan 8, 2026HouseAuthored by Representative Lindauer
Version history
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 65)
- Controversy40Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz25Current news / social attention level
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