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The County will not take any action which would coerce you into accepting its <br />offer. Prohibited actions include advancing the time of condemnation, deferring <br />negotiations or condemnation, or postponing the deposit of funds in court for <br />your use. <br />You will have a reasonable length of time to consider the offer. To aid in your <br />decision you may wish to secure your own appraisal. Minnesota law provides for <br />reimbursement by the County in an amount not to exceed $500.00 for the actual <br />cost of an appraisal of property acquired by direct purchase. Reimbursement <br />cannot be made, however, until your property is acquired. <br />If you elect to accept the offer, you will be asked to sign instruments granting <br />the County the right to purchase your property. The County will at its own <br />expense furnish all documents necessary to complete the sale, make the necessary <br />examination of title, and record the instruments of conveyance. <br />After the documents have been recorded, payment will be processed. If <br />a mortgage and all or a major portion of the property is being acquired, a <br />separate check payable to the mortgagee will be drawn for the amount of the <br />balance on the mortgage plus interest to the date of payment. When the checks <br />are ready for delivery, one check will be mailed to the mortgagee, who <br />turn give the County a satisfaction of mortgage to be recorded. The check for <br />the amount of the balance due you will then be mailed. <br />If only a part of your property is to be acquired, the County will ask for a <br />partial release of the mortgage. The check will be mailed to you; you and your <br />mortgagee must then agree on a distribution of the money. Any fee chained by tne <br />mortgagee for issuing a partial release or a prepayment penalty must be oy <br />you. When your property is acquired you will be furnished a claim form in wnicn <br />you may request reimbursement for fees charged by your mortgagee for a partial <br />release or prepayment penalty. <br />If all or a major portion of your property is being acquired, it will be <br />necessary that all current and delinquent real estate taxes, as well as all <br />special assessments, be paid in full. If only a small portion of <br />is being acquired, any delinquent taxes must be paid, although In some instances <br />the County may be able to record the documents notwithstanding current reii <br />estate taxes due. The County can advise you on payment of taxes due. <br />The County will make every reasonable effort to avoid litigation by acquiring <br />your property through direct negotiation. <br />POSSESSION <br />If you must move because your home is being acquired, or if you must <br />your business or farm operation because of the acquisition of your y®“ <br />will be given at lest 90 days written advance notice of the date by which you are <br />required to move. If you have to move from your home, a decent, safe ana <br />sanitary replacement dwelling must be available to you, on a nondlscrirainaiory <br />basis, prior to your displacement. <br />You are not required to surrender possession of your property until: <br />1