§ 304. Advance payment; actions thereafter. (A) The written offer, or\nany adjustment thereof made prior to acceptance, shall state that:\n (1) the offer constitutes the amount of the condemnor's highest\napproved appraisal of the just compensation for the property, and that\npayment will be made together with appropriate interest;\n (2) a condemnee may accept the offer as payment in full; or\n (3) a condemnee may reject the offer as payment in full and instead\nelect to accept such offer as an advance payment, and that such election\nshall in no way prejudice the right of a condemnee to claim additional\ncompensation; however, the failure of the condemnee to file a claim\nwithin the time of filing claims as provided in subdivision (A) of\nsection five hundred three of this law shall be deemed an acceptance of\nthe amount paid as full settlement of such claim;\n (4) upon the acceptance of the written or an adjusted offer, the\ncondemnor shall enter into an agreement or stipulation with the\ncondemnee providing for payment pursuant to such agreement, either as\npayment in full or as an advance payment. The right of the condemnee to\nthe advance payment shall not be conditioned on the waiver of any other\nright.\n (B) The offer shall be deemed rejected in the event that a condemnee\nwithin ninety days of the offer fails or refuses to notify the condemnor\nin writing that the advance payment is accepted.\n (C) In the event a condemnee shall reject the offer or the offer shall\nbe deemed rejected pursuant to subdivision (B) or a condemnee\nunreasonably fails to provide the condemnor with all papers reasonably\nnecessary to effect a valid transfer of title as acquired, within ninety\ndays of receipt, the condemnor's obligation to pay interest on the\namount of the offer shall be suspended until such time as the condemnee\naccepts the offer as payment in full, or as an advance payment, or\nprovides the necessary title papers as the case may be.\n (D) In the event an owner accepts the offer as payment in full or as\nan advance payment for property in an acquisition under supreme court\njurisdiction pursuant to subdivision (B) of section five hundred one of\nthis chapter and the condemnor determines that there is a conflict of\ntitle or a conflict arises over the percentage of the condemnation award\nwhich should be paid to each of several owners of interests in the\ncondemned property, the condemnor shall, unless it is otherwise agreed,\ndeposit the full or advance payment, as the case may be, with the clerk\nof the supreme court having jurisdiction of the claim. This deposit\nshall be placed in an interest bearing account until payment of such\nsum, including accumulated interest, is directed to be made by the court\non application of any person claiming an interest in the amount\ndeposited. After the deposit as herein provided has been made, the\ncondemnor shall notify all persons claiming an interest in the\ncondemnation award that the amount payable thereunder has been deposited\nand is subject to an application by an interested person or persons to a\ndistribution proceeding. The determination of the supreme court and\nfinal judgment of distribution shall, unless set aside or reversed on\nappeal, be final and conclusive upon the owners or other persons\nclaiming any interest in or lien or encumbrance on the property so\nappropriated and the amount deposited. A deposit pursuant to this\nsection shall terminate the condemnor's obligation to pay interest on\nthe amount so deposited provided that interest is paid on such deposit.\nNo sum paid into court or deposited shall be charged fees, commissions\nor poundage.\n (E) (1) In the event that an owner accepts the offer as payment in\nfull or as an advance payment for property in an acquisition under the\ncourt of claims jurisdiction pursuant to subdivision (A) of section five\nhundred one of this chapter and the attorney general determines that\nthere is a conflict of title o
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