601 - Applicability.

§  601. Applicability. (A) When the total compensation demanded by all  condemnees having an interest in a particular property being acquired is  twenty-five thousand dollars or less, exclusive of interest, a condemnee  may, within the time prescribed by section five hundred  three  of  this  law,  file  a claim with the clerk of the court having jurisdiction over  the acquisition, and a copy of said claim upon the chief  legal  officer  of  the  condemnor,  or  upon  such  other  official  designated  by the  condemnor to receive such service. This claim shall include a request to  the court to proceed  in  accordance  with  this  article  and  describe  briefly  the  property  to  which  the request relates and set forth the  amount of compensation demanded by the  condemnee  including  a  concise  statement of the basis therefor.    (B)  The  court  shall  view  the  property, and shall upon reasonable  notice to the condemnor and the condemnee, meet at a  hearing  with  the  parties  or representatives present and proceed in an informal manner to  hear proof concerning the amount of compensation due the condemnee.