Only the true value, not the emotional value the property has for the expropriated party shall be indemnified.
Civil Code
2015 English source edition · Current applicability not established.
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Article 1301
True Value Indemnified · Preserved transcription; page attribution imported from the source collection. Verify against the original.
The true value is the value that the expropriating authority and the expropriated party would have agreed to after entering into normal commercial negotiations for the acquisition of the property.
In exceptional cases the Court may ascertain the true value otherwise.