1. For the purpose of determining the value of the land sought to be condemned and fixing just compensation therefor, the following evidence (in addition to other evidence which is relevant, material and competent) shall be relevant, material and competent, and shall be admitted and considered by the special master:
(a) Evidence that a building or improvement is unsafe or insanitary or a public nuisance, or is in a state of disrepair, and of the cost to correct any such condition, notwithstanding that no action has been taken by local authorities to remedy any such condition.
(b) Evidence that any state public body, charged with the duty of abating or requiring the correction of nuisances or like conditions or demolishing unsafe or insanitary structures, issued an order directing the abatement or correction of any conditions existing with respect to the building or improvement, or the demolition of the building or improvement, and of the cost which compliance with any such order would entail.
(c) Evidence of the last assessed valuation of the property for purposes of taxation, and of any affidavits or tax returns made by the owner in connection with such assessment which state the value of such property, and of any income tax returns of the owner showing sums deducted on account of obsolescence or depreciation of such property.
(d) Evidence that such buildings and improvements are being used for illegal purposes or are being so overcrowded as to be dangerous or injurious to the health, safety, morals or welfare of the occupants thereof, and the extent to which the rentals therefrom are enhanced by reason of such use.
(e) Evidence of the price and other terms upon any sale or the rent reserved and other terms of any lease or tenancy relating to such property or to any similar property in the vicinity when the sale or leasing occurred or the tenancy existed within a reasonable time of the hearing.
2. The award of compensation shall not be increased by reason of any increase in the value of the property resulting from the public works project to be placed thereon.
3. No allowance shall be made for improvements begun on property after the publication of the notice specified in NRS 340.070, except upon good cause being shown.
[11:135:1935; 1931 NCL § 6179.31]
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