§ 1260.230.Issues Separately Assessed By Trier of Fact

A compensation award in eminent domain isn't a single lump figure arrived at all at once. This section requires the trier of fact to break the award down into its component parts, as far as practicable: compensation for the property taken under Article 4 of Chapter 9, and, when the taking is only part of a larger parcel, the separate amounts of damage and benefit to what remains, under Article 5 of that chapter.

Two more categories round out the list: compensation for any loss of goodwill under Article 6 of Chapter 9, and the specific claims described in subdivisions (c) and (d) of § 1250.320, which arise from the defendant's answer in the underlying pleadings.

Breaking the award into these pieces matters beyond bookkeeping -- it lets the court and the parties see exactly what each dollar of the award is compensating for, which matters for appellate review, for apportionment among divided interests under § 1260.220, and for tracking how the different compensation categories in Chapter 9 apply to a given taking.