National ROW Right of Way · Eminent Domain & Condemnation Consulting Firm
You got the letter

The agency has a team. Right now, you have a letter.

Someone who never walked your property decided what it's worth.

Then they gave you a deadline. That number came from an appraiser the agency hired — an opening position, not a final answer.

See what the agency offered, and what the owner got

There is a date on that letter.

What that date does depends on your state, the agency, and which document you are holding. Send us a photo of it — text (469) 484-7960 or email it — and we will tell you what we are looking at.

Is the offer fair?

Two questions, then we call you. A senior consultant reads every one of these.

What you actually get
  1. Send the offer letter and their appraisal if they gave you one. A photo is enough.
  2. A senior consultant reads it and calls you within the hour, 8am–6pm Central, Monday to Friday. Outside those hours, first thing the next morning.
  3. You get three things: what we think their number left out, what we would argue for, and whether it is worth pursuing at all.
  4. It costs nothing and commits you to nothing.
  5. If we do not think we can move the number, we tell you on that call.
1Where do you stand right now?

Pick the one that fits before you send.

2Where do we reach you?

Sending this asks National ROW to review your offer and to get back to you about it. If you leave the box above unchecked we'll still respond — a person will simply call or email you rather than anything automated.

Prefer to send the document itself? Email it to info@nationalrow.com.

National ROW is not a law firm. This form does not create an attorney-client relationship and is not a request for legal advice.

What happens next

  1. Confirmation that we have it — by text if you allowed it, otherwise email
  2. A senior consultant calls — usually within the hour
  3. We tell you what we see. No obligation.
A right-of-way consulting firm — not a law firm. Many of these never need a lawyer at all. If yours does, we already know who to bring in. You won't go looking.

Almost every condemnation case is a fight about a number, not about the law.

Our documented results

Grand Parkway (SH 99) · Chambers County, TX $2.5M $5M +100% Why the price increasedThe agency's appraisal left value out. We found it and argued it.
I-35 expansion · McLennan County (Waco), TX $20K $385K +1,825% — the largest increase in our files. Why the price increasedSame reason. Their team's number missed value on the take.
Free, no obligation Text us the letter A photo of the offer is enough. We read it and tell you what we see. Text (469) 484-7960 →

Two real files, not a forecast. Each is a single documented matter, from the offer letter through to what the owner was finally paid. They are not an average and not a prediction — every take is different, and when we look at yours and think the number is close to right, we will tell you so.

Does your offer show a separate figure for damage to the land you keep? Most don't. That is usually the bigger number.

Five things not to do this week

None of this is legal advice. It is all about your own property and your own paperwork, and every one of them gets harder the longer you wait.

  • Don't sign anything yet, including a form that only lets them come survey.
  • Don't let their appraiser walk the property without you there.
  • Don't clear, mow, or move a fence until it is photographed.
  • Don't talk to the right-of-way agent without writing down afterwards who said what.
  • Don't throw away the envelope. The postmark is sometimes the only date on the whole thing.
Who you call matters

You don't have to choose between valuation and legal protection.

Their right to take the land is usually not in question. What they owe you for it is.

Working with National ROW

Everything else — from day one
  • Read their appraisal and find what it left out
  • Build the real number — remainder damages, access, highest and best use
  • Negotiate with the agency's ROW agents so you never have to
  • Name the attorney or independent appraiser if your file needs one — you engage them directly, on their own paper
  • Owner-side only — we never represent the agency, utility or pipeline
  • No upfront cost — contingency only

Legal counsel

What only an attorney can do
  • Advise you on your legal rights
  • File objections and challenges
  • Represent you at a hearing
  • Argue your case before a judge or jury
  • Handle court filings and legal deadlines

Most owners work with one or the other. Our clients get both.

National ROW does not practice law, does not give legal advice, and does not represent anyone in court. Nothing here is legal advice, and contacting us does not create an attorney-client relationship. That does not mean you face this alone — see how the team comes together below.

What we actually do

The agency has a team. Right now, you have a letter.

They have appraisers, engineers, right-of-way agents and counsel — all working toward the smallest defensible number.

First

We read what they sent

The notice, the full offer package and their appraisal — including whether this is a fee taking, a permanent easement or a temporary one.

Then

We build the real number

Remainder and severance damages, highest and best use, access and frontage, drainage and fencing, improvements, crop and timber loss, cost to cure.

Meanwhile

We handle the agency

We negotiate with their agents so you never have to. One point of contact from the first call to the last.

If your matter needs an attorney or an independent appraiser, we will say so and put names in front of you. You engage them directly, on their own paper. We are not a law firm, and we take no share of anyone else's fee.

Where are you right now?

Two situations, two different moves

Offer in hand

They've made a written offer

This is the moment that matters. Send the offer letter, the appraisal if they gave you one, and any maps. We'll tell you what we think it's missing — free, no obligation.

Call or Text (469) 484-7960
Notice only

An agent has been in touch, but no offer yet

You have more time than you think and more leverage than you will ever have again. Ten minutes on the phone tells you what is coming, what to photograph before a crew changes it, and when the number starts to matter. There is nothing to send us yet. Call anyway — that is the whole point of calling early.

Call or Text (469) 484-7960
Straight answers

What owners ask first

If I need an attorney, do I have to go find one myself?

No. We give you options — owner-side condemnation attorneys matched to your county and project. You choose and engage them directly, so they work for you. You just don't start from a search engine with a deadline running.

What does it cost?

The review costs nothing and there is no obligation attached to it. If we take the case on we work on contingency, so you pay us only out of an increase we obtain — if the number never moves, you owe us nothing. Any attorney or appraiser you choose to engage sets their own fee with you directly.

Will fighting this make them take more of my land?

No. What's acquired is set by the project design, not by whether you question the price. Negotiating compensation doesn't change the footprint of the take.

You don't have to answer them today.

Fifteen minutes to find out what the property is actually worth. It costs nothing, and you'll never have more leverage than you do right now.

Call now Text the letter Free review by a senior consultant