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13-715. Expert testimony.

            A witness who, by education or experience, has become expert in the appraisal of property is permitted to state an opinion as to [market value] [rental value] [damages] [other].

            You should consider such expert opinion received in evidence and give it such weight as you think it deserves, or you may reject it entirely.

 

USE NOTE

            Juries are entitled to be informed as to the status of expert witnesses. This instruction or that in the chapter referring to witnesses should be used when the court has permitted expert testimony.

[As amended, effective January 1, 1987.]

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