Amends GS 136-103, which authorizes the Department of Transportation (DOT) to institute a condemnation action to take any land, easement, or interest for DOT use, to require the summons, complaint, declaration of taking, and notice of just compensation deposited to be served upon any owner, lienholder, tenant, leaseholder, and any person who reasonably appears to be a potential claimant (previously, required service upon the person named in the complaint only). Applies to condemnation actions filed on or after the date the act becomes law.