[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 32, Volume 4]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 32CFR644.30]

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                       TITLE 32--NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
              CHAPTER V--DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 644--REAL ESTATE HANDBOOK--Table of Contents
 
                       Subpart A--Project Planning
 
Sec. 644.30  Preliminary real estate work.

    (a) Preliminary real estate work is defined as that action taken 
with regard to the individual ownerships leading up to, but not 
including, solicitation of offers from landowners. It includes 
preparation or procurement of tract ownership data (ENG Form 900--Tract 
Ownership Data, where its use is considered desirable), legal 
descriptions and mapping, title evidence, and individual tract 
appraisals. At this stage of the acquisition program, it will be 
necessary to make some contact with landowners, tenants, or other 
interested persons; for example, the appraiser's discussion of the 
property with the owner, his agent, or other representative (Pub. L. 91-
646, sec. 301(2)). In any such contacts, information should be confined 
to the fact that acquisition of the real property is being considered; 
no acquisition action can be taken until funds are made available; and, 
after acquisition is approved, as much advance notice as possible will 
be given to all interested parties. Supply of ENG Form 900 may be 
requisitioned from the OCE Publications Depot in the prescribed manner.
    (b) Preliminary real estate work on Army projects will be conducted 
as soon as design has progressed to the point at which the exact land 
needed has been firmly determined, or as soon as the District Engineer 
has determined that it is practicable to proceed.
    (c) Preliminary real estate work on Air Force projects will be 
conducted upon request of Headquarters, USAF, or Major Air Command 
installations, and at the request of any of those persons designated for 
industrial acquisitions.

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