[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR24.207]

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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
          Subtitle A--Office of the Secretary of Transportation
 
PART 24_UNIFORM RELOCATION ASSISTANCE AND REAL PROPERTY ACQUISITION FOR 
FEDERAL AND FEDERALLY ASSISTED PROGRAMS--Table of Contents
 
                Subpart C_General Relocation Requirements
 
Sec. 24.207  General requirements--claims for relocation payments.

    (a) Documentation. Any claim for a relocation payment shall be 
supported by such documentation as may be reasonably required to support 
expenses incurred, such as bills, certified prices, appraisals, or other 
evidence of such expenses. A displaced person must be provided 
reasonable assistance necessary to complete and file any required claim 
for payment.
    (b) Expeditious payments. The Agency shall review claims in an 
expeditious manner. The claimant shall be promptly notified as to any 
additional documentation that is required to support the claim. Payment 
for a claim shall be made as soon as feasible following receipt of 
sufficient documentation to support the claim.
    (c) Advance payments. If a person demonstrates the need for an 
advance relocation payment in order to avoid or reduce a hardship, the 
Agency shall issue the payment, subject to such safeguards as are 
appropriate to ensure that the objective of the payment is accomplished.
    (d) Time for filing--(1) All claims for a relocation payment shall 
be filed with the Agency within 18 months after:
    (i) For tenants, the date of displacement;
    (ii) For owners, the date of displacement or the date of the final 
payment for the acquisition of the rea1 property, whichever is later.
    (2) This time period shall be waived by the Agency for good cause.
    (e) Multiple occupants of one displacement dwelling. If two or more 
occupants of the displacement dwelling move to separate replacement 
dwellings, each occupant is entitled to a reasonable prorated share, as 
determined by the Agency, of any relocation payments that would have 
been made if the occupants moved together to a comparable replacement 
dwelling. However, if the Agency determines that two or more occupants 
maintained separate households within the same dwelling, such occupants 
have separate entitlements to relocation payments.
    (f) Deductions from relocation payments. An Agency shall deduct the 
amount of any advance relocation payment from the relocation payment(s) 
to which a displaced person is otherwise entitled. Similarly, a Federal 
agency shall, and a State agency may, deduct from relocation payments 
any rent that the displaced person owes the Agency; provided that no 
deduction shall be made if it would prevent the displaced person from 
obtaining a comparable replacement dwelling as required by Sec. 24.204. 
The Agency shall not withhold any part of a relocation payment to a 
displaced person to satisfy an obligation to any other creditor.
    (g) Notice of denial of claim. If the Agency disapproves all or part 
of a payment claimed or refuses to consider

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the claim on its merits because of untimely filing or other grounds, it 
shall promptly notify the claimant in writing of its determination, the 
basis for its determination, and the procedures for appealing that 
determination.