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B-197523 1 (1980-04-25)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadifj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: THE COMPTROLLER G~ENERAL DIECISIC$N . .=OF THE UIITED STATES WASHINGTON, D.C. 20546 V.N;ITE9 FILE: B-197523 DATE:April 25, 1980 MATTER OF: Ivan V. Faucon - Owner's Title Insurance Policy DIGEST: Transferred employee who purchased residence at new official station seeks reimbursement of $404 for the cost of owner's title. Employee was charged $404 for the owner's title policy and $30 for the mortgagee's title policy, total $434. Employee may be reimbursed $319 since mortgagee title policy is allowable under the Federal Travel Regulations (FPMR 101-7) para. 2-6. 2d and such policy would have cost $319 if purchased separately. Claim for remaining $115, allocable to cost of owner's title insurance, is disallowed. This action is in response to a request for reconsideration of the im n for reimbursement of the costs of title insurance 'ncurred in connection with the purchase of a residence incident to a permanent duty transfer to Fort Hood, Texas, as an employee of the Department of the Army. Mr. Faucon's claim was disallowed by our Claims Division by settlement dated September 18, 1979. The record shows that Mr. Faucon was required by the lender to purchase mortgage title insurance. There is no indication that an owner's title policy' was similarly required for the completion of Mr. Faucon's purchase of his residence at Copperas Cove, Texas. Mr. Faucon incurred costs in the total amount of $434 for title insurance. The amount includes a charge of $404 for an owner's policy and a charge of $30 for a mortgagee's (lender's) policy. Our Office has been advised by the title company which issued both policies, that if the lender's policy had not been purchased in conjunction with the owner's policy, the cost of the lender's policy alone would have been $319. Section 5724(a)(4) of title 5, United States Code (1976), provides for reimbursement, under such regulations as the President may prescribe, of the expenses incurred by an employee in the sale of his or her residence at the old official station and purchase of a home at

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