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B-207304 1 (1983-04-15)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadlad0001 and id is 1 raw text is: THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL DECISION OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON. 0. C. 20548 FILE: B-207304 DATE: April 15, 1983 MATTER OF: V. Stephen Henderson -Relocation Expense - Paving Lien DIGEST: An employee was required to pay off a paving lien placed on his residence by the City of Gallup, New Mexico, when he sold his resi- dence incident to his transfer from Gallup to Rock Springs, Wyoming. Since the paving lien was placed on the property because of improvements made to street adjacent to the property it may not be reimbursed under the Federal Travel Regulation. It is analogous to a capital improvement to the property itself, and will be treated in the same manner. Mr. Posey B. Howell, a certifying officer with the Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior, has requested an advance decision as to whether Mr. V. Stephen Henderson may be reimbursed $1,181.17 for a paving lien which was paid off incident to the sale of his residence. Since the paving of the street adjacent to Mr. Henderson's property is analogous to a capital improvement to the property, there is no basis for him to be reimbursed for this cost. Mr. Henderson, an employee of the Geological Survey, was transferred from Gallup, New Mexico to Rock Springs, Wyoming. Upon the sale of his residence in Gallup, Mr. Henderson incurred the $1,181.17 expense for the payoff of a paving lien which had been filed by the City of Gallup. We have been informally advised that the lien was filed incident to work done to pave the roadway next to the Henderson residence. Mr. Henderson seeks reimbursement for the paving lien because it is customarily required of sellers that they pay off paving liens at the time they sell their property. Mr. Henderson's attorney further explained the nature of the paving lien and how it came to be filed on Mr. Henderson's property as follows: 2

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