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BILE; f-206619 LATE June 1. 198
MATTER O;= Roger L, Flint- Real Estate Expenses -
Trade of Former Residence as Downpayme.t
DIGEBT;
Transferred employee traded a former resi-
dence as downpayment on purchase of resi-
dence at new offt.cial station, He seeks
reimbursement of $163 premium paid for
title insurance on property traded as a
downpayment. Title insurance is generally
reimbursable to a seller under the provi-
sions of FTR para. 2-6.2c, However, since
employee did not obtain the title insur-
ance on his residence at his old duty
station at time of transfer but on a
former residence, he is not entitled to
reimbursement of the fee paid for title
insurance under total financial package
concept enunciated in Arthur J. Kerns,
60 Comp. Gen. 650 (1981), and subsequent
similar decisions.
This decision is in response to a request by
Mr. Ronald J. Boomer, an authorized certifying officer,
United States General Services Administration (GSA), as to
whether he may certify for payment a reclaim voucher sub-
mitted by Mrr. Roger L. Flint, an employee of the agency,
The voucher is for reimbursement of the premium of $163,
paid by Mr. Flint for title insurance on real property
traded as the downpaylnrmnt on a residence he purchased at
his new duty station. For the reasons hereafter stated,
the cost of the title insurance in the sum of $163, may not
be certified for payment.
The record discloses that by travel authorization
dated October 8, 1980, Mr. Flint was officially transferred
from Brunswick, Georgia, to Auburn, Washington. The
employee reportsthatwhile liviii' in Gorgia, he was reW---
ing a residence and consequently did not have a residence
he could sell in order to obtain funds to pay the downpay-
meni: on the property located in Puyallup, Washington.
After his transfer, Mr. Flint was renting the Puyallup
property. Subsequently, the owner of the rental propaty
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