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B-219526 1 (1986-01-15)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadmdh0001 and id is 1 raw text is: THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OECISION ' oP THE UNITEO ETATE8 WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 FILE: B219526 DATE: January 15, 1986 MATTER OF: David W. Eubank - Real Estate Expenses - Attorney Fees DIGEST: Employee of Department of the Interior purchased residence in Lakewood, Colorado, in April 1984, in connection with official transfer and claims attorney fees incident to the purchase. Under applicable law and regulations, necessary and reasonable legal fees and costs incurred by reason of the purchase or sale of a residence incident to a permanent change of station may be reimbursed provided that the costs are within the customary range of charges for such services within the locality of the residence transaction. Fees may be reimbursed insofar as the number of hours billed is reasonable for the particular complications involved, and the hourly rate charged is within the customary range of charges for such services. The issue in this decision involves an employee's claim incident to a permanent change of station for reimbursement of attorney fees incurred in his purchase of a residence at the new duty station. We conclude that the employee is entitled to reimbursement of reasonable attorney fees. This decision is in response to the request of Ms. Kathryn E. Mitchell, an authorized certifying officer of the Bureau of Reclamation, Lower Missouri Region, Department of the Interior, for a decision concerning the claim of an employee, Mr. David W. Eubank, for attorney fees incurred in connection with a permanent change of station from Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Denver, Colorado, effective March 8, 1984. Mr. Eubank claims attorney fees in the amount of $435 that were paid for legal services provided in connection with a house purchase at his new duty station. The circumstances necessitating the legal services revolve around the fact that Mr. Eubank signed a purchase

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