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B-194668 1 (1979-09-17)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadhpp0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DECISIDN p THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL . OF THE UNITED STATES VAASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 FIE: B-l94668E B'T'' 9.X DATE: _t~ 7 979 MATTER OF: Alvin A. West -( Condominium review fee 4 44//?vne'J 7 -i7e. DIGEST: Employee who purchased condominium incident to permanent change of station may not be reimbursed for the cost of owner's title insurance. He may be reim- bursed $200 condominium review fee paid to the mort- gage company for its attorney's review of condominium documents required for financing purposes. Although there is no definite custom in local area as to whether purchaser or seller pays the fee, record does not show that payment agreement was other than bona fide and amount does not exceed fee customarily paid in local area. This decision responds to the request of Lena M. Jones, Authorized Certifying Officer, Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), for an advance decision concerning-reimbursement for the cost of an owner's title insurance policy and a condominium review fee. Mr. Alvin A. West, a HUD employee, has submitted a reclaim voucher for reimbursement of these expenses incurred in connection with the purchase of a condominium in Rockville, Maryland, incident to his permanent change of duty station. The settlement statement issued in connection with Mr. West's purchase of a condominium on November 22, 1978, indicates that he paid $159 for a lender's title insurance policy and $164.50 for an owner's title insurance policy. We assume that Mr. West has been reimbursed the cost of the lender's policy under para. 2-6.2d of the Federal Travel Regulations (FTR)(FPIMR 101-7). That paragraph pro- vides for reimbursement of the cost of a mortgage title insurance policy paid for by the employee as the purchaser of a residence, but specifically precludes reimbursement for other types of insurance paid for by him, such as an owner's title policy. Except where its purchase is required by law, an owner's title policy is one which the purchaser of a residence obtains for his own protection. As such, it is regarded as a nonreimbursable personal expense incurred at his election and not necessary to consummation of the real estate transaction. 55 Comp. Gen. 779 (1976) and B-186579, October 26, 1977. In the absence of any documentation to suggest that the lender's and the owner's title insurance policies were purchased as a part of a single transaction with a disproportionately large share of the cost U~jJ# 7C4 y~1~

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