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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>84947</law_id><section_number>25.1-409</section_number><catch_line>Replacement housing for homeowners</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>25.1-410</reference><reference>25.1-414</reference><reference>25.1-415</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="25.1">Eminent Domain</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="4">Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="2">Relocation Assistance</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> In addition to payments otherwise authorized by this chapter, the <span class="dictionary">state agency</span> shall make an additional payment not to exceed $31,000 to any displaced <span class="dictionary">person</span> who is displaced from a <span class="dictionary">dwelling</span> actually owned and occupied by such displaced <span class="dictionary">person</span> for not less than 90 days before the initiation of negotiations for the acquisition of the <span class="dictionary">property</span>. Such additional payment shall include the following elements: <a id="paragraph-304378" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/25.1-409/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The amount, if any, that when added to the acquisition cost of the dwelling acquired by the <span class="dictionary">state agency</span>, equals the reasonable cost of a <span class="dictionary">comparable replacement dwelling</span>; <a id="paragraph-304379" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/25.1-409/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> The amount, if any, that will compensate the displaced <span class="dictionary">person</span> for any increased interest costs and other debt service costs that such <span class="dictionary">person</span> is required to pay for financing the acquisition of any <span class="dictionary">comparable replacement dwelling</span>. The amount for any increased interest or debt service costs shall be (i) determined in accordance with the criteria established by the <span class="dictionary">state agency</span> and (ii) paid only if the dwelling acquired by the <span class="dictionary">state agency</span> was encumbered by a bona fide <span class="dictionary">mortgage</span> that was a valid <span class="dictionary">lien</span> on such dwelling for not less than 180 days immediately prior to the initiation of negotiations for the acquisition of such dwelling; and <a id="paragraph-304380" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/25.1-409/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Reasonable expenses incurred by such displaced <span class="dictionary">person</span> for <span class="dictionary">evidence</span> of title, recording fees, and other closing costs incident to the purchase of the <span class="dictionary">comparable replacement dwelling</span>, but not including prepaid expenses. <a id="paragraph-304381" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/25.1-409/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The additional payment authorized by this section shall be made only to such a displaced <span class="dictionary">person</span> who purchases and occupies a decent, safe, and sanitary replacement dwelling not later than the end of the one-year period beginning on the later of (i) the date on which he receives final payment of all costs for the acquired dwelling or (ii) the date on which the <span class="dictionary">state agency</span> obligation under &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Authority of state agency where replacement housing not available; requiring person to move" href="/25.1-414/">25.1-414</a> is met. However, the <span class="dictionary">state agency</span> may extend such period for good cause. If such period is extended, the payment under this section shall be based on the cost of relocating the <span class="dictionary">person</span> to a <span class="dictionary">comparable replacement dwelling</span> within one year of such date. <a id="paragraph-304382" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/25.1-409/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7;&#xA7; 33-75.05, 33-75.06, 33.1-132.5, 33.1-132.6; 1970, c. 40, &#xA7; 25-240; 1972, c. 738; 1989, c. 714; 2003, c. 940; 2014, c. 218.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
