Relocation--Title Insurance Expenses for Required Owner/Lender Coverage

Harold F. Thorne, an Authorized Certifying Officer of the Bureau of Mines, requested a decision on a claim for reimbursement of mortgage title insurance expenses incurred in connection with the purchase of a home incident to an official transfer of station. An employee may be reimbursed for an owner's title insurance policy when it is incurred by the purchaser as a prerequisite to the transfer of property or to obtaining financing incident to such a transfer if it is customarily paid by the purchasers in the area involved.