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[CITE: 42USC4653]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
CHAPTER 61--UNIFORM RELOCATION ASSISTANCE AND REAL PROPERTY ACQUISITION 
          POLICIES FOR FEDERAL AND FEDERALLY ASSISTED PROGRAMS
 
        SUBCHAPTER III--UNIFORM REAL PROPERTY ACQUISITION POLICY
 
Sec. 4653. Expenses incidental to transfer of title to United 
        States
        
    The head of a Federal agency, as soon as practicable after the date 
of payment of the purchase price or the date of deposit in court of 
funds to satisfy the award of compensation in a condemnation proceeding 
to acquire real property, whichever is the earlier, shall reimburse the 
owner, to the extent the head of such agency deems fair and reasonable, 
for expenses he necessarily incurred for--
        (1) recording fees, transfer taxes, and similar expenses 
    incidental to conveying such real property to the United States;
        (2) penalty costs for prepayment of any preexisting recorded 
    mortgage entered into in good faith encumbering such real property; 
    and
        (3) the pro rata portion of real property taxes paid which are 
    allocable to a period subsequent to the date of vesting title in the 
    United States, or the effective date of possession of such real 
    property by the United States, whichever is the earlier.

(Pub. L. 91-646, title III, Sec. 303, Jan. 2, 1971, 84 Stat. 1906.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 4655 of this title.
