2017 Alaska Statutes
Title 34. Property
Chapter 60. Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Practices
Sec. 34.60.050. Replacement housing for homeowners.

(a) In addition to payments otherwise authorized by this chapter, the state agency shall make an additional payment not to exceed $22,500, to a displaced person who is displaced from a dwelling actually owned and occupied by the person for not less than 180 days before the initiation of negotiations for the acquisition of the property. This additional payment must include the following elements:

(1) the amount, if any, that, when added to the acquisition cost of the dwelling acquired by the state agency, equals the reasonable cost of a comparable replacement dwelling that is a decent, safe, and sanitary dwelling adequate to accommodate the displaced person, is reasonably accessible to public services and places of employment, and is available on the private market; all determinations required to carry out this paragraph shall be made in accordance with standards established by the state agency making the additional payment;

(2) the amount, if any, that will compensate the displaced person for any increased interest costs that the displaced person is required to pay for financing the acquisition of the comparable replacement dwelling; this amount may be paid only if the dwelling acquired by the state agency was encumbered by a bona fide mortgage that was a valid lien on the dwelling for not less than 180 days before the initiation of negotiations for the acquisition of the dwelling; and

(3) reasonable expenses incurred by the displaced person for evidence of title, recording fees, and other closing costs incident to the purchase of the replacement dwelling, but not including prepaid expenses.

(b) The additional payment authorized by (a) of this section may be made only to a displaced person who purchases and occupies a replacement dwelling that is decent, safe, and sanitary not later than the end of the one year period beginning on the date on which the person receives from the state agency final payment of all costs of the acquired dwelling, or the date on which the person moves from the acquired dwelling, whichever is the later date.