2010 Mississippi Code
TITLE 43 - PUBLIC WELFARE
Chapter 39 - Relocation Assistance.
43-39-9 - Additional payments; elements thereof; eligibility therefor.

§ 43-39-9. Additional payments; elements thereof; eligibility therefor.
 

(1)  In addition to payments otherwise authorized by this chapter, such displacing agency shall make an additional payment not in excess of Twenty-two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($22,500.00) to any displaced person who is displaced from a dwelling actually owned and occupied by the displaced person for not less than one hundred eighty (180) days prior to the initiation of negotiations for the acquisition of the property. The additional payment shall include the following elements: 

(a) The amount, if any, which when added to the acquisition cost of the dwelling acquired, equals the reasonable cost of a comparable replacement dwelling which is a decent, safe and sanitary dwelling adequate to accommodate such displaced person, reasonably accessible to public services and places of employment, and available on the private market. All determinations required to carry out this paragraph shall be determined by regulations issued pursuant to Section 43-39-17; 

(b) The amount, if any, which will compensate the displaced person for any increased interest costs and other debt service costs which the person is required to pay for financing the acquisition of any such comparable replacement dwelling. The amount shall be paid only if the dwelling acquired by the displacing agency was encumbered by a bona fide mortgage which was a valid lien on the dwelling for not less than one hundred eighty (180) days prior to the initiation of negotiations for the acquisition of the dwelling. Payment determinations shall be in accordance with regulations issued pursuant to Section 43-39-17; and 

(c) 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. 

(2)  The additional payment authorized by this section shall be made only to a displaced person who purchases and occupies a decent, safe and sanitary replacement dwelling within one (1) year after the date on which he receives final payment from the displacing agency for the acquired dwelling, or the date on which the displacing agency's obligation under Section 43-39-13, is met, whichever is the later date, except that the displacing agency may extend such period for good cause. If such period is extended, the payment under this section shall be based on the costs of relocating the person to a comparable replacement dwelling within one (1) year of such date. 
 

Sources: Codes, 1942, § 2749-74; Laws,  1972, ch. 526, § 4; Laws, 1980, ch. 468, § 1; Laws, 1989, ch. 421, § 3; Laws, 1996, ch. 445, § 4, eff from and after passage (approved March 29, 1996).