Iowa Code 316.4 – Moving and related expenses
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1. If a program or project undertaken by a displacing agency will result in the displacement of a person, the displacing agency shall make a payment to the displaced person, upon proper application as approved by the displacing agency, for actual reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in moving the person, the person’s family, business, farm operation, or other personal property subject to rules and limits established by the department. The payment may also provide for actual direct losses of tangible personal property, purchase of substitute personal property, business reestablishment expenses, storage expenses, and expenses incurred in searching for a replacement business or farm.
Terms Used In Iowa Code 316.4
- Business: means any lawful activity, excepting a farm operation, conducted primarily:a. See Iowa Code 316.1
- Department: means the state department of transportation. See Iowa Code 316.1
- Department: means the state department of transportation. See Iowa Code 321H.2
- Displaced person: means :
a. See Iowa Code 316.1- Displacing agency: means the state or a state agency carrying out a program or project, or any person carrying out a program or project with federal financial assistance, which causes a person to be a displaced person. See Iowa Code 316.1
- Farm operation: means any activity conducted solely or primarily for the production of one or more agricultural products or commodities, including timber, for sale or home use, and customarily producing such products or commodities in sufficient quantity to be capable of contributing materially to the operator's support. See Iowa Code 316.1
- Person: means any individual, partnership, corporation, or association. See Iowa Code 316.1
- Person: includes any individual, firm, corporation, partnership, joint adventure, or association, and the plural as well as the singular number. See Iowa Code 321H.2
- personal property: include money, goods, chattels, evidences of debt, and things in action. See Iowa Code 4.1
- Personal property: All property that is not real property.
- Program: means an informal dispute settlement procedure established by a manufacturer which mediates and arbitrates motor vehicle warranty disputes arising in this state. See Iowa Code 322G.2
- property: includes personal and real property. See Iowa Code 4.1
2. A displaced person eligible for payments under subsection 1, who is displaced from a dwelling and who elects to accept the payments authorized by this subsection in lieu of the payments authorized by subsection 1, may receive a moving expense and dislocation allowance determined according to a schedule established by the department.3. A displaced person, as defined in section 316.1, subsection 2, paragraph “a”, eligible for payments under subsection 1, who is displaced from the person’s place of business or farm operation and who is eligible, may elect to accept the payment authorized by this subsection in lieu of the payment authorized by subsection 1. The payment shall consist of a fixed payment in an amount to be determined according to criteria established by the department. A person whose sole business at the displaced dwelling is the rental of the real property does not qualify for a payment under this subsection.