Are there Basic Payment Eligibility requirements that are applicable to all relocatees?
Yes, to be eligible for any relocation payment you must at least meet each of the following basic requirements: 1. You must (with the following noted exception) be in legal occupancy of the property being acquired by the project at the initiation of negotiations for that particular property, unless you have personally received a written notice from the acquiring agency advising you that it is the intent of the project to acquire the property. (Negotiations will be initiated on the date that the acquiring agency’s representatives present a written offer for the property to the property owners or to their designated representative.) EXCEPTION: You can qualify for a moving cost payment, but normally no other type of relocation payment, if you were not in occupancy at the initiation of negotiations and if you did not personally receive a written notice of intent to acquire provided that you were in legal occupancy at the time the property was actually acquired (paid for) by the department.
