IC 8-23-17-13: Compensation for expenses and losses

Sec. 13. Whenever the acquisition of real property for a project undertaken by an agency, or a program of code enforcement by an agency in the state, will result in the displacement of any person, the agency shall make a payment to a displaced person, upon proper application as approved by the agency head, for:

(1) actual reasonable expenses in moving the person, the person's family, business, farm operation, or personal property;

(2) actual direct losses of tangible personal property as a result of moving or discontinuing a business or farm operation, but not to exceed an amount equal to the reasonable expenses that would have been required to relocate the property, as determined by the head of the agency; and

(3) except as provided in section 12(1) of this chapter, actual reasonable expenses in searching for a replacement business or farm, not to exceed a maximum of five hundred dollars ($500).