---
kind: "section"
citation: "44 C.F.R. § 73.4"
title: "44"
number: "73.4"
heading: "Restoration of flood insurance coverage."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/44/73.4"
---

# §73.4. Restoration of flood insurance coverage.

- (a) Insurance availability shall be restored to a property upon a finding by the Federal Insurance Administrator of a valid rescission of a declaration of a violation.
- (b) A valid rescission shall be submitted to the Federal Insurance Administrator and shall consist of:
  - (1) The name of the property owner(s) and an address or legal description of the property sufficient to identify the property and to enable FEMA to identify the previous declaration;
  - (2) A clear and unequivocal statement by an authorized public body rescinding the declaration and giving the reason(s) for the rescission;
  - (3) A description of and supporting documentation for the measures taken in lieu of denial of insurance in order to bring the structure into compliance with the local flood plain management regulations; and
  - (4) A clear statement that the public body rescinding the declaration has the authority to do so and a citation to that authority.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.; Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1978; E.O. 12127.

### Source

Source: 51 FR 30318, Aug. 25, 1986, unless otherwise noted.