FEMA LOMAs Can Now Be Filed Online

FEMA administers the National Flood Insurance Program, and as part of that task, prepares Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) showing the location of areas prone to flooding. Flood insurance for properties shown on a FIRM as being in a special flood hazard zone will be more costly. Not many people know that there is a procedure for amending a FIRM if it incorrectly shows a property in a special flood hazard zone. The processs of filing a Letter of Map Amendment (LOMA) may have just gotten easier, as FEMA now allows the request to be filed online.

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