### Question
What is the definition of improved property?


### Answer
The definition of **improved property** is as follows in *16 U.S.C. § 460m*:

> a detached year-round one-family dwelling which serves as the owner's permanent place of abode at the time of acquisition, and construction of which was begun before September 3, 1969, together with so much of the land on which the dwelling is situated, the said land being in the same ownership as the dwelling, as the Secretary shall designate to be reasonably necessary for the enjoyment of the dwelling for the sole purpose of noncommercial residential use

#### Citation:
  - *16 U.S.C. § 460m*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 1-NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES > SUBCHAPTER LXXI-BUFFALO NATIONAL RIVER**

