5 CFR § 841.202 - Applications required.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t5/s841.202"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "5 CFR § 841.202 - Applications required."
title_number: 5
title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "841.202"
section_name: "Applications required."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS"
part_number: "841"
part_name: "FEDERAL EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM—GENERAL ADMINISTRATION"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 8461; Sec. 841.108 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 552a; Secs. 841.110 and 841.111 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 8470(a); subpart D also issued under 5 U.S.C. 8423; Sec. 841.504 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 8422; Sec. 841.507 also issued under section 505 of Pub. L. 99-335; subpart J also issued under 5 U.S.C. 8469; Sec. 841.506 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 7701(b)(2); Sec. 841.508 also issued under section 505 of Pub. L. 99-335; Sec. 841.604 also issued under Title II, Pub. L. 106-265, 114 Stat. 780; Sec. 5001 of Pub. L. 112-96 at 126 Stat. 199."
cfr_part: "841"
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# 841.202 Applications required.
(a) No benefit is payable under FERS, until after the claimant has applied for the benefit in the form prescribed by OPM.
(b) An employee, Member, or survivor may exercise any option or make any election authorized by FERS only in the form prescribed by OPM.