5 CFR § 849.201 - When to make payment to a representative payee.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t5/s849.201"
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title: "5 CFR § 849.201 - When to make payment to a representative payee."
title_number: 5
title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "849.201"
section_name: "When to make payment to a representative payee."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS"
part_number: "849"
part_name: "REPRESENTATIVE PAYEES"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "5 U.S.C. 8331; 5 U.S.C. 8345(e)-(f); 5 U.S.C. 8345a; 5 U.S.C. 8401; 5 U.S.C. 8461; 5 U.S.C. 8466(c)-(d); 5 U.S.C. 8466a."
regulatory_source: "86 FR 57012, Oct. 14, 2021, unless otherwise noted."
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# 849.201 When to make payment to a representative payee.

The agency will make payment to a representative payee—

(a) If payments are due to a minor under the age of 18; or

(b) If payments are due to an annuitant or survivor who is mentally incompetent or under other legal disability; or

(c) If payments are due to an annuitant when the annuitant is physically or mentally incapable of managing or directing the management of his or her benefit.