5 CFR § 1651.9 - Participant's next of kin.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t5/s1651.9"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "5 CFR § 1651.9 - Participant's next of kin."
title_number: 5
title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "1651.9"
section_name: "Participant's next of kin."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL RETIREMENT THRIFT INVESTMENT BOARD"
part_number: "1651"
part_name: "DEATH BENEFITS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "5 U.S.C. 8424(d), 8432d, 8432(j), 8433(e), 8435(c)(2), 8474(b)(5) and 8474(c)(1)."
regulatory_source: "62 FR 32429, June 13, 1997, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "1651"
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# 1651.9 Participant's next of kin.

If the account is to be paid to the participant's next of kin under § 1651.2(a)(6), the next of kin of the participant will be determined in accordance with the state law of the participant's domicile at the time of death.