20 CFR § 234.51 - Persons to whom a lump-sum refund payment is payable.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t20/s234.51"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "20 CFR § 234.51 - Persons to whom a lump-sum refund payment is payable."
title_number: 20
title_name: "Employees' Benefits"
section_number: "234.51"
section_name: "Persons to whom a lump-sum refund payment is payable."
chapter_name: "RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "REGULATIONS UNDER THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT ACT"
part_number: "234"
part_name: "LUMP-SUM PAYMENTS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "45 U.S.C. 231f."
regulatory_source: "51 FR 3036, Jan. 23, 1986, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "234"
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# 234.51 Persons to whom a lump-sum refund payment is payable.
Employees receive their lump-sum refund payment from the Board, without applying for it, at the time their regular annuity is awarded. If an employee dies without receiving payment of a regular annuity, the lump-sum refund payment is payable to the employee's survivors in the same order of priority as shown for the RLS in § 234.44.