20 CFR § 255.2 - Overpayments.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t20/s255.2"
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title: "20 CFR § 255.2 - Overpayments."
title_number: 20
title_name: "Employees' Benefits"
section_number: "255.2"
section_name: "Overpayments."
chapter_name: "RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "REGULATIONS UNDER THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT ACT"
part_number: "255"
part_name: "RECOVERY OF OVERPAYMENTS"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "45 U.S.C. 231f(b)(5); 45 U.S.C. 231i."
regulatory_source: "62 FR 64163, Dec. 4, 1997, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "255"
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# 255.2 Overpayments.

An overpayment, within the meaning of this part, is made in any case in which an individual receives a payment under the Railroad Retirement Act, all or part of which payment he or she is not entitled to receive.