20 CFR § 255.3 - When overpayments are to be recovered.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t20/s255.3"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "20 CFR § 255.3 - When overpayments are to be recovered."
title_number: 20
title_name: "Employees' Benefits"
section_number: "255.3"
section_name: "When overpayments are to be recovered."
chapter_name: "RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "REGULATIONS UNDER THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT ACT"
part_number: "255"
part_name: "RECOVERY OF OVERPAYMENTS"
positive_law: false
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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# 255.3 When overpayments are to be recovered.

Overpayments shall be recovered in all cases except those in which recovery is waived under § 255.10 of this part or administrative relief from recovery is granted under § 255.16 of this part, or where the overpayment is compromised or recovery is terminated or suspended under § 255.18 or § 255.19 of this part.