20 CFR § 408.626 - How do we investigate an appointed representative payee?

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title: "20 CFR § 408.626 - How do we investigate an appointed representative payee?"
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part_name: "SPECIAL BENEFITS FOR CERTAIN WORLD WAR II VETERANS"
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# 408.626 How do we investigate an appointed representative payee?

After we select an individual as your representative payee, we investigate him or her following the rules in § 404.2026 of this chapter.

[84 FR 4325, Feb. 15, 2019, as amended at 84 FR 57319, Oct. 25, 2019]