20 CFR § 416.660 - Transfer of accumulated benefit payments.
---
identifier: "/us/cfr/t20/s416.660"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "20 CFR § 416.660 - Transfer of accumulated benefit payments."
title_number: 20
title_name: "Employees' Benefits"
section_number: "416.660"
section_name: "Transfer of accumulated benefit payments."
chapter_name: "SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION"
part_number: "416"
part_name: "SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME FOR THE AGED, BLIND, AND DISABLED"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
cfr_part: "416"
---
# 416.660 Transfer of accumulated benefit payments.
A representative payee who has conserved or invested benefit payments shall transfer these funds and the interest earned from the invested funds to either a successor payee, to the beneficiary, or to us, as we will specify. If the funds and the earned interest are returned to us, we will recertify them to a successor representative payee or to the beneficiary.
[47 FR 30475, July 14, 1982, as amended at 75 FR 7552, Feb. 22, 2010]