20 CFR 404.821
§ 404.821 Correction of the record of your earnings before the time limit ends.
United States · 20 CFR — Employees' Benefits · Status: effective
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- 20 CFR 404.821, § 404.821 Correction of the record of your earnings before the time limit ends, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/78418
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Before the time limit ends for any year, we will correct the record of your earnings for that year for any reason if satisfactory evidence shows SSA records are incorrect. We may correct the record as the result of a request filed under § 404.820 or we may correct it on our own.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.