5 CFR 831.2006
§ 831.2006 Designation of agent by next of kin.
United States · 5 CFR — Administrative Personnel · Status: effective
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- 5 CFR 831.2006, § 831.2006 Designation of agent by next of kin, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/7883
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When a deceased employee, Member, or annuitant has not named a beneficiary and one of the next of kin entitled makes a claim for lump-sum benefit, other next of kin entitled to share in the lump-sum benefit may designate the one who made the claim to act as their agent to receive their distributive shares.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.