---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 10.706"
title: "20"
number: "10.706"
heading: "How will a beneficiary know if OWCP or SOL has determined that action against a third party is required?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/10.706"
---

# §10.706. How will a beneficiary know if OWCP or SOL has determined that action against a third party is required?


When OWCP determines that an employee or other FECA beneficiary must take action against a third party, it will notify the employee or beneficiary in writing. If the case is transferred to SOL, a second notification may be issued.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301, 8102a, 8103, 8145 and 8149; 31 U.S.C. 3716 and 3717; Reorganization Plan No. 6 of 1950, 15 FR 3174, 64 Stat. 1263; Secretary of Labor's Order No. 10-2009, 74 FR 218; Pub. L. 117-263.

### Source

Source: 76 FR 37903, June 28, 2011, unless otherwise noted.