---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 266.9"
title: "20"
number: "266.9"
heading: "Responsibilities of a representative payee."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/266.9"
---

# §266.9. Responsibilities of a representative payee.

- (a) A representative payee shall, subject to review by the Board and to such requirements as it may from time-to-time prescribe, apply the payments made to him or her on behalf of the annuitant only for the use and benefit of such annuitant, and in a manner and for purposes which are in the annuitant's best interests.
- (b) A representative payee shall notify the Board of any event that will affect the amount of benefits the annuitant receives or the right of the annuitant to receive benefits.
- (c) A representative payee shall notify the Board of any change in his or her circumstances that would affect performance of the payee responsibilities.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 45 U.S.C. 231k and 231f.

### Source

Source: 59 FR 3992, Jan. 28, 1994, unless otherwise noted.