---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 404.1800"
title: "20"
number: "404.1800"
heading: "Introduction."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/404.1800"
---

# §404.1800. Introduction.


After we have made a determination or decision that you are entitled to benefits under title II of the Act, we begin paying those benefits to you as soon as possible. This subpart explains—

- (a) What we must do so that your benefits begin promptly;
- (b) When and how you may request that payment of benefits be expedited;
- (c) When we may cause your benefits to be withheld;
- (d) Our obligation not to assign or transfer your benefits to someone; and
- (e) When we will use one check to pay benefits to two or more persons in a family.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Secs. 205 (a) and (n), 207, 702(a)(5), and 708(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 405 (a) and (n), 407, 902(a)(5) and 909(a)).

### Source

Source: 45 FR 52095, Aug. 5, 1980, unless otherwise noted.