---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 404.1805"
title: "20"
number: "404.1805"
heading: "Paying benefits."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/404.1805"
---

# §404.1805. Paying benefits.

- (a) As soon as possible after we have made a determination or decision that you are entitled to benefits, we certify to the Secretary of the Treasury, who is the Managing Trustee of the Trust Funds—
  - (1) Your name and address, or the name and address of the person to be paid if someone receives your benefits on your behalf as a representative payee;
  - (2) The amount of the payment or payments to be made from the appropriate Trust Fund; and
  - (3) The time at which the payment or payments should be made in accordance with [§ 404.1807](/cfr/20/404.1807.md).
- (b) Under certain circumstances when you have had railroad employment, we will certify the information to the Railroad Retirement Board.

## Notes

### Amendments

[45 FR 52095, Aug. 5, 1980, as amended at 62 FR 6120, Feb. 11, 1997]

### 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.

### Amendments

[45 FR 52095, Aug. 5, 1980, as amended at 62 FR 6120, Feb. 11, 1997]