---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 404.513"
title: "20"
number: "404.513"
heading: "Liability of a certifying officer."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/404.513"
---

# §404.513. Liability of a certifying officer.


No certifying or disbursing officer shall be held liable for any amount certified or paid by him to any individual.

- (a) Where adjustment or recovery of such amount is waived under section 204(b) of the Act; or
- (b) Where adjustment under section 204(a) of the Act is not completed prior to the death of all individuals against whose benefits or lump sums deductions are authorized; or
- (c) Where a claim for recovery of an overpayment is compromised or collection or adjustment action is suspended or terminated pursuant to the Federal Claims Collection Act of 1966 ([31 U.S.C. 951-953](/usc/31/951-953.md)) (see [§ 404.515](/cfr/20/404.515.md)).

## Notes

### Amendments

[34 FR 14889, Sept. 27, 1969]

### Authority

Authority: Secs. 204, 205(a), 702(a)(5), and 1147 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 404, 405(a), 902(a)(5), and 1320b-17); 31 U.S.C. 3711; 31 U.S.C. 3716; 31 U.S.C. 3720A.

### Amendments

[34 FR 14889, Sept. 27, 1969]