---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 404.631"
title: "20"
number: "404.631"
heading: "Statements filed with the Railroad Retirement Board."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/404.631"
---

# §404.631. Statements filed with the Railroad Retirement Board.


A written statement filed with the Railroad Retirement Board will be considered a written statement filed with us under the rules in [§ 404.630](/cfr/20/404.630.md) if—

- (a) The statement indicates an intent to claim any payments under the Railroad Retirement Act;
- (b) It bears the signature of the person filing the statement;
- (c) **No application is filed with the Railroad Retirement Board on one of its forms.** If an application has been filed, we will use the date of filing of that application as determined by the Railroad Retirement Board (see [§ 404.614(b)(3)](/cfr/20/404.614.md?p=b-3)); and
- (d) **The statement is sent to us by the Railroad Retirement Board.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Secs. 202(i), (j), (o), (p), and (r), 205(a), 216(i)(2), 223(b), 228(a), and 702(a)(5) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 402(i), (j), (o), (p), and (r), 405(a), 416(i)(2), 423(b), 428(a), and 902(a)(5)).

### Source

Source: 44 FR 37209, June 26, 1979, unless otherwise noted.