---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 408.1201"
title: "20"
number: "408.1201"
heading: "What are State recognition payments?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/408.1201"
---

# §408.1201. What are State recognition payments?

- (a) **State recognition payments; defined.** State recognition payments are any payments made by a State or one of its political subdivisions to an individual who is entitled to SVB, if the payments are made:
  - (1) As a supplement to monthly SVB payments; and
  - (2) Regularly, on a periodic recurring, or routine basis of at least once a quarter; and
  - (3) In cash, which may be actual currency, or any negotiable instrument convertible into cash upon demand.
- (b) **State; defined.** For purposes of this subpart, State means a State of the United States or the District of Columbia.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Secs. 702(a)(5) and 810A of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 902(a)(5) and 1010a).

### Source

Source: 69 FR 25955, May 10, 2004, unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 68 FR 16418, Apr. 4, 2003, unless otherwise noted.