---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 408.645"
title: "20"
number: "408.645"
heading: "What must your representative payee do with unused benefits?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/408.645"
---

# §408.645. What must your representative payee do with unused benefits?


If your representative payee has accumulated benefits for you, he or she must conserve or invest them as provided in [§ 404.2045](/cfr/20/404.2045.md) of this chapter.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Secs. 205(j)(1)(C), 702(a)(5), 807, and 810 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 405(j)(1)(C), 902(a)(5), 1007, and 1010).

### Source

Source: 69 FR 60235, Oct. 7, 2004, unless otherwise noted.

### Source

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