---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 C.F.R. § 19.14"
title: "22"
number: "19.14"
heading: "Waiver of annuity."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/22/19.14"
---

# §19.14. Waiver of annuity.


An individual entitled to be paid an annuity may, for personal reasons, decline to accept all or any part of the annuity. However, a principal may not waive the portion of his/her annuity authorized to be paid to a former spouse under [§ 19.7](/cfr/22/19.7.md) or [§ 19.9](/cfr/22/19.9.md) or to a beneficiary under [§ 19.6](/cfr/22/19.6.md). An annuity waiver shall be in writing and sent to the Department (PER/ER/RET). A waiver may be revoked in writing at any time. Payment of the annuity waived may not be made for the period during which the waiver was in effect.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Secs. 206 and 801 of Foreign Service Act of 1980 (94 Stat. 2079, 2102); Sec. 4 of Act of May 26, 1949 (22 U.S.C. 2658).

### Source

Source: 46 FR 12958, Feb. 19, 1981, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 46 FR 18970, Mar. 27, 1981.