---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 205.57"
title: "45"
number: "205.57"
heading: "Maintenance of a machine readable file; requests for income and eligibility information."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/205.57"
---

# §205.57. Maintenance of a machine readable file; requests for income and eligibility information.


A State plan under title I, IV—A, X, XIV, or XVI (AABD) of the Social Security Act must provide that:

- (a) The State agency will maintain a file which is machine readable, i.e., which is maintained in a fashion that permits automated processing, and which contains the first and last name and verified social security number of each person applying for or receiving assistance under the plan.
- (b) The State agency will use this file to exchange data with other agencies pursuant to [§ 205.55](/cfr/45/205.55.md).

## Notes

### Amendments

[51 FR 7216, Feb. 28, 1986]

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 602, 603, 606, 607, 1302, 1306(a), and 1320b-7: 42 U.S.C. 1973gg-5.

### Amendments

[51 FR 7216, Feb. 28, 1986]