---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 1650.42"
title: "5"
number: "1650.42"
heading: "How to obtain a financial hardship withdrawal."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/1650.42"
---

# §1650.42. How to obtain a financial hardship withdrawal.

- (a) To request a financial hardship withdrawal, a participant must initiate a request in the form and manner prescribed by the TSP record keeper.
- (b) There is no limit on the number of financial hardship withdrawals a participant can make; however, the TSP record keeper will not accept a financial hardship withdrawal request for a period of six months after a financial hardship disbursement is made.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 87 FR 31684, May 24, 2022, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 8351, 8432d, 8433, 8434, 8435, 8474(b)(5) and 8474(c)(1).

### Source

Source: 68 FR 35503, June 13, 2003, unless otherwise noted.