---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 1651.4"
title: "5"
number: "1651.4"
heading: "How to change a designation of beneficiary."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/1651.4"
---

# §1651.4. How to change a designation of beneficiary.

- (a) **Change.** To change a designation of beneficiary, the participant must submit to the TSP record keeper a new TSP designation of beneficiary meeting the requirements of [§ 1651.3](/cfr/5/1651.3.md) to the TSP record keeper. If the TSP record keeper receives more than one valid designation of beneficiary, it will honor the designation with the latest date signed by the participant. A participant may change a TSP beneficiary at any time, without the knowledge or consent of any person, including his or her spouse.
- (b) [Reserved]
- (c) **Will.** A participant cannot use a will to change a TSP designation of beneficiary.

## Notes

### Amendments

[87 FR 31686, May 24, 2022]

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 8424(d), 8432d, 8432(j), 8433(e), 8435(c)(2), 8474(b)(5) and 8474(c)(1).

### Source

Source: 62 FR 32429, June 13, 1997, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[87 FR 31686, May 24, 2022]