---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 1651.8"
title: "5"
number: "1651.8"
heading: "Participant's estate."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/1651.8"
---

# §1651.8. Participant's estate.


If the account is to be paid to the duly appointed executor or administrator of the participant's estate under [§ 1651.2(a)(5)](/cfr/5/1651.2.md?p=a-5), the following rules apply:

- (a) **Appointment by court.** The executor or administrator must provide documentation of court appointment.
- (b) **Appointment by operation of law.** If state law provides procedures for handling small estates, the TSP record keeper will accept the person authorized to dispose of the assets of the deceased participant under those procedures as a duly appointed executor or administrator. Documentation which demonstrates that the person is properly authorized under state law must be submitted to the TSP record keeper.

## Notes

### Amendments

[62 FR 32429, June 13, 1997, as amended at 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

[62 FR 32429, June 13, 1997, as amended at 87 FR 31686, May 24, 2022]