---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 180.102"
title: "5"
number: "180.102"
heading: "Claimants."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/180.102"
---

# §180.102. Claimants.

- (a) **The following are proper claimants—**
  - (1) Officers and employees of OPM;
  - (2) Former officers and employees of OPM whose claims arose out of incidents which occurred before their separation;
  - (3) The authorized agent or legal representative of persons in §§ [180.102(a)(1)](#a-1) and [180.102(a)(2)](#a-2);
  - (4) Survivors of persons in §§ [180.102(a)(1)](#a-1) and [180.102(a)(2)](#a-2) in the following order of precedence:
    - (i) Spouse,
    - (ii) Children,
    - (iii) Father or mother, or both,
    - (iv) **Brothers or sisters, or both.**
- (b) A claim may not be presented by or for the benefit of a subrogee, assignee, conditional vendor, or other third party.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 3, 78 Stat. 767, as amended; 31 U.S.C. 241.

### Source

Source: 43 FR 47163, Oct. 13, 1978, unless otherwise noted.