---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 849.201"
title: "5"
number: "849.201"
heading: "When to make payment to a representative payee."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/849.201"
---

# §849.201. When to make payment to a representative payee.


The agency will make payment to a representative payee—

- (a) If payments are due to a minor under the age of 18; or
- (b) If payments are due to an annuitant or survivor who is mentally incompetent or under other legal disability; or
- (c) If payments are due to an annuitant when the annuitant is physically or mentally incapable of managing or directing the management of his or her benefit.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 8331; 5 U.S.C. 8345(e)-(f); 5 U.S.C. 8345a; 5 U.S.C. 8401; 5 U.S.C. 8461; 5 U.S.C. 8466(c)-(d); 5 U.S.C. 8466a.

### Source

Source: 86 FR 57012, Oct. 14, 2021, unless otherwise noted.