Regulations last checked for updates: Jun 18, 2024

Title 5 - Administrative Personnel last revised: Jun 11, 2024
§ 843.103 - Application required.

(a) No person is entitled to benefits under this part unless an application on behalf of that person is filed with OPM no later than 30 years after the death of the employee, separated employee, or retiree on whose service the benefit is based.

(b) Applications for benefits under this part must be filed on the form provided by OPM for that purpose.

authority: 5 U.S.C. 8461; 843.205, 843.208, and 843.209 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 8424; 843.309 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 8442; 843.406 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 8441.
source: 52 FR 2074, Jan. 16, 1987, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 5 CFR 843.103