[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR178.206]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
                CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
 
PART 178--PROCEDURES FOR SETTLING CLAIMS--Table of Contents
 
  Subpart B--Settlement of Accounts for Deceased Civilian Officers and 
                                Employees
 
Sec. 178.206  Return of unnegotiated Government checks.

    All unnegotiated United States Government checks drawn to the order 
of a decedent representing money due as defined in Sec. 178.202, and in 
the possession of the claimant, should be returned to the employing 
agency concerned. Claimants should be instructed to return any other 
United States Government checks drawn to the order of a decedent, such 
as veterans benefits, social security benefits, or Federal tax refunds, 
to the agency from which the checks were received, with a request for 
further instructions from that agency.