[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR841.106]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
          CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT (Continued)
 
PART 841--FEDERAL EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM--GENERAL ADMINISTRATION--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A--General Provisions
 
Sec. 841.106  Basic records.

    (a) Agencies having employees or Members subject to FERS must 
establish and maintain retirement accounts for those employees and 
Members.
    (b)(1) The individual retirement record required by Sec. 841.504(c) 
is the basic record for action on all claims for annuity or refund, and 
those pertaining to deceased employees, deceased Members, or deceased 
annuitants.
    (2) When the official records repository for the records in question 
certifies that the records in question are lost, destroyed, or 
incomplete, OPM will accept such inferior or secondary evidence that it 
considers appropriate under the circumstances, and such inferior or 
secondary evidence is then admissible.
    (3) Except as provided in paragraph (b)(2) of this section, inferior 
or secondary evidence will not be considered.

[52 FR 19242, May 21, 1987, as amended at 57 FR 32154, July 21, 1992]