[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 20, Volume 2]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 20CFR429.102]

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                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
               CHAPTER III--SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
 
PART 429_ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 429.102  Administrative claims; when presented; place of filing.

    (a) For purposes of the regulations in this part, a claim shall be 
deemed to have been presented when SSA receives, at a place designated 
in paragraph (c) of this section, an executed Standard Form 95 or other 
written notification of an incident accompanied by a claim for money 
damages in a sum certain for damage to or loss of property, for personal 
injury, or for death, alleged to have occurred by reason of the 
incident. A claim which should have been presented to SSA but which was 
mistakenly addressed to or filed with another Federal agency, shall be 
deemed to be presented to SSA as of the date that the claim is received 
by SSA. A claim mistakenly addressed to or filed with SSA shall 
forthwith be transferred to the appropriate Federal agency, if 
ascertainable, or returned to the claimant.
    (b) A claim presented in compliance with paragraph (a) of this 
section may be amended by the claimant at any time prior to final action 
by the SSA Claims Officer or prior to the exercise of the claimant's 
option to bring suit under 28 U.S.C. 2675(a). Amendments shall be 
submitted in writing and signed by the claimant. Upon the timely filing 
of an amendment to a pending claim, SSA shall have 6 months in which to 
make a final disposition of the claim as amended and the claimant's 
option under 28 U.S.C. 2675(a) shall not accrue until 6 months after the 
filing of an amendment.
    (c) Forms may be obtained from and claims may be filed with the SSA 
Claims Officer, Room 611, Altmeyer Building, 6401 Security Boulevard, 
Baltimore, Maryland 21235.