[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR880.203]

[Page 428]
 
                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
          CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT (CONTINUED)
 
PART 880_RETIREMENT AND INSURANCE BENEFITS DURING PERIODS OF 
UNEXPLAINED ABSENCE--Table of Contents
 
                          Subpart B_Procedures
 
Sec. 880.203  Missing annuitant status and suspension of annuity.

    (a) Upon receipt of information concerning the possibility that an 
annuitant has disappeared, the Associate Director will conduct such 
inquiry as he or she determines to be necessary to determine whether the 
annuitant is alive and whether the annuitant's whereabouts can be 
determined.
    (b) If during an inquiry under paragraph (a) of this section, or 
upon subsequent receipt of additional information, the Associate 
Director finds substantial evidence (as defined in Sec. 1201.56(c)(1) 
of this title) to believe that an annuitant is either not alive or that 
the annuitant's whereabouts cannot be determined, the annuitant acquires 
the status of missing annuitant. The Associate Director will then--
    (1) Suspend payments to the missing annuitant; and
    (2) Notify individuals who may be able to qualify for payments under 
Sec. 880.302 that--
    (i) OPM has suspended the annuity payments to the missing annuitant;
    (ii) Payment may be made under Sec. 880.302, including the amount 
available for payment, how that amount was determined, and the 
documentation required (if any) to qualify for such payments; and
    (iii) In response to an inquiry from any person seeking CSRS, FERS, 
FEHBP, or FEGLI benefits, OPM will provide information about 
documentation necessary to establish a claim for such benefits.