[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 20, Volume 2]
[Revised as of April 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 20CFR416.310]

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                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
               CHAPTER III--SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
 
PART 416_SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME FOR THE AGED, BLIND, AND DISABLED
--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart C_Filing of Applications
 
Sec.  416.310  What makes an application a claim for benefits.

    An application will be considered a claim for benefits, if the 
following requirements are met:
    (a) An application form prescribed by us must be filled out.
    (b) be filed at a social security office, at another Federal or 
State office we have designated to receive applications for us, or with 
a person we have authorized to receive applications for us. See Sec.  
416.325.
    (c) The claimant or someone who may sign an application for the 
claimant must sign the application. See Sec. Sec.  416.315 and 416.320.
    (d) The claimant must be alive at the time the application is filed. 
See Sec. Sec.  416.340, 416.345, and 416.351 for exceptions.

[45 FR 48120, July 18, 1980, as amended at 59 FR 44926, Aug. 31, 1994]