[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR1651.4]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
         CHAPTER VI--FEDERAL RETIREMENT THRIFT INVESTMENT BOARD
 
PART 1651_DEATH BENEFITS--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  1651.4  How to change or cancel a designation of beneficiary.

    (a) Change. To change a designation of beneficiary, the participant 
must submit to the TSP record keeper a new TSP designation of 
beneficiary form meeting the requirements of Sec.  1651.3 to the TSP 
record keeper. If the TSP receives more than one valid TSP designation 
of beneficiary form, it will honor the form with the latest date signed 
by the participant. A participant may change a TSP beneficiary at any 
time, without the knowledge or consent of any person, including his or 
her spouse.
    (b) Cancellation. A participant may cancel all prior designations of 
beneficiaries by sending the TSP record keeper either a new valid 
designation of beneficiary form meeting the requirements of Sec.  
1651.3, or a letter. If the participant uses a letter to cancel a 
designation of beneficiary, it must be signed and witnessed in the same 
manner as a TSP designation of beneficiary form; it must explicitly 
state that all prior designations are canceled; and the TSP record 
keeper must receive it on or before the date of the participant's death.
    (c) Will. A participant cannot use a will to change or cancel a TSP 
designation of beneficiary.

[70 FR 32216, June 1, 2005]