20 CFR § 416.660
Transfer of accumulated benefit payments
February 18, 2021
A representative payee who has conserved or invested benefit payments shall transfer these funds and the interest earned from the invested funds to either a successor payee, to the beneficiary, or to us, as we will specify. If the funds and the earned interest are returned to us, we will recertify them to a successor representative payee or to the beneficiary.
[47 FR 30475, July 14, 1982, as amended at 75 FR 7552, Feb. 22, 2010]