20 C.F.R. § 416.1210 Exclusions from resources; general.
Title 20 - Employees' Benefits
Link to an amendment published at 71 FR 45378, August 9, 2006. In determining the resources of an individual (and spouse, if any) the following items shall be excluded: (a) The home (including the land appertaining thereto) to the extent its value does not exceed the amount set forth in §416.1212; (b) Household goods and personal effects as defined in §416.1216; (c) An automobile, if used for transportation, as provided in §416.1218; (d) Property of a trade or business which is essential to the means of self-support as provided in §416.1222; (e) Nonbusiness property which is essential to the means of self-support as provided in §416.1224; (f) Resources of a blind or disabled individual which are necessary to fulfill an approved plan for achieving self-support as provided in §416.1226; (g) Stock in regional or village corporations held by natives of Alaska during the twenty-year period in which the stock is inalienable pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (see §416.1228); (h) Life insurance owned by an individual (and spouse, if any) to the extent provided in §416.1230; (i) Restricted allotted Indian lands as provided in §416.1234; (j) Payments or benefits provided under a Federal statute other than title XVI of the Social Security Act where exclusion is required by such statute; (k) Disaster relief assistance as provided in §416.1237; (l) Burial spaces and certain funds up to $1,500 for burial expenses as provided in §416.1231; (m) Title XVI or title II retroactive payments as provided in §416.1233; (n) Housing assistance as provided in §416.1238; (o) Refunds of Federal income taxes and advances made by an employer relating to an earned income tax credit, as provided in §416.1235; (p) Payments received as compensation for expenses incurred or losses suffered as a result of a crime as provided in §416.1229; (q) Relocation assistance from a State or local government as provided in §416.1239; (r) Dedicated financial institution accounts as provided in §416.1247; (s) Gifts to children under age 18 with life-threatening conditions as provided in §416.1248; and (t) Restitution of title II, title VIII or title XVI benefits because of misuse by certain representative payees as provided in §416.1249. [40 FR 48915, Oct. 20, 1975, as amended at 41 FR 13338, Mar. 30, 1976; 44 FR 15664, Mar. 15, 1979; 48 FR 57127, Dec. 28, 1983; 51 FR 34464, Sept. 29, 1986; 55 FR 28378, July 11, 1990; 58 FR 63890, Dec. 3, 1993; 59 FR 8538, Feb. 23, 1994; 61 FR 1712, Jan. 23, 1996; 61 FR 67207, Dec. 20, 1996; 70 FR 6345, Feb. 7, 2005; 70 FR 41138, July 18, 2005]
Title 20: Employees' Benefits
PART 416—SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME FOR THE AGED, BLIND, AND DISABLED
Subpart L—Resources and Exclusions
§ 416.1210 Exclusions from resources; general.
