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Beneficiary

Questions and answers

OPM does not administer TSP benefits. The experts at the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board provided this answer:

“Yes. TSP death benefits are paid based on a valid Designation of Beneficiary Form (TSP-3) on file with the TSP record keeper at the time of the participant’s death. If there isn’t a valid designation on file with the TSP record keeper, the death benefit will be paid in accordance with the statutory order of precedence.”
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