42 U.S.C. § 1311
Section 1311 · Public assistance payments to legal representatives
This is § 1111 of the Social Security Act of 1935
Amended 4 times on record
Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case Block v. North Dakota Board of University and School Lands North Dakota Board of University and School Lands (1983)
Most recently applied in Olson v. Social Security Administration (March 2017)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
For purposes of subchapters I, X, XIV, and XVI of this chapter, and part A of subchapter IV of this chapter, payments on behalf of an individual, made to another person who has been judicially appointed, under the law of the State in which such individual resides, as legal representative of such individual for the purpose of receiving and managing such payments (whether or not he is such individual's legal representative for other purposes), shall be regarded as money payments to such individual.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
References in Text
Part A of subchapter IV of this chapter, referred to in text, is classified to section 601 et seq. of this title.
Amendments
1968—Pub. L. 90–248 struck out “IV,” after “I,” and inserted “and part A of subchapter IV of this chapter,” after “XVI of this chapter,”.
1962—Pub. L. 87–543 inserted reference to subchapter XVI.
Effective Date
Section 511(b) of Pub. L. 85–840 provided that: “The amendment made by subsection (a) [enacting this section] shall be applicable in the case of payments to legal representatives by any State made after June 30, 1958; and to such payments by any State made after December 31, 1955, and prior to July 1, 1958, if certifications for payment to such State have been made by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare with respect thereto, or such State has presented to the Secretary a claim (and such other data as the Secretary may require) with respect thereto, prior to July 1, 1959.”