§ 25955 Overpayment Recovery Limits

• •If someone gets paid too much money by mistake, the extra amount can be taken back from their future payments.
• •If the mistake was not the person's fault, only a small part (5%) can be taken from their monthly payment to fix it.
• •If the person gave wrong or missing info by accident, a bigger part (15%) can be taken from their monthly payment to fix the mistake.
• •The money is only taken back if the overpayment wasn’t because the person lied or cheated.

A teacher gets $100 extra every month because the school made a mistake in calculating her pension.

The school can take back the extra $100, but only $5 (5%) from her next monthly pension check if it was the school’s mistake. If the teacher forgot to tell them she had another job, they could take $15 (15%) from her check instead.