diff --git a/PROMS/VEPROMS User Interface/frmSectionProperties.cs b/PROMS/VEPROMS User Interface/frmSectionProperties.cs
index a35db2d7..8f5048be 100644
--- a/PROMS/VEPROMS User Interface/frmSectionProperties.cs	
+++ b/PROMS/VEPROMS User Interface/frmSectionProperties.cs	
@@ -706,20 +706,32 @@ namespace VEPROMS
 			CheckOffList chkoffList = pf.FormatData.ProcData.CheckOffData.CheckOffList;
 			CheckOffHeaderList chkoffHeaderList = pf.FormatData.ProcData.CheckOffData.CheckOffHeaderList;
 			int maxindx = pf.FormatData.ProcData.CheckOffUCF ? pf.FormatData.ProcData.CheckOffData.CheckOffList.MaxIndex : pf.FormatData.ProcData.CheckOffData.CheckOffList.MaxIndexNoInherit;
+			// B2019-013: was crashing on indexer of checkofflist. If there were UCF checkoffs but none in original format, the indexer
+			//  was failing for index of 0  (indexer code went through index attribute of xml and was returning null even though there
+			//  were items in list).
+			_hasSectionCheckoffDefault = false;
+			if (chkoffList != null)
+			{
+				foreach (CheckOff co in chkoffList)
+				{
+					if (co.MenuItem.ToUpper().Equals("{SECTION DEFAULT}"))
+					{
+						_hasSectionCheckoffDefault = true;
+						break;
+					}
+				}
+			}
 			if (chkoffList != null && maxindx > 0 &&
-				(pf.FormatData.ProcData.CheckOffData.Menu == "Signoff" || chkoffList[0].MenuItem.ToUpper().Equals("{SECTION DEFAULT}")))
+				(pf.FormatData.ProcData.CheckOffData.Menu == "Signoff") || _hasSectionCheckoffDefault)
 			{
 				if (SectionPropertyCheckOffList!=null)SectionPropertyCheckOffList.Clear();
 				SectionPropertyCheckOffList = new List<CheckOff>();
 				// Don't put up the first item in the chkoffList, it is '{Section Default}'.
-				_hasSectionCheckoffDefault = false;
 				//for (int i = 1; i < chkoffList.Count; i++)
 				foreach (CheckOff co in chkoffList)
 				{
 					if (!co.MenuItem.ToUpper().Equals("{SECTION DEFAULT}"))
 						SectionPropertyCheckOffList.Add(co);
-					else
-						_hasSectionCheckoffDefault = true;
 				}
 				ppGpbxSignoffCheckoff.Enabled = true;
 				ppCmbxCheckoffType.DataSource = SectionPropertyCheckOffList;