Tex. Insurance Code § 1601.209
ORDER OF PRECEDENCE OF PAYMENT TO SURVIVORS
Texas · Texas Insurance Code · Status: effective
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- Tex. Insurance Code § 1601.209, ORDER OF PRECEDENCE OF PAYMENT TO SURVIVORS, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/683274
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(a) The amount of group life coverages and group accidental death and dismemberment coverages in force for a participant on the date the participant dies shall be paid, on the establishment of a valid claim, to a person surviving the death in the following order of precedence:
(1) to the beneficiary designated by the participant in a signed and witnessed writing received before death by the appropriate office of the applicable system; or
(2) if a beneficiary is not designated under Subdivision (1), in accordance with the death benefit provisions of Subtitle C, Title 8, Government Code.
(b) For purposes of Subsection (a)(1), a designation, change, or cancellation of a beneficiary in a document, including a will, that is not executed and filed in the manner described by that subsection is not valid.