20 CFR 234.14
§ 234.14 Payment to an equitably entitled person.
United States · 20 CFR — Employees' Benefits · Status: effective
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- 20 CFR 234.14, § 234.14 Payment to an equitably entitled person, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/77549
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(a) An equitably entitled person's funds used to pay burial expenses may consist of:
(1) The individual's own money;
(2) Money in a joint account with the employee or another individual;
(3) Money paid to an individual who was named beneficiary to receive the money;
(4) A promissory note; or
(5) Money which several people placed into a pooled fund.
(b) Payment is made to equitably entitled persons in the following order:
(1) The person who paid the funeral home expenses;
(2) The person who paid the grave opening and closing expenses;
(3) The person who provided the burial plot; and
(4) The person who paid any type of expenses not listed in paragraphs (b)(1) through (3) of this section.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.