{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-21-5-708","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 21-5-708","heading":"Designated beneficiary","body":"(a) (1) A covered public employee may designate a beneficiary on a form provided by his or her employer. (2) The form to designate a beneficiary shall be completed by the covered public employee, witnessed, and submitted to his or her employer to be kept in the covered public employee's personnel file. (3) Upon a change of beneficiary, the employer shall notify the previous beneficiary within thirty (30) days after the change of beneficiary occurred. (b) If the covered public employee does not designate a beneficiary, the benefits shall be paid to the surviving spouse or surviving children under twenty-two (22) years of age or, if there is no surviving spouse or surviving children under twenty-two (22) years of age, then to the surviving children twenty-two (22) years of age or older or to the surviving parents. Amended by Act 2015, No. 297,§ 1, eff. 7/22/2015. Acts 2009, No. 1313, § 3.\n\n(a) (1) A covered public employee may designate a beneficiary on a form provided by his or her employer. (2) The form to designate a beneficiary shall be completed by the covered public employee, witnessed, and submitted to his or her employer to be kept in the covered public employee's personnel file. (3) Upon a change of beneficiary, the employer shall notify the previous beneficiary within thirty (30) days after the change of beneficiary occurred.\n\n(1) A covered public employee may designate a beneficiary on a form provided by his or her employer.\n\n(2) The form to designate a beneficiary shall be completed by the covered public employee, witnessed, and submitted to his or her employer to be kept in the covered public employee's personnel file.\n\n(3) Upon a change of beneficiary, the employer shall notify the previous beneficiary within thirty (30) days after the change of beneficiary occurred.\n\n(b) If the covered public employee does not designate a beneficiary, the benefits shall be paid to the surviving spouse or surviving children under twenty-two (22) years of age or, if there is no surviving spouse or surviving children under twenty-two (22) years of age, then to the surviving children twenty-two (22) years of age or older or to the surviving parents.","path":["AR Code","Title 21","Chapter 5","Subchapter 7"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_ar_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:41Z","sha256":"de5aa07733effe7493bdd133216e8e3b6964feb37f5937be0eeb18d34c608fa3","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-21-5-707","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-21-5-801"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}