{"data":{"id":"us-wi/wis.-stat.-62.65","jurisdiction":"us-wi","citation":"Wis. Stat. § 62.65","heading":"Death benefit payments to foreign beneficiaries.","body":"The common council of a 1st class city may provide that under the city’s retirement system no beneficiary may be designated for the payment of any retirement allowance, pension or proceeds of a member of the retirement system if the beneficiary is not a resident of either the United States or Canada. If a beneficiary is designated who is neither a resident of the United States nor Canada, any contributions or retirement allowance which would have been paid to the beneficiary had the beneficiary been a resident of either the United States or Canada is payable to the estate of the deceased member of the retirement system. The common council may also provide that if a death benefit would be payable because of the death of a member of the retirement system and the designated beneficiary of the death benefit is not a resident of either the United States or Canada, the death benefit which would have been paid had the designated beneficiary been a resident of either the United States or Canada is payable to the estate of the deceased member.","path":["Chs. 59-68, Functions and Government of Municipalities","Chapter 62 Cities","SUBCHAPTER II FIRST CLASS CITIES"],"source_url":"https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/statutes/62.65","current_through":"2023-24 Wisconsin Statutes updated through 2025 Wis. Act 247 (published 9-4-26)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T12:00:30Z","sha256":"2b3ec583e427931024fb31d6e8db6e1aa502f833e47692ce69fd3e067f804a2d","source_id":"us-wi","stale":false,"prev":"us-wi/wis.-stat.-62.63","next":"us-wi/wis.-stat.-62.67"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}