{"data":{"id":"us/20-cfr-234.14","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"20 CFR 234.14","heading":"Payment to an equitably entitled person.","body":"(a) An equitably entitled person's funds used to pay burial expenses may consist of:\n(1) The individual's own money;\n(2) Money in a joint account with the employee or another individual;\n(3) Money paid to an individual who was named beneficiary to receive the money;\n(4) A promissory note; or\n(5) Money which several people placed into a pooled fund.\n(b) Payment is made to equitably entitled persons in the following order:\n(1) The person who paid the funeral home expenses;\n(2) The person who paid the grave opening and closing expenses;\n(3) The person who provided the burial plot; and\n(4) The person who paid any type of expenses not listed in paragraphs (b)(1) through (3) of this section.","path":["Title 20—Employees' Benefits","CHAPTER II—RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD","SUBCHAPTER B—REGULATIONS UNDER THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT ACT","PART 234—LUMP-SUM PAYMENTS","Subpart B—Lump-Sum Death Payment"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-20.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:45Z","sha256":"fe602b66078a9dd7af6e2580fd60dd29e17ac29bbaf5f68459cb0be86b11915b","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/20-cfr-234.13","next":"us/20-cfr-234.15"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}