{"data":{"id":"us/20-cfr-234.41","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"20 CFR 234.41","heading":"Persons to whom an RLS is payable.","body":"After the death of an employee, the RLS is payable, in the following order, to: beneficiaries designated by the employee; surviving relatives of the employee in order provided by law (see § 234.44); or the employee's estate.","path":["Title 20—Employees' Benefits","CHAPTER II—RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD","SUBCHAPTER B—REGULATIONS UNDER THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT ACT","PART 234—LUMP-SUM PAYMENTS","Subpart D—Residual Lump-Sum 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":"f165651fba1cf5ecbe2e1512d73ec586a88208029a7c6aca7af48901565aea97","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/20-cfr-234.40","next":"us/20-cfr-234.42"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}