{"data":{"id":"us/20-cfr-234.42","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"20 CFR 234.42","heading":"How the employee may designate beneficiaries.","body":"The employee may designate one or more persons as beneficiaries of the RLS on a form available at any Board office. The employee may specify the share that each beneficiary is to receive. Also, the employee may designate alternate beneficiaries in the event that all primary beneficiaries die before the RLS becomes payable.","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":"bdf1cdfd96bda9a60b4c1a9119454ad5cf71218d956f600b48f1bcea17684d21","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/20-cfr-234.41","next":"us/20-cfr-234.43"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}