{"data":{"id":"us/20-cfr-404.390","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"20 CFR 404.390","heading":"General.","body":"If a person is fully or currently insured when he or she dies, a lump-sum death payment of $255 may be paid to the widow or widower of the deceased if he or she was living in the same household with the deceased at the time of his or her death. If the insured is not survived by a widow(er) who meets this requirement, all or part of the $255 payment may be made to someone else as described in § 404.392.","path":["Title 20—Employees' Benefits","CHAPTER III—SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION","PART 404—FEDERAL OLD-AGE, SURVIVORS AND DISABILITY INSURANCE (1950- )","Subpart D—Old-Age, Disability, Dependents' and Survivors' Insurance Benefits; Period of Disability"],"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":"450147ff507e1fb7d06a51ea500445fa53e40bc2cfefea3d3538a4c6231eaaa1","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/20-cfr-404.380-404.384","next":"us/20-cfr-404.391"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}