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2007 Minnesota Statutes
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268.087 UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS DUE DECEASED PERSONS.
If unemployment benefits are due and payable at the time of an applicant's death, those
benefits must, upon application, be paid to the personal representative of the estate of the
deceased. In the event that no personal representative is appointed, the unemployment benefits
must, upon application be paid in the following order: (1) the surviving spouse, (2) the surviving
child or children, or (3) the surviving parent or parents.
An individual seeking payment must complete an application prescribed by the commissioner
and the payment of unemployment benefits discharges the obligations to the applicant and no
other individual may claim or assert any right to those unemployment benefits.
History: (4337-26) Ex1936 c 2 s 6; 1937 c 43 s 2; 1937 c 306 s 4; 1939 c 443 s 5; 1941 c
554 s 5; 1943 c 650 s 4; 1945 c 376 s 5; 1949 c 605 s 9; 1953 c 97 s 9; 1953 c 699 s 10; 1965 c
741 s 14-16; 1969 c 6 s 34; 1971 c 942 s 9,10; 1973 c 599 s 6-8; 1975 c 104 s 2; 1975 c 336 s
13-15; 1975 c 359 s 23; 1976 c 163 s 59; 1976 c 271 s 78; 1977 c 4 s 7; 1977 c 297 s 15-18;
1978 c 612 s 1; 1979 c 24 s 1; 1979 c 181 s 9,10,19; 1980 c 508 s 8; 1Sp1982 c 1 s 23-25; 1983 c
290 s 168; 1983 c 372 s 20-24; 1985 c 248 s 44; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 362 s 18; 1987 c 384
art 1 s 55; 1987 c 385 s 20-22; 1989 c 209 art 2 s 1; 1989 c 282 art 2 s 169; 1990 c 516 s 4;
1991 c 265 art 11 s 22; 1992 c 484 s 10; 1993 c 67 s 3,4; 1994 c 488 s 2,3,8; 1995 c 54 s 8,9;
1995 c 231 art 1 s 32; 1996 c 417 s 18,31; 1997 c 66 s 36-42; 1998 c 265 s 24,45; 1999 c 107
s 66; 2000 c 343 s 4; 2007 c 128 art 6 s 68
If unemployment benefits are due and payable at the time of an applicant's death, those
benefits must, upon application, be paid to the personal representative of the estate of the
deceased. In the event that no personal representative is appointed, the unemployment benefits
must, upon application be paid in the following order: (1) the surviving spouse, (2) the surviving
child or children, or (3) the surviving parent or parents.
An individual seeking payment must complete an application prescribed by the commissioner
and the payment of unemployment benefits discharges the obligations to the applicant and no
other individual may claim or assert any right to those unemployment benefits.
History: (4337-26) Ex1936 c 2 s 6; 1937 c 43 s 2; 1937 c 306 s 4; 1939 c 443 s 5; 1941 c
554 s 5; 1943 c 650 s 4; 1945 c 376 s 5; 1949 c 605 s 9; 1953 c 97 s 9; 1953 c 699 s 10; 1965 c
741 s 14-16; 1969 c 6 s 34; 1971 c 942 s 9,10; 1973 c 599 s 6-8; 1975 c 104 s 2; 1975 c 336 s
13-15; 1975 c 359 s 23; 1976 c 163 s 59; 1976 c 271 s 78; 1977 c 4 s 7; 1977 c 297 s 15-18;
1978 c 612 s 1; 1979 c 24 s 1; 1979 c 181 s 9,10,19; 1980 c 508 s 8; 1Sp1982 c 1 s 23-25; 1983 c
290 s 168; 1983 c 372 s 20-24; 1985 c 248 s 44; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 362 s 18; 1987 c 384
art 1 s 55; 1987 c 385 s 20-22; 1989 c 209 art 2 s 1; 1989 c 282 art 2 s 169; 1990 c 516 s 4;
1991 c 265 art 11 s 22; 1992 c 484 s 10; 1993 c 67 s 3,4; 1994 c 488 s 2,3,8; 1995 c 54 s 8,9;
1995 c 231 art 1 s 32; 1996 c 417 s 18,31; 1997 c 66 s 36-42; 1998 c 265 s 24,45; 1999 c 107
s 66; 2000 c 343 s 4; 2007 c 128 art 6 s 68
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