California Code
PART 3 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM
CHAPTER 14 - Death Benefits

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 21490. - 21490. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a member...

Section 21491. - 21491. A person who is entitled to receive a monthly...

Section 21492. - 21492. The designation of a beneficiary under the optional settlements...

Section 21493. - 21493. (a) If a person had no beneficiary designation in...

Section 21494. - 21494. If, upon the death of a person there is...

Section 21495. - 21495. (a) Payment of any benefit shall not be made...

Section 21496. - 21496. The board’s good faith determination of entitlement to payment...

Section 21497. - 21497. If the total value of the benefit to be...

Section 21498. - 21498. The board may fix such time as it deems...

Section 21499. - 21499. (a) Notwithstanding Section 21498, when either an initial payment...

Section 21499.1. - 21499.1. Any overpayment, issued after the date of death to...

Section 21500. - 21500. (a) Whenever a person entitled to payment of a...

Section 21501. - 21501. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a parent having...

Section 21502. - 21502. If any person entitled to a benefit from this...

Section 21503. - 21503. The board may select an optional settlement under Article...

Section 21504. - 21504. If a member dies on or after the effective...

Section 21505. - 21505. If a member who has been retired for service...

Section 21506. - 21506. Any monthly allowance payable to a person, that had...

Section 21507. - 21507. Any lump-sum benefit, or any uncashed lump-sum death benefit...

Section 21508. - 21508. If any benefit is payable by this system to...

Section 21509. - 21509. The provisions of Part 5 (commencing with Section 220)...

Section 21510. - 21510. Any payment of benefits by warrant issued after the...

ARTICLE 2 - Preretirement Death Benefits

Section 21530. - 21530. (a) This system is liable for either the basic...

Section 21531. - 21531. The basic death benefit and the limited death benefit...

Section 21532. - 21532. The basic death benefit is payable in all cases...

Section 21533. - 21533. Notwithstanding Section 20636, if a member who is an...

Section 21533.5. - 21533.5. (a) To the extent required by Section 401(a) of...

Section 21534. - 21534. Liability imposed on this system with respect to the...

Section 21535. - 21535. Notwithstanding Section 20178, for member deaths occurring on or...

Section 21536. - 21536. In the determination of the portion of the basic...

Section 21537. - 21537. (a) The special death benefit is payable if the...

Section 21537.5. - 21537.5. (a) The special death benefit is payable if the...

Section 21538. - 21538. The special death benefit is also payable if the...

Section 21539. - 21539. The special death benefit payable with respect to a...

Section 21540. - 21540. The special death benefit is also payable if the...

Section 21540.5. - 21540.5. (a) The special death benefit is also payable if...

Section 21541. - 21541. (a) The special death benefit consists of the following:...

Section 21541.5. - 21541.5. Any child whose benefits under Section 21541 were terminated...

Section 21542. - 21542. The special death benefit shall begin to accrue on...

Section 21543. - 21543. If payment of the special death benefit is stopped...

Section 21544. - 21544. Upon notice of a death as a result of...

Section 21546. - 21546. (a) Upon the death of a member who has...

Section 21547. - 21547. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article requiring...

Section 21547.5. - 21547.5. For any survivor receiving a monthly allowance pursuant to...

Section 21547.7. - 21547.7. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article requiring...

Section 21548. - 21548. (a) The surviving spouse of a member who has...

Section 21551. - 21551. Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, the benefits...

Section 21552. - 21552. Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, on and...

Section 21553. - 21553. (a) The monthly allowance pursuant to Section 21541 and...

Section 21554. - 21554. (a) The monthly allowance pursuant to Section 21541 and...

ARTICLE 3 - Preretirement 1959 Survivor Allowance

Section 21570. - 21570. No person shall receive more than one allowance under...

Section 21571. - 21571. (a) If the death benefit provided by Section 21532...

Section 21572. - 21572. (a) In lieu of benefits provided in Section 21571,...

Section 21573. - 21573. (a) In lieu of benefits provided in Section 21571...

Section 21574. - 21574. (a) In lieu of benefits provided in Section 21571,...

Section 21574.5. - 21574.5. (a) In lieu of benefits provided in Section 21571,...

Section 21574.7. - 21574.7. (a) In lieu of benefits provided in Section 21571,...

Section 21575. - 21575. When the survivor is entitled to receive a monthly...

Section 21576. - 21576. This article applies from and after January 1, 1960,...

Section 21577. - 21577. This article shall not apply to any contracting agency...

Section 21578. - 21578. This article shall apply to employees of a contracting...

Section 21579. - 21579. Notwithstanding Sections 21576 and 21577, this article shall apply...

Section 21580. - 21580. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Sections 21571, 21572,...

Section 21581. - 21581. (a) The rate of contribution of a member subject...

Section 21582. - 21582. Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, if so...

Section 21583. - 21583. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a local member...

ARTICLE 4 - Preretirement Group Term Life Insurance

Section 21600. - 21600. (a) The purpose of this article is to provide...

Section 21601. - 21601. A separate account shall be established in the retirement...

Section 21602. - 21602. (a) The board shall transfer annually on July 1...

Section 21603. - 21603. An insured member, for purposes of this part, is...

Section 21604. - 21604. The insurance benefit shall be paid upon death of...

Section 21605. - 21605. The insurance benefit shall be the sum of the...

ARTICLE 5 - Postretirement Death Benefits

Section 21620. - 21620. (a) Upon the death of any person, after retirement...

Section 21621. - 21621. If the beneficiary of a member retired under this...

Section 21622. - 21622. (a) In lieu of benefits provided by Section 21620,...

Section 21623. - 21623. (a) In lieu of benefits provided by Section 21620...

Section 21623.5. - 21623.5. (a) In lieu of benefits provided by Sections 21620...

Section 21623.6. - 21623.6. (a) In lieu of benefits provided by Sections 21620,...

Section 21624. - 21624. Upon the death of a patrol, state peace officer/firefighter,...

Section 21625. - 21625. Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, upon the...

Section 21626. - 21626. “Member” for purposes of Section 21624 also includes those...

Section 21626.5. - 21626.5. (a) For purposes of Section 21624, 21626, 21627, 21629,...

Section 21627. - 21627. (a) An eligible survivor of a state safety member...

Section 21628. - 21628. The allowance provided by Section 21624 shall be paid...

Section 21629. - 21629. Upon the death, after the effective date of retirement,...

Section 21630. - 21630. Upon death after the effective date of retirement of...

Section 21631. - 21631. (a) The monthly allowance provided by Sections 21629 and...

Section 21632. - 21632. (a) The monthly allowances provided by Sections 21629 and...

Section 21633. - 21633. The monthly allowance provided by Section 21624 shall be...

Section 21634. - 21634. Any provision of this article or Article 4 (commencing...

Section 21635. - 21635. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this part, survivor continuance...

Section 21635.5. - 21635.5. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, on...