Code of Alabama
Chapter 4 - Public Assistance Generally.
Section 38-4-3 - Payments After Death.

When a recipient dies before delivery or negotiation of his assistance check for the month in which his death occurs, endorsement of such check without recourse by the county director of human resources to the spouse or to a person, either relative or nonrelative, named by the recipient shall be sufficient authority to the drawee bank to pay such check.