North Carolina General Statutes
Article 6 - Disability Income Plan of North Carolina.
§ 135-111.1 - Improper receipt of decedent's Disability Income Plan allowance.

135-111.1. Improper receipt of decedent's Disability Income Plan allowance.
A person is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor if the person, with the intent to defraud, receives money as a result of cashing, depositing, or receiving a direct deposit of a decedent's Disability Income Plan allowance and the person (i) knows that he or she is not entitled to the decedent's Disability Income Plan allowance, (ii) receives the benefit at least two months after the date of the beneficiary's death, and (iii) does not attempt to inform this Retirement System of the beneficiary's death. (2013-288, s. 9(a).)