Power to Dispense with Probate

Where a person to whom any payment could have been made under these Regulations before his death dies before payment is made and the amount unpaid does not exceed $500.00, the amount so unpaid may be paid to the personal representatives of the deceased person without proof of title or may be paid or distributed to or among any one or more persons appearing to the appropriate authority to be the person’s beneficiary entitled to the personal estate of the deceased person and, in determining the persons to whom and the proportions in which the amount so unpaid shall be paid or distributed, the appropriate authority may have regard to any payment made or expenses incurred by any such person for or on account of the funeral of the deceased person.