---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 416.1334"
title: "20"
number: "416.1334"
heading: "Termination due to death of recipient."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/416.1334"
---

# §416.1334. Termination due to death of recipient.


Eligibility for benefits ends with the month in which the recipient dies. Payments are terminated effective with the month after the month of death.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Secs. 702(a)(5), 1129A, 1611-1614, 1619, and 1631 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 902(a)(5), 1320a-8a, 1382-1382c, 1382h, and 1383).

### Source

Source: 40 FR 1510, Jan. 8, 1975, unless otherwise noted.