Alaska Statutes
Alaska Stat. § 39.20.360 (2026)
Order of payment
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Sec. 39.20.360. Order of payment.
All unpaid compensation due to a deceased employee of the state at the time of death shall be paid to the person or persons surviving at the date of death, in the following order of precedence, and the payment is a bar to recovery by any other person of amounts so paid:
(1) to the beneficiary or beneficiaries designated by the employee in writing to receive the compensation filed with Department of Administration at the time of death; if more than one beneficiary is designated, each shall share equally unless the employee specifies a different allocation or preference;
(2) if there is no beneficiary designated, to the surviving spouse;
(3) if there is no beneficiary or surviving spouse, to the employee's child or children and descendants of deceased children by representation;
(4) if none of the above, to the employee's parents, or the survivor of them;
(5) if none of the above, to the legal representative of the employee's estate, or if there is none, to the person determined to be entitled under the laws of the employee's domicile.
All unpaid compensation due to a deceased employee of the state at the time of death shall be paid to the person or persons surviving at the date of death, in the following order of precedence, and the payment is a bar to recovery by any other person of amounts so paid:
(1) to the beneficiary or beneficiaries designated by the employee in writing to receive the compensation filed with Department of Administration at the time of death; if more than one beneficiary is designated, each shall share equally unless the employee specifies a different allocation or preference;
(2) if there is no beneficiary designated, to the surviving spouse;
(3) if there is no beneficiary or surviving spouse, to the employee's child or children and descendants of deceased children by representation;
(4) if none of the above, to the employee's parents, or the survivor of them;
(5) if none of the above, to the legal representative of the employee's estate, or if there is none, to the person determined to be entitled under the laws of the employee's domicile.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1984–2005 · leading case: Alaska Civil Liberties Union v. State, 122 P.3d 781 (Alaska 2005).
Alaska Civil Liberties Union v. State, 122 P.3d 781 (Alaska 2005). “These statutes do not expressly deny benefits to unmarried domestic partners, but each contains a clause expressly conferring them on an eligible employee’s "spouse.”
Schober v. Schober, 692 P.2d 267 (Alaska 1984). “See AS 39.20.360. We need not decide this issue, since we hold that his interest was vested in any event.”
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