# State Personnel and Pensions (GSP)

## Title 29. Benefits Other Than Service Retirement Benefits

### Subtitle 2. Death Benefits

#### Section 29-207

(a) If a former member who is eligible for a vested allowance dies before payment of the vested allowance starts, the Board of Trustees, after receiving proof of death, shall pay the former member's accumulated contributions to:

  (1) the designated beneficiary; or

  (2) if there is no designated beneficiary, the former member's estate.

(b) If a former member who is not eligible for a vested allowance dies before withdrawing the former member's accumulated contributions, the Board of Trustees, after receiving proof of death, shall pay the former member's accumulated contributions to:

  (1) the designated beneficiary; or

  (2) if there is no designated beneficiary, the former member's estate.

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Md. Code Ann., State Pers. & Pens. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)