Social Security Administration (SSA) Edition Form SSA-8 (12-2024) UF, OMB No. 0960-0013 4 pages

Form SSA-8 (2024) — Application for Lump-Sum Death Payment

Applies for Social Security's one-time lump-sum death payment on a deceased worker's record. It is filed by the surviving spouse or, if there is none, a child who can get benefits on that record, within 2 years after the death. It asks about the deceased's work, military service and marriages, the children, and where to send the payment. You sign it in ink and send or bring it to a Social Security office.

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What is Form SSA-8?

Applies for Social Security's one-time lump-sum death payment on a deceased worker's record. It is filed by the surviving spouse or, if there is none, a child who can get benefits on that record, within 2 years after the death. It asks about the deceased's work, military service and marriages, the children, and where to send the payment. You sign it in ink and send or bring it to a Social Security office.

What’s on Form SSA-8

The 2024 edition has 4 pages. FileIt asks for it in 11 parts:

  1. Item 1: About youApplicant (surviving spouse or child)
  2. Items 2–4: The person who diedApplicant (surviving spouse or child)
  3. Items 5–9: Work, disability and military serviceApplicant (surviving spouse or child)
  4. Item 10(a): Surviving spouseApplicant (surviving spouse or child)
  5. Item 10(b): The deceased's prior marriage of 10 years or moreApplicant (surviving spouse or child)
  6. Item 10(c): Marriage to the parent of a surviving childApplicant (surviving spouse or child)
  7. Items 11–13: Children, parents and earlier claimsApplicant (surviving spouse or child)
  8. Items 14–15: Surviving spouse's address and living arrangementsApplicant (surviving spouse or child)
  9. Items 16–17: If you are the surviving spouseApplicant (surviving spouse or child)
  10. RemarksApplicant (surviving spouse or child)
  11. Signature, contact details and paymentApplicant (surviving spouse or child)

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