26.1-15.1-17. Beneficiaries

26.1-15.1-17. Beneficiaries 1. The owner of a benefit contract has the right to change the beneficiary or beneficiaries in accordance with the laws or rules of the society unless the owner waives this right by specifically requesting in writing that the beneficiary designation be irrevocable. A society may, through its laws or rules, limit the scope of beneficiary designations and shall provide that no revocable beneficiary has or obtains any vested interest in the proceeds of any certificate until the certificate has become due and payable in conformity with the provisions of the benefit contract. 2. A society may make provision for the payment of funeral benefits to the extent of incurred expense occasioned by the burial of the member, not to exceed the sum of one thousand dollars. 3. If, at the death of any person insured under a benefit contract, there is no lawful beneficiary to whom the proceeds are payable, the amount of the benefit, except to the extent that funeral benefits may be paid as provided in subsection 2, is payable to the personal representative of the deceased insured, except that the proceeds are payable to the owner of the certificate if the owner was not the insured.