US Laws, Codes, Statutes & Cases

                                  TITLE  45
                         LIENS, MORTGAGES AND PLEDGES
                                  CHAPTER 6
                               CLAIMS FOR WAGES
    45-603.  PREFERENCE OF WAGES -- DEATH OF EMPLOYER. In case of the death of
any employer, the wages of each employee for services rendered within the
sixty (60) days preceding the death of the employer, not exceeding five
hundred dollars ($500), rank in priority next after the funeral expenses,
expenses of the last sickness, the charges and expenses of administering the
estate, and the allowance of the surviving spouse and minor children, and must
be paid before any other claims against the estate of the deceased person.