2021 Utah Code
Title 39 - Militia and Armories
Chapter 1 - State Militia
Section 59 - Compensation for injury or death.

Universal Citation: UT Code § 39-1-59 (2021)
Effective 5/10/2016
39-1-59. Compensation for injury or death.
Within 72 hours of the reported death of a member of the National Guard on state active duty, the state shall provide a death gratuity payment of $100,000 to:
  • (1) the person designated as the recipient of the member's unpaid pay and allowances in the member's service record; or
  • (2) if no one is designated, the designated person cannot be found, or the designated person has predeceased the member, the member's heirs in accordance with Title 75, Chapter 2, Part 1, Intestate Succession.


Repealed and Re-enacted by Chapter 96, 2016 General Session
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