Benefits due a deceased or legally declared incapacitated person may be paid to such person or persons as appear to the Administrator to be legally entitled thereto in accordance with authorized regulations. A payment must be paid on an affidavit executed by the person or persons claiming to be entitled to the benefits, and the receipt of the affidavit or affidavits fully discharges the Administrator from any further liability with reference to the payment without the necessity of inquiring into the truth of any of the facts stated in the affidavit. [Part 3:129:1937; A 1939, 115; 1941, 412; 1945, 299; 1947, 413; 1949, 277; 1951, 339; 1953, 677; 1955, 698]—(NRS A 1993, 1818)
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