Is there a time limit for handling social security after death?

Legal analysis: there is no time limit. If the insured person dies, he can apply to the insured institution for cancellation of the account with the death certificate issued by the relevant hospital or the cremation certificate issued by the funeral parlour, and the social security association will return the balance of the personal account to his successor for inheritance.

Legal basis: People's Republic of China (PRC) Social Insurance Law.

Seventeenth individuals who participate in the basic old-age insurance, due to illness or non-work-related death, their survivors can receive funeral grants and pensions; Persons who have completely lost their ability to work due to illness or non-work-related disability before reaching the statutory retirement age can receive disability allowance. The required funds are paid from the basic old-age insurance fund.

Article 49 If an unemployed person dies while receiving unemployment insurance benefits, he shall pay a one-time funeral subsidy and pension to his survivors with reference to the local regulations on the death of on-the-job workers. The required funds are paid from the unemployment insurance fund. If an individual dies and meets the conditions for receiving basic old-age insurance, industrial injury insurance and unemployment insurance funeral subsidies, his survivors can only choose to receive one of them.