Can social security be inherited?

Social security cannot be inherited, but if an employee dies after retirement, what is not collected in his personal account can be inherited. Legacy is the personal legal property left by a natural person when he dies. Generally, it includes legitimate wages, investment income and intellectual property income belonging to individual citizens.

legal ground

Article 122 of the Civil Code refers to the personal legal property left by a natural person when he dies. An inheritance that cannot be inherited according to the law or the nature of the inheritance shall not be inherited. Article 153 When dividing the joint property of husband and wife, unless otherwise agreed, half of the joint property of husband and wife shall be divided into the property of one spouse first, and the rest shall be the inheritance of the decedent. If the inheritance is in the common property of the family, when the inheritance is divided, the property of others should be divided first.