(a) Notwithstanding § 30-2-317, where no executor or administrator of a deceased shareholder or depositor has qualified and given notice of the qualifications of the executor or administrator to the credit union, it may, in its discretion and at any time after thirty (30) days from the death of the shareholder or depositor, pay out of all accounts or contents of safe deposit boxes maintained with it by the shareholder in an individual capacity all sums that do not exceed fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) in the aggregate:
Terms Used In Tennessee Code 45-4-405
Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
Deposit: means a deposit of money, bonds or other things of value, creating a debtor-creditor relationship. See Tennessee Code 45-1-103
Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
Executor: includes an administrator, where the subject matter applies to an administrator. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
Person: means an individual, corporation, firm, trust, estate, partnership, joint venture, or association. See Tennessee Code 45-1-103
State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(1) To the executor named in any will known to the credit union; or(2) In the absence of knowledge of a purported will naming a surviving executor to:
(A) A creditor for expenses of the funeral;(B) A creditor for the expenses of the last illness;(C) The surviving spouse; and(D) The next of kin; and(3) In the case of conflicting claims, the order of priority shall be that set out in subdivision (a)(2).(b) The receipt of any guardian, administrator or executor, duly appointed or qualified by the courts of this state or any other state, acknowledging the payment or transfer of funds, standing in the name of the person whose estate the fiduciary represents, in the form of shares or deposits in credit unions, shall be a good and sufficient acquittance for the payment or transfer and shall constitute a valid defense in favor of the credit unions against the demands or claims of all parties.(c) No credit union shall be liable for damages, penalty or tax by reason of any payment made pursuant to this section.
