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State Unemployment Benefits in Colorado: when someone dies

A 3-step process for Colorado Department of Labor and Employment — Division of Unemployment Insurance after a death in Colorado.

OverviewWhen someone dies

Unemployment

Colorado

cdle.colorado.gov/unemployment→

Administering agency

Colorado Department of Labor and Employment — Division of Unemployment Insurance

Phone303-318-9000
WebsiteVisit website →
Verified Jul 2026

Steps to take

  1. Contact the Colorado Division of Unemployment Insurance Claimant Service Center at 303-318-9000 about the deceased's open claim.
  2. Expect no survivor payout of the unemployment claim itself: benefits are paid only for weeks the claimant certified and requested through MyUI+, and Colorado law provides no survivor or estate successor to a UI claim.
  3. Pursue any unpaid final wages from the employer under C.R.S. 8-4-109(4), which routes them to the surviving spouse or next legal heir when no personal representative has been appointed.

Colorado Department of Labor and Employment — Division of Unemployment Insurance

Phone: 303-318-9000

Visit the agency website →

Frequently asked questions

The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment administers unemployment insurance through its Division of Unemployment Insurance and the MyUI+ portal at cdle.colorado.gov/myui-plus. The Claimant Service Center is 303-318-9000, or 1-800-388-5515 toll-free.

Colorado does not publish a deceased-claimant procedure, and the Colorado Employment Security Act contains no provision paying a deceased claimant's benefits to survivors or the estate. Benefits are paid only for weeks the claimant personally certified and requested payment through MyUI+. Contact the Claimant Service Center at 303-318-9000 about an open claim.

Yes, but that is a wage claim rather than an unemployment claim. Under C.R.S. 8-4-109(4), if an employer owed the deceased wages at death and no personal representative has been appointed, the employer pays the earned, vested, and determinable amount to the surviving spouse, or to the next legal heir if there is no spouse. The employer requires proof of the relationship by affidavit.

SimplyTrustSimplyTrust Editorial·Updated July 14, 2026

Sources

  • cdle.colorado.gov
  • content.leg.colorado.gov

Data sourced from State Unemployment Benefits in Colorado primary sources (4 pages reviewed). How we research.

Unemployment

Colorado

cdle.colorado.gov/unemployment→

Administering agency

Colorado Department of Labor and Employment — Division of Unemployment Insurance

Phone303-318-9000
WebsiteVisit website →
Verified Jul 2026
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