Kansas Department of Labor, Unemployment Insurance Division

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State Unemployment Benefits in Kansas

The Kansas Department of Labor administers unemployment insurance through the claimant portal at KansasUI.gov. KDOL publishes one procedure that applies after a claimant dies: a family member or the estate's executor may request the claimant's 1099-G by mail, with a copy of the death certificate and proof of executorship. Anything else about a deceased claimant's account goes through the Unemployment Contact Center.

Steps to takeKey facts

Steps to take when someone dies

1
Contact the Kansas Unemployment Contact Center (800-292-6333) about the claimant's death and any weeks claimed before it.
2
To obtain the claimant's 1099-G, mail KDOL a letter identifying the deceased claimant, your relationship to them, and the address to send the form to.
3
Enclose a copy of the death certificate and proof that you are the executor of the estate, and mail to Kansas Department of Labor, 401 SW Topeka Blvd., Topeka, KS 66603-3182.

Required Documents

  • Letter identifying the deceased claimant: when someone other than the claimant requests a duplicate 1099-G because the claimant is deceased. States that you are requesting the 1099-G, your relationship to the deceased claimant, and the address you want the 1099-G sent to.
  • Copy of the death certificate: when requesting a deceased claimant's 1099-G. KDOL asks for both the death certificate and proof of executorship. If only one can be sent, KDOL's legal department evaluates the request on receipt of what is provided.
  • Proof that you are the executor of the claimant's estate: when requesting a deceased claimant's 1099-G. KDOL asks for both the death certificate and proof of executorship. If only one can be sent, KDOL's legal department evaluates the request on receipt of what is provided.

State Unemployment Benefits in Kansas: key facts

What Kansas says2

Reporting a death

KDOL's Unemployment Contact Center is the route for questions about a deceased claimant's account or weeks claimed before death. The Contact Center does not provide in-person service.1

Claimant portal

Unemployment claims are filed and managed at KansasUI.gov; the former GetKansasBenefits.gov address now redirects there.2, 3

Not in Kansas's published guidance1

  • Benefits at and after the death

Sources3

  1. 1.Unemployment (Kansas Department of Labor)
  2. 2.Unemployment Tax and 1099-G (Kansas Department of Labor)
  3. 3.KansasUI.gov claimant portal

Kansas unemployment benefits

Kansas Department of Labor, Unemployment Insurance Division

Hours

Monday through Wednesday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Thursday 8 a.m. to 3:15 p.m., Friday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Mailing address

Kansas Department of Labor, 401 SW Topeka Blvd., Topeka, KS 66603-3182
Verified Aug 2026

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