Form SSA 721 is titled what?

• A. Statement of Death by Member
• B. Statement of Death by Funeral Director
• C. Social Security Application
• D. Lump Sum Death Benefit Claim Form

Answer: (B)

Form SSA-721 is the official death-notification form completed by a funeral director for the Social Security Administration. The exact title makes clear who is reporting and what is being reported: a death notice provided by the funeral director to notify SSA. This helps SSA promptly update records, stop any continuing benefits, and begin any survivor-benefit processing that may be relevant. It’s not the form a family member fills out to apply for benefits, nor the general Social Security Application, nor the separate form used to claim the Lump Sum Death Benefit. Those have different names and purposes.