(2) If any claim is more than $500, dividends may be paid to the person entitled thereto, as provided in ORS 708A.430, if the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services is satisfied that the total dividends to be paid after the death of the claimant are less than $100.
(3) The director is under no obligation to determine the relationship of the affiants or declarants to the deceased depositor and the payment of dividends made in good faith to parties making the affidavit or declaration shall be a release of the director for the amount of the dividends so paid. [1973 c.797 §284; 1997 c.631 §251a; 2017 c.51 §4]