In case any person entitled to apply for a release of a payment pursuant to the provisions of § 707.3 , § 707.4 , § 707.5 , or this section, dies, disappears, or is adjudged incompetent, as the case may be, after he has applied for such payment but before the payment is received, payment may be made upon proper application therefor, without regard to claims of creditors other than the United States, to the person next entitled thereto in accordance with the order of precedence set forth in § 707.3 , § 707.4 , or § 707.5 , as the case may be.
7 C.F.R. §707.6