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It is highly unlikely that a bank will cash a check written by a deceased person. The bank has no way to verify that the check was written before the death.
As long as there are enough funds in the account that the check is being drawn from to cover the amount of said check and that YOU would have the legal right to withdraw funds from that account. Yes.
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Yes. The bank would ask for proof that you are the deceased person's legal heir and also proof that the person is actually deceased (death certificate). Once you provide these two items, the bank will cash the check for you. Without them the bank will not take up the request.
On account of. Normally on behalf of a deceased person. Courtesy of Timber Cash of Oakland, CA
Yes. The bank would ask for proof that you are the deceased persons spouse and also proof that the person is actually deceased (death certificate). Once you provide these two items, the bank will cash the check for you. Without them the bank will not take up the request.
In most countries you can not do this because it is not legal to cash a check made out to a deceased person. What needs to be done is that the executor of the deceased estate must obtain from a court a grant of probate for the deceased estate and, with is legal document, write to the supplier of the check and ask them to re-issue the check in the name of the deceased heirs.
The same place you cash a personal check from anyone else...
No. The Social Security check is intended for that person only, and is not transferable. If the legal recipient is deceased, you're supposed to notify the Social Security Administration and return the check or follow whatever other instructions the representative gives you. People who attempt to convert the deceased person's check for their own use may be charged with one or more felonies.
The savings bond is part of the estate. There could be legal consequences for cashing it.
Only in case of a joint account.
The person or company the check is made out to. No one else can cash it. The person you wrote it to can endorse the check to someone else so they can cash it.