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It is possible for Revenue Canada to freeze a person's bank account. This includes both single and joint bank accounts.
only if both parties go in together as paperwork has to be signed by both parties as well as ID from both fopr joint acct
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Yes. The account is considered a joint account and both individuals can deposit as well as withdraw funds from the account. There is no restriction as to the individual or individuals with whom one can make a joint account.
Generally a bank will notify both parties of the issue before freezing account. However, if they feel that it is fraud related they do not have to notify either parties before freezing the account.
In the state of North Carolina, it is very hard to seize a bank account. When an account is joint, it can not be seized unless the debt is the debt of both parties.
There are several documents that are required to open a joint bank account in the US. Both parties will need a photo ID, social security numbers, address in the US, etc.
A beneficiary is the person to whom the proceeds of a bank account will be paid in case of the demise of the account holder. In case of a joint account holder, there will be legal heirs or immediate family members of both account holders. So in the case where either or both of the joint account holders are dead, the bank will be in a fix as to whose family needs to be paid the money that is held in the account. In such a situation the presence of a nominee or beneficiary will be useful to decide who gets the money.
She needs to get a checking account in her own name, which means that you both will need to put money into the joint account until it is at least a zero. If you stiff the bank, then it will not be possible for either of you to get a checking account anywhere until you pay the amount owed. As they say, "you don't want to go there."
Theoretically speaking - Yes. Any number of people can have a joint account. But, practically speaking only 2 or 3 people hold a joint account together. The more the number of joint account holders, the more difficult it gets to handle the transactions in the account for both the customers and the bank.
The bank account cannot be operated by anyone else. The bank would expect the legal heirs of both the parties who held the joint account to visit the bank and come to a consensus reg. the funds in the account. Once the bank verifies all documents (Reg. your legality as the heir and the deceased individuals death certificates) they will release the funds to you.
Some of the advantages of sharing a joint bank account with a spouse include reduced account fees and access to a larger pool of money for both parties. The disadvantages include reduced privacy and the risk that one partner could withdraw most of the money.