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Visit Banks in Their Area You will need to provide documentation to prove both that the account holder died and you have the legal authority (as a designated beneficiary, joint account holder or executor/administrator) to access the account.
Some of them are listed below: HSBC UK (Instructions about how to open an HSBC Executor Account can be found on their website) Barclays UK. Yorkshire Bank UK. Lloyds Bank UK. NatWest UK (You can get a Natwest executor account by using their website online.)
No Beneficiary on Bank Account If there is no beneficiary listed on the bank account, the account typically goes through probate, and the funds will be distributed ing to the deceased's will or state laws if there is no will.
"The surviving owner will be able to withdraw funds from the account," says David Doehring, probate attorney and managing partner of Doehring & Doehring Attorneys at Law. If the account has a payable on death beneficiary, the bank account balance goes to the beneficiary after the last account owner dies.
Remember that you are not entitled to claim your deceased parents' bank accounts solely on the basis of being their child. You must be a designated beneficiary or joint account owner on the accounts, or your parents should have specifically devised the accounts to go to you in their will or trust.
Banks freeze access to deceased accounts, such as savings or checking accounts, pending direction from an authorized court. Banks generally cannot close a deceased account until after the person's estate has gone through probate or has otherwise settled.