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3: Financial Assets Bank accounts and brokerage accounts, business ownership interests, stocks, bonds, and other financial assets are also subject to probate. However, bank accounts, life insurance policies, and retirement accounts that have a designated beneficiary are not considered probate assets.
3: Financial Assets Bank accounts and brokerage accounts, business ownership interests, stocks, bonds, and other financial assets are also subject to probate. However, bank accounts, life insurance policies, and retirement accounts that have a designated beneficiary are not considered probate assets.
You must simply complete a beneficiary designation form for the particular account and file it with the appropriate financial institution (life insurance company or employer), and your beneficiary will be able to avoid probate and automatically gain control when you die.
Opening Probate While some states allow up to six years to probate an estate, the state of Arizona will only accept probate cases that are opened within two years of the decedent's passing (ARS 14-3108).
Some types of assets automatically pass to an heir without any oversight from the probate court. Assets that are exempt from the probate court in Arizona include: Property held jointly: Real estate, homes, bank accounts, and other assets held in joint tenancy pass directly to the surviving owner. Living trust assets.
Some banks or building societies will allow the executors or administrators to access the account of someone who has died without a Grant of Probate.
Real estate or a debt secured by a lien on real property may be transferred to the successor or successors by affidavit if certain requirements are met. This affidavit must be filed in the county where the decedent was domiciled or, if not domiciled in this state, in the county where the property is located.
A proof of authority is a document that provides evidence of an individual's right to act on behalf of a property owner in Arizona. This could include signing legal documents, making decisions about the property, or managing the property's assets.
The purpose of an Affidavit Next of Kin form is to establish and provide evidence of the closest living relatives or next of kin of an individual, especially in cases involving legal matters such as inheritance, probate, or estate administration.