To close a bank account on behalf of someone who has passed away, you must have legal authority to manage the account. Setting one up or adding a beneficiary is a simple matter of requesting the Payable on Death form from your bank. Book.87 percent of Ohioans support the right to "die in as humane and dignified a manner as they see fit," while 75 percent support Death with Dignity legislation. The AGO's Public Records Unit, which assembles this manual every year, partners with the Ohio Auditor of State's Office to provide free Sunshine Laws training. Click on the link(s) for the forms you'd like to download. The guardian does not have authority to pay bills or expend the ward's funds after his death. The final duty of the guardian is to give an account to the Court. Most banks will have their own individual procedure for closing a bank account after the title holder of the account passes away.