The death certificate can be e-filed. However, the original will must be filed with the Clerk's office.Below is a list of forms that you may download for free from our website. This checklist shall be completed and e-filed with your Petition. You need to take your mother's death certificate to the bank. They will freeze her account and flag it "Estate of the Deceased (mother's name)". You may be wondering how the process works for dividing property in Florida when someone dies without a valid will. In general, you can't. The bank will not allow you to close it unless you have a letter of authorization from the probate court. To be appointed executor (or, as it is called in Florida, personal representative), one petitions the court in a Petition for Administration.