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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.
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.
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.
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.
They generally will need to present to the bank with a certified copy of the decedent's death certificate, their own government-issued ID, and the trust instrument (or a certification of trust) in order for the asset to be released to them, although the documentation needed can vary from bank to bank, so it is best to ...