Free preview Letter to Credit Card Companies and Financial Institutions Notifying Them of Death
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Letter to Credit Card Companies and Financial Institutions Notifying Them of Death
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The deceased's estate will typically pay the credit card debt at death from the estate's assets. Children won't inherit the credit card debt, unless they're a joint holder on the account. Likewise, a surviving spouse is responsible for their deceased spouse's debt, if he or she is a joint borrower.
Using the credit report as your guide, contact all banks and credit card companies at which the deceased had an open account and close those accounts as quickly as possible. You will need to provide a certified copy of the death certificate to close the account.
Unfortunately, ?(Detail Deceased's name) ?passed away on ?(Detail Date)?. I enclose a copy of their death certificate. They didn't leave behind any assets and there is no money to pay what they owe. Please consider writing off this debt because there is no prospect of you ever recovering any money towards it.
However, once the three nationwide credit bureaus ? Equifax, Experian and TransUnion ? are notified someone has died, their credit reports are sealed and a death notice is placed on them. That notification can happen one of two ways ? from the executor of the person's estate or from the Social Security Administration.
The credit card company may request a copy of the death certificate or any paperwork relating to the estate. This is a great opportunity for you to reiterate your request to close the account in writing. If the account is a joint account, the issuer will simply remove your loved one's name from the account.
If there's no money in their estate, the debts will usually go unpaid. For survivors of deceased loved ones, including spouses, you're not responsible for their debts unless you shared legal responsibility for repaying as a co-signer, a joint account holder, or if you fall within another exception.
Notifying any one of the three credit bureaus -- Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion -- allows the individual's credit report to be updated with a deceased notice, which may help prevent theft of their identity.
It's important to remember that credit card debt does not automatically go away when someone dies. It must be paid by the estate or the co-signers on the account.