How should an estate mail a settlement check correctly? | NC

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Q: How should an estate write and mail a settlement check so it gets credited to the correct account? A: The safest approach is to pay from the estate account, not a personal account, and make the check payable exactly as the creditor’s written settlement letter says. On the memo line, list the deceased person’s name and the account number — or the last four digits if that is how the creditor…