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How can I find out if a bank account had survivorship or POD? | NC
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Q: How can I find out whether a deceased person’s bank accounts had rights of survivorship or payable-on-death beneficiaries? A: The most reliable way is to get the bank’s account contract records for each account—especially the signature card, the account agreement, and any payable-on-death, or beneficiary, designation form. Those are the documents that usually show whether the account was set…