What to do when a Camden National account holder dies
Report the death to Camden National Bank Customer Care Team at 1-800-860-8821
After an account holder at Camden National dies, accounts with beneficiary designations or trust ownership transfer to the designated recipients without probate. Solely-owned accounts require the estate's representative to contact Camden National Bank Customer Care Team at 1-800-860-8821 with the proper legal authority documents.
Deposit, investment & retirement accounts
To file a claim after an account holder's death, here is what Camden National requires:
Filing a claim
- Call 800-860-8821, answered 24/7 by a live phone support representative
- Visit any banking center. The bank recommends booking an appointment first through the Appointments link so you are less likely to wait
- Send a secure message through "Connect with Us" in digital banking, the paperless way to report a death
- Write to Camden National Bank, Attn: Customer Care Team, PO Box 310, Camden, ME 04843
- Named payable-on-death beneficiary: ask for the account funds to be paid out
- Executor or administrator: provide Letters Testamentary or Letters of Administration
- For a small estate: ask about a small estate affidavit
- For a trust account: provide the trust document showing the successor trustee
- Certified copies of the death certificate
- A copy of your photo ID: driver's license, state ID or passport
- Letters Testamentary, Letters of Administration or a small estate affidavit
- A cover letter with the deceased account holder's name, date of birth, address and account number, and your contact information
Required Documents
- Certified copy of the death certificate
- Valid identificationA driver's license, state ID or passport, the three the bank's bereavement guide names.
- Account numbers for the deceased person's accounts, if available
- Tax ID number (EIN) of the estate, to open an estate accountThe bank requires the estate's EIN to open an estate account with it.
- Letters Testamentary or Letters of Administration, for an account without a beneficiary or survivorshipProbate documents are needed only when available and applicable. You do not need to wait for probate to report the death.
- Small estate affidavit, where the estate qualifies as a small estate
- Trust documents, including the successor trustee provisions, and the trustee's ID, for a trust account
- IRA beneficiary claim forms and distribution election forms, for an IRA
What happens to each kind of account4
- Account in one name
Frozen once the bank is notified. Without a beneficiary or survivorship, the funds are released on Letters Testamentary, Letters of Administration or a small estate affidavit from the court, with the executor's or administrator's ID.1
- Joint account with survivorship
The surviving owner keeps access once the bank has the death certificate. The deceased person's name is removed at the joint owner's request, not automatically.1
- Payable-on-death account
The beneficiary claims the funds directly with the death certificate and their ID. A beneficiary has withdrawal rights only by surviving every account owner by 90 days.1
Several surviving beneficiaries take equal shares, without survivorship between them unless otherwise indicated. If no beneficiary survives the 90 days, the account is no longer payable on death and may be paid to the personal representative of the last owner's estate.1
- Trust account
The successor trustee provides the trust document with its successor trustee provisions, the death certificate and their own ID.1
State requirements Camden National statesNew Hampshire
- New Hampshire
For New Hampshire customers, the bank may delay a disbursement it reasonably believes may result in financial exploitation of a vulnerable adult, including from an account on which a vulnerable adult is a beneficiary, after an internal review and with written notice to the authorized parties.2
State law on paying a balance without lettersMaine
- Maine
9-B M.R.S. § 427(8)(A)
Maine law permits a bank to pay from a deceased depositor's balance on proof the institution accepts, without letters testamentary or letters of administration.9-B M.R.S. § 427(8)(A)Verified Oct 3, 2026View source
Limit: $1,000 per account
Paid to: the surviving spouse; next of kin; funeral director or other preferred creditor or creditors who may appear to be entitled to the deposit or account
The section permits the payment. It does not require the bank to make it. The section sets further conditions.
Accounts handled elsewhere1
- Camden National Wealth Management
Trusts and estates where it serves as personal representative, trustee, co-trustee or agent for trustee1
Phone: 1-800-224-5166
What Camden National's agreement and guidance say3
- Telling the institution
You are responsible for telling the bank of an account holder's death. The notice must be in a form the bank accepts and identify the account, and it takes effect only once the bank has received it and had a reasonable opportunity to act on it.2
- Payments after the death
Death does not revoke the bank's authority to accept, pay or collect items until it knows of the death and has had a reasonable opportunity to act. For 10 days after the death it may pay checks written on or before the date of death unless a person claiming an interest in the account stops payment.2
- What it does when notified
The bank may freeze the account once it is notified of the death, until it has every document needed to establish who should be paid.2
Under "What we'll do next", the bank freezes accounts in one name, removes the deceased person's name from joint accounts at the joint owner's request, and guides you through the next steps.1
Not in Camden National's published guidance1
- How long a claim takes
Sources2
- 1.Guiding you through bereavement
- 2.Deposit account agreement
Mortgage and home lending
Mortgages and home equity loans are liabilities, not assets. They do not have beneficiaries and cannot be retitled to a trust.
- The deceased borrower's full legal name and loan number
- A certified copy of the death certificate
- Continue making payments on the existing loan
- Assume the loan
- Refinance in your own name
- Pay off the remaining balance
Required Documents
- Certified copy of the death certificate
- Government-issued photo ID for the heir or personal representative
- Completed Successor in Interest formObtained from the mortgage servicing department.
- Proof of your ownership interest in the propertyA probated will, court order, recorded deed, or trust document showing you as successor trustee or beneficiary.
- Letters Testamentary or Letters of Administration, if the estate goes through probate
- Marriage certificate, for a surviving spouse
Forms Camden National issues1
- Successor in Interest form
Sent by the institution on request.1
Federal law on calling a home loan after a death
These exemptions apply to a loan secured by residential real property containing less than five dwelling units.12 U.S.C. § 1701j-3(d); 12 CFR 191.5(b), 141.14Verified Oct 3, 2026View source
- A lender may not exercise a due-on-sale clause upon a transfer by devise, descent, or operation of law on the death of a joint tenant or tenant by the entirety.12 U.S.C. § 1701j-3(d)(3); 12 CFR 191.5(b)(1)(iii)Verified Oct 3, 2026View source
- A lender may not exercise a due-on-sale clause upon a transfer to a relative resulting from the death of a borrower.12 U.S.C. § 1701j-3(d)(5)Verified Oct 3, 2026View source
- A lender may not exercise a due-on-sale clause upon a transfer where the spouse or children of the borrower become an owner of the property.12 U.S.C. § 1701j-3(d)(6)Verified Oct 3, 2026View source
A federal regulation sets further conditions on these transfers.12 CFR 191.5(b)(1)(v)Verified Oct 3, 2026View source
Sources1
- The deceased borrower's full legal name and account number
- A certified copy of the death certificate
- Pay off the outstanding balance
- Refinance the debt
- Negotiate repayment terms
Required Documents
- Certified copy of the death certificate
- Government-issued photo ID for the heir or personal representative
- Completed Successor in Interest form
- Proof of your ownership interest in the propertyFor example a probated will, court order, deed or trust document.
- Letters Testamentary or Letters of Administration, if the estate goes through probate
- Marriage certificate, for a surviving spouse
Forms Camden National issues1
- Successor in Interest form
Sent by the institution on request.1
What happens to each kind of account1
- Loan
The draw period ends at the borrower's death, and no further draws can be made.1
Sources1
Camden National Bank Customer Care Team can be reached by phone at 1-800-860-8821 for questions throughout the claims process.
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