Estate planning and settlement at Continental Stock Transfer
Name beneficiaries by phone, fund a trust by phone, and report a death at 1-800-509-5586
If the deceased held stock directly (not through a broker), Continental Stock Transfer is the company that transfers those shares to the estate or heirs. The transfer is handled by Continental Stock Transfer under its own documentation rules, including medallion signature guarantees.
Account holders can update their beneficiary designations at Continental Stock Transfer by phone and by mail. Accounts can also be retitled into a trust to keep them out of probate entirely.
Continental Stock Transfer has documented procedures for both preparing accounts during your lifetime and handling claims when an account holder passes away.
Beneficiaries and trust funding
How to update beneficiaries by phone, fund a trust by mail, and review 3 account types at Continental Stock Transfer.
Preparing your estate →Death claim process
Report the death to Continental Stock Transfer's Stock Transfer Department at 1-800-509-5586. The page lists the steps and the documents to send.
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Estate planning articles
Learn how to protect your Continental Stock Transfer accounts and other assets with trusts, beneficiary designations, and estate planning documents.
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