What to do when a Dacotah Bank account holder dies
Report the death to Dacotah Bank's Customer Service Center at 1-800-881-5611
When an account holder at Dacotah Bank passes away, the next step depends on how the accounts were set up. Accounts with beneficiary designations or trust ownership transfer outside of probate. Accounts titled solely in the deceased's name require the estate's legal representative to work with Dacotah Bank's Customer Service Center (1-800-881-5611) to access and distribute the funds.
To start, call Dacotah Bank at 1-800-881-5611. Have the account holder's full name, account numbers, and the death certificate ready before you call.
Death claim process
The death claim process at Dacotah Bank works as follows:
Filing a claim
What happens to each kind of account1
- Credit card
The death of a Dacotah Bank credit cardholder who leaves no surviving joint cardholder puts the card account in default. The bank may then call the whole balance due at once, stop further charges and cancel the cards.1
Accounts handled elsewhere1
- Dacotah Insurance
Insurance policies placed through the bank's independent insurance agency2, 3
Phone: 1-888-800-5611
Email: insurance@dacotahbank.com
Help Dacotah Bank offers survivors1
- Estate Settlement Services
The bank's trust department can be hired to settle an estate: it files life and health insurance claims, holds family meetings, pays final expenses and distributes the assets to the beneficiaries.4, 5
Not in Dacotah Bank's published guidance12
- A procedure for reporting a death
- A department for deceased-customer accounts
- A claim form
- A list of required documents
- Whether the death certificate must be certified
- A fax number for claim documents
- An online way to report a death
- How long a claim takes
- A small-estate procedure
- Which court appointment document it accepts
- Terms in its agreements for a customer's death
- Deposit account agreement
Sources5
Dacotah Bank's Customer Service Center can be reached by phone at 1-800-881-5611 for questions throughout the claims process.
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