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What happens to your Dave accounts when you die

No beneficiary or trust option on any account, so they pass through the estate

Dave does not currently support beneficiary designations, transfer-on-death registrations, or trust account titling on any account type. All Dave accounts pass through the estate at death and may require probate.

When an account holder dies, the executor or administrator will need to contact Dave with a death certificate and legal authority documents to claim account balances. The process and required documents are covered on the death claim page.

Dave does not currently support beneficiary designations (POD or TOD) on any account type. All accounts transfer through the estate at death and may require probate.

Why trust accounts are not available

Dave does not support retitling accounts into a trust, naming a trust as beneficiary, or any other probate-avoidance mechanism. Account balances transfer through the estate at death.

Dave Spending AccountDave Goals AccountDave Debit Mastercard

Dave Spending Account

Probate Required

Dave Goals Account

Probate Required

Dave Debit Mastercard

Mastercard debit card linked to the Dave Spending Account. Every Checking account comes with a digital Dave Debit Mastercard usable immediately through Apple Pay or Google Pay; a physical card can be requested at any time and arrives by USPS within about 10 business days. Fee-free withdrawals at 40,000+ MoneyPass ATMs. Card ownership follows the Spending Account -- no separate beneficiary or trust titling is available, and the card is deactivated when the Spending Account closes. Estate-relevant quirk: Dave's published support guidance routes live phone help through "the number on the back of your Dave debit card," so an executor who cannot locate the decedent's physical card should use the number published in the site footer, 1-844-857-3283, or email support@dave.com.

Probate Required

What Dave says about beneficiaries and trusts

Each section is Dave's own statement, with the document it comes from numbered under Sources.

Which accounts take a beneficiary3

Payable-on-death account

Dave supports no POD or TOD beneficiary designation on any account type (Checking, Goals or ExtraCash).1, 2, 3

The Coastal deposit agreement, section II.C: "The Dave Checking Account cannot be owned or titled as a joint account, trust account, a Uniform Transfers to Minors (UTMA) account or a Payable On Death (POD) account." The Goals and ExtraCash agreements carry the identical restriction.1, 2, 3

Joint account with survivorship

Dave does not offer joint accounts, so there is no joint account with right of survivorship.1

Account in one name

Each person may open only one individual Dave account.1

Who can be named1

A trust

A trust cannot be named as a POD beneficiary, because the agreements bar POD and trust ownership on every Dave account.1, 2, 3

What Dave's agreement says about beneficiaries1

Powers of attorney over a living owner's account

Under the Evolve Bank & Trust agreement (section I.F), Dave lets another person act under a power of attorney on a Dave Checking Account only on a case-by-case basis, on a written request to Dave support.4

What Dave says about trust accounts2

Whether a new account is opened

A Dave account cannot be opened in, or retitled into, the name of a revocable living trust. The Checking, Goals and ExtraCash agreements each prohibit trust, joint, UTMA and POD ownership.1, 2, 3

Which state governs the account

The Coastal agreement fixes Washington as the governing law and forum: "The Dave Checking Account is opened at the Washington branch office of the Bank."1

Not in Dave's published guidance3

  • What the owner provides to name a beneficiary
  • Which trust documents it accepts
  • A power-of-attorney provision in the Coastal agreements

Sources4

SimplyTrustSimplyTrust Editorial·

Sources

Data sourced from Dave primary sources (16 pages reviewed). How we research.

Download these Dave instructions

Download instructions for the whole estate

A printable PDF with the steps, required documents, and contact details — verified against Dave primary sources. Bring it to the branch or keep it beside the phone.

Dave estate support

Dave Member Success / Customer Support

Hours

Monday-Friday 5:00 AM-9:00 PM PT; Saturday, Sunday 5:00 AM-5:00 PM PT

Mailing address

Dave Operating LLC, 1265 S Cochran Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90019 (corporate office only -- Dave states "No customer support available at HQ")

Estate requests go through general customer service.

Verified Sep 2026

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