Estate planning at Tower FCU
How to protect 29 Tower FCU accounts — manage beneficiaries in-branch, fund a trust in-branch, and file death claims
Member Service Center
Tower Federal Credit Union, P.O. Box 123, Annapolis Junction, MD 20701-0123
Member Service Center
Tower Federal Credit Union, P.O. Box 123, Annapolis Junction, MD 20701-0123
Member Case Settlement Department
Tower Federal Credit Union, ATTN: Member Case Settlement Department, 7901 Sandy Spring Rd, Laurel, MD 20707
How your Tower FCU accounts transfer at death depends on how each one is set up. As a membership-based credit union, Tower FCU headquartered at 7901 Sandy Spring Rd, Laurel, MD 20707. Mailing address: P.O. Box 123, Annapolis Junction, MD 20701-0123. 11 branch locations across Maryland including Columbia, Hanover, Annapolis Junction, Ellicott City, Laurel, Clarksville, Millersville, Pasadena, Gambrills, Owings Mills, and Annapolis. Serves members in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington D.C. Strong presence among federal government and defense sector employees in the DC metro area. With 29 account types, the transfer rules vary—getting the right designations in place now prevents delays and court involvement later.
Beneficiary changes at Tower FCU can be made in branch and by mail. Accounts can also be retitled into a trust to keep them out of probate entirely.
Tower FCU provides specific procedures for both proactive estate planning and filing claims after a death.
Preparing your estate
Beneficiaries and trust funding
How to update beneficiaries in-branch, fund a trust in-branch, and review 29 account types at Tower FCU.
View details →When someone dies
Death claim process
4-step process, 5 required documents, and contact information for survivors.
View details →Tower FCU operates in select states, so estate planning procedures may vary by location. Confirm availability in your state before initiating trust funding or account changes.
Frequently asked questions
Tower closes the IRA without its own early-withdrawal penalty and distributes it to the named beneficiaries. The beneficiary is mailed a Beneficiary Payment Election form (Form 2321) — issued by Ascensus, PO Box 2917, Clinton, IA 52733-2917, not by Tower. The form offers five choices: lump sum, transfer to your own IRA, transfer to an inherited IRA at another institution, an inherited IRA with scheduled payments at Tower, or an inherited IRA without scheduled payments at Tower. Tower distributes the assets according to the option selected once it receives the form; call 301-497-7000 for help completing it. A POD or trust designation on a deposit account does NOT carry over to an IRA — IRAs use a separate beneficiary designation.
Sources
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Member Service Center
Tower Federal Credit Union, P.O. Box 123, Annapolis Junction, MD 20701-0123
Member Service Center
Tower Federal Credit Union, P.O. Box 123, Annapolis Junction, MD 20701-0123
Member Case Settlement Department
Tower Federal Credit Union, ATTN: Member Case Settlement Department, 7901 Sandy Spring Rd, Laurel, MD 20707
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Learn how to protect your Tower FCU accounts and other assets with trusts, beneficiary designations, and estate planning documents.
