If a customer passed away, and we need to issue a cashier’s check to the executor of the customer’s estate or the beneficiary of the customer’s payable on death (POD) account, who should our bank list as the remitter on the check?

While there is more than one way to clear out an account following the death of a customer, if you use a cashier’s check, we believe the best approach is to list the remitter as follows: Account #12345 of John Doe, deceased.