of San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties
IMMEDIATE NEED
Further Suggestions
- Notify all life insurance companies affected, Social Security Office and Veterans' Administration if eligible for benefits. (The funeral director may assist in this.)
- Check for other death benefits, as from group insurance policies, credit union accounts, labor unions, pensions, etc.
- Notify credit card companies, book and record clubs and stores where deceased had charge accounts.
- Check for all installment payments coming due on merchandise, loans, or mortgages.
- Notify Post Office of forwarding address to relative or executor.
- Notify lodges, fraternities and other organizations of which the deceased was a member, and the schools and church that she or he attended. Also notify banks, credit unions or stockbrokers where deceased had accounts.
- Notify the three credit reporting bureaus (Experian, Transunion, Equifax) about the death, to help prevent identity theft.
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