Can a voided cashier's check be reissued to the next of kin if the payee was incarcerated when the check was issued and is now deceased?
Possibly. If you can establish that your next of kin possessed the check as payee at the time of his death, the bank may be willing to reissue it, if you can produce it. To be precise, the bank will want to deal with the personal representative of his or her estate if the estate will be probated. The laws of the state in which he or she was a resident at the time of death generally determine whether a next of kin can make such a claim if there is no estate or if the check is small enough. Take the check and the payee's death certificate to the bank, establish your kinship, and ask the bank how to proceed.
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Possibly. If you can establish that your next of kin possessed the check as payee at the time of his death, the bank may be willing to reissue it, if you can produce it. To be precise, the bank will want to deal with the personal representative of his or her 