Varies by locality of course. But when my wife's brother died suddenly, i want

Sep 24, 2020
1:32:03pm

VACOUGFAN All-American

to say it took about a month or so for the death certificate... that of course involved an autopsy to verify cause of death so that likely increased the amount of time it took them.

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death certificate, home ownership with right of survivorship question

byujag All-American

9/24/20 1:24pm

If the wife survives, there is no "change in paperwork." You can close as soon

BYUMizzou

9/24/20 1:28pm

that's good, remove that step from the equation in my mind. still how long to get a death cert?

byujag

9/24/20 1:29pm

Varies by locality of course. But when my wife's brother died suddenly, i want

VACOUGFAN

9/24/20 1:32pm

Here in MO, it's pretty typically a week to 10 days

BYUMizzou

9/24/20 1:35pm

I have no idea. Maybe call a local funeral home and find out. Usually, at

BYUMizzou

9/24/20 1:32pm

NM can take about 6 months to get the death certificate. My coworker lost his

LaserCoug

9/24/20 1:49pm

If you're blackhat you can get a death certificate pretty quickly

Veracruz

9/24/20 2:09pm

FIL should do a full power of attorney to the MIL

Semi Colon

9/24/20 2:31pm

Unless FIL dies before closing. a POA terminates on death.

BYUMizzou

9/24/20 3:21pm

Give a call to the Escrow/Title company handling the transaction as well

cougarsnooty

9/24/20 4:58pm

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