SunTrust Banks, Inc. Bank Account Or Service Complaint

SunTrust Banks, Inc. Bank account or service department,

Checking account Deposits and withdrawals District of Columbia

My father, a - veteran, died in - 2016. I knew he had Suntrust accounts and my goal was to put Suntrust on notice that he was no longer living and to freeze any further checking account activity, especially automatic debits. I went to a local branch of Suntrust with copies of the death certificate ( - in total, all certified copies ). They told me I needed letters of administration identifying me or another person as a representative of his estate in order to freeze his accounts. I told them I found this requirement an unreasonable burden in that no one had presented a will on his behalf yet ( it had only been 2 weeks since he passed away ) and I believe he passed away without a will. In questioning the policy, Suntrust 's consumer complaints ' office said that the copies of the death certificate were not " original '' death certificate. But my copies were certified copies of the death certificate. The local branch would not accept a copy of the death certificate, and Suntrust generally never requested a copy of the death certificate for the investigation of my complaint ( all my copies have official seals ), and the local branch never acknowledged that a death certificate could serve as enough notice to freeze account activity.