Checklist of documents to secure upon someone’s death in Oklahoma

In the process taking care of things after the death of a friend or loved one in Oklahoma, there are certain documents which you, the person likely to help administer the estate, will need to have.  Below is a list of some of the documents you need to collect and secure following a person’s death:
  • Copies of the death certificate
  • Insurance policies
  • Investment account statements such as IRAs, 401(k)s, mutual funds, pensions
  • The last checking and savings account statements
  •  Last mortgage statement
  • Last two years tax returns
  • Automobile titles
  • Marriage and birth certificates
  • An up-to-date credit report of the decedent.

Posted by Shawn Roberts

On this blog, I write about and try to answer practical Oklahoma legal questions. My focus and most experience is in estate planning and business issues including Oklahoma non-compete law. I make a living as an attorney in the law firm I founded, Shawn J. Roberts, P.C. in Oklahoma City. I live in Edmond with my wife Amy and my two children, Sam (19) and David (11). We live precisely in the path of where the "wind comes sweeping down the plains."