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How to Cash a Trust CheckDeposit the check into your checking or savings bank account.The issuing bank should be able to cash the check for you.If you are in a hurry and not near a branch of the issuing bank, a check cashing service may be able to cash the check.

Endorsing the CheckSign your name just as you are identified in the trust document, for example "Jane Doe, Trustee, John Doe Revocable Trust." If another trustee is named, you do not need her signature to make the deposit. However, you must both agree on all matters of trust administration.

To move assets into a revocable trust you must put them into the trust's name and file or record this information.Transfer the ownership of any cash-related accounts, such as savings accounts or certificates of deposit, into the name of the trust. This includes bank accounts and brokerage accounts.

Trust checking account can be funded in numerous ways.In fact, by law, a designated trustee alone may access trust checking account, to cut checks and replenish funds as needed. Even if there are multiple trustees, banks usually require one specific signature to endorse all checks.

The short answer to the question, Can you withdraw cash from a trust account? is Yes, but there are some caveats.If you have created a revocable trust and have appointed someone else as trustee, you will have to request the cash withdrawal from the person you appointed as the trustee.

Endorse the check by signing your name and indicating that you are the trustee of the trust.

How to Cash Checks Made Out to Revocable Living TrustsTake the check to the bank handling the trust's bank account.Have a trustee with checking authorization to the account endorse and deposit the check with the bank into the revocable living trust's account.More items...