{"id":28103,"date":"2026-06-08T09:51:25","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T09:51:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.samco.in\/help-support\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=28103"},"modified":"2026-06-08T09:51:40","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T09:51:40","slug":"what-happens-if-there-is-no-nominee-on-the-us-stocks-account","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/www.samco.in\/help-support\/article\/what-happens-if-there-is-no-nominee-on-the-us-stocks-account\/","title":{"rendered":"What Happens If There Is No Nominee on the US Stocks Account?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If there is no nominee registered on the account, you will need to provide additional legal documentation to claim the assets. You will need to submit one of the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Probate of Will<\/li><li>Succession Certificate issued by a competent court<\/li><li>Letter of Administration<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to the above, Samco may also request indemnity bonds or no-objection certificates from other legal heirs. All documents must be authenticated by a competent court or authority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To avoid this lengthy process for your family, it is strongly recommended to register a nominee on your US stocks account today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"ht_kb_category":[2831],"ht_kb_tag":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samco.in\/help-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht_kb\/28103"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samco.in\/help-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht_kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samco.in\/help-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samco.in\/help-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/65"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samco.in\/help-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28103"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.samco.in\/help-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht_kb\/28103\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28105,"href":"https:\/\/www.samco.in\/help-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht_kb\/28103\/revisions\/28105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samco.in\/help-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samco.in\/help-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht_kb_category?post=28103"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samco.in\/help-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht_kb_tag?post=28103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}