Banks repeatedly losing estate documents during mortgage payoff process
Personal representatives settling deceased parents' estates find mortgage servicers claiming never to have received repeatedly submitted documents — death certificates, court letters, and POA records — sent at significant personal cost. Servicers route correspondence to unmonitored PO boxes and email addresses, creating an administrative black hole that delays release of estate proceeds for months. No digital document submission or tracking system exists for estate settlement cases.
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