My sister and I are co-executrix of my father's will. We live in Ohio, and our father lived in Louisiana at the time of his death. Once we have his will and death certificates, we need to close out his bank accounts and retrieve the funds in order to pay his remaining debts. My questions are simple, but no one at the bank will answer it: Are the will and death certificates the only documents that are needed to close out the account; and can the account be closed out at a local (Ohio) branch of the bank, or do we have to be in the state he died in to accomplish this? If anyone can help, I'd really appreciate it.