In Long Beach, California. Can a bank refuse an Executor of the Will and First Successor Trustee (same person) access to the deceased's bank account ? The bank account is not specifically listed in the Trust but there's a notarized document "Assignment of Furniture, Furnishings, and Personal Effects" which in part states "I do hereby sell, transfer and assign, without consideration, all right, title and interest which I have in my personal property of every kind including, but not limited to (listing furniture, furnishings, etc. and ending with) checking accounts I now own or which I may own in the future to the (Then naming the Trust). This document is noted in the Will. The bank is requiring a court to decide. The Trust was to avoid Probate and it's a small Estate. There isn't even enough money in the account to warrant going to court. Does the bank have the right to require probate?