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The following prove ownership and/or value of assets. The SSR must assist a client unable to obtain proof.
Items verified by telephone contact must be documented in the case record.
The following types of assets must be verified with one of the stated sources or its equivalent:
- Burial Plots:
- right of burial certificate written statement from cemetery.
- Checking (or Credit Union Draft) Account:
- monthly statement (examination of checkbook is not sufficient verification)
- current credit union statement
- if necessary, telephone contact with the institution to verify the current balance
- Funeral Contract:
- copy of contract
- contact with the funeral home
- Insurance:
- policy document
- written statement from insurance company or agent
- Money Held By Another Person:
- written statement from the person holding the money
- Other Property:
- written statement from an individual or agency in a position to know the value of the type of property
- the client's records verifying ownership and/or current value
- Real Estate:
- deed, mortgage, purchase agreement, or contract
- property tax record
- attorney or court records
- city records
- written statement from real estate agent or financial institution
- telephone contact with real estate agent or financial institution to verify property as non-saleable
- Retroactive SSDI or SSI Payments:
- Savings (or Credit Union Share) Account:
- passbook with entry posted within the last 30 days
- current (30 days) quarterly credit union statement
- Christmas Club coupon book
- written statement from financial institution
- if necessary, telephone contact with the institution to verify the current balance
- Savings Certificate:
- certificate itself
- written statement from financial institution
- Stocks or Saving Bonds:
- certificate or bonds themselves
- written statement from the broker or company
- information from local brokerage firms, banks, or newspapers about the current value of stock/bonds
- Temporary Illness and Ability to Return to Work:
- written statement from a M.D. or D.O. indicating the nature of the illness or whether the person will likely be able to return to a type of work for which the excluded asset is essential
- Trust Fund:
- information from the administrator or trustee of the estate or LTC facility
- court or attorney records
- Vehicle:
- DMV inquiry
- vehicle title, registration, or proof of insurance
- blue book or NADA book wholesale (trade-in) value
- written statement from one auto dealer (or junk dealer if appropriate)
- loan statement
- payment book (only to verify ownership and not value)
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