A membership ends only under the rules

A membership of an association, club, or society does not end of itself on the date of death, and it does not pass of itself to an heir. That happens only under the rules of that association. In the file you note the name of the association and that the rules still have to be read. Ask the secretariat whether the membership stops, whether it can be transferred, and whether a subscription was outstanding on the date of death. A subscription already paid is not an asset of the estate inventory. It is not a claim because the year is not yet over, unless the association itself writes that something will be repaid. Until that letter exists, you do not put a refund on the asset side.

You read the rules, or you ask the association which provision it applies. Do not quote that provision from memory, and not from another club. A subscription that was outstanding on the date of death can be a debt if the association names that amount. A subscription that falls due after that you keep separate, with the period. A deposit, a locker, or a key of the club you note as a thing that must come back, not as wealth. You do not invent the value of that. Ask what must be returned and to whom. The person who may cancel or transfer the membership follows from the rules and from who is authorised in the estate. This piece does not point that person out.

Write to the association with the date of death, the name of the member, and the three questions: ending, transfer, outstanding subscription. Do not ask for a refund as a demand. Ask whether the rules provide for a refund, and wait for the reply. Ervazo keeps the letter and the reply. It does not send them. Do not put the membership among the estate-inventory items with an amount. Put it with the tasks, or on a short line without a value, until the association writes something that is in fact an amount. An annual contribution that has already been paid stays outside the assets. An outstanding amount comes with the debts only once the statement names it and the period up to the date of death is right.

The membership stops, or passes, only if the rules of the association say so. A subscription already paid is not property. An outstanding amount is a debt only with a source. A round amount, so that the item is not left empty, does not belong on it. Ask the association and keep the reply with the line. This is not legal advice. Whether the membership ends or can be transferred, and whether a subscription is outstanding, is confirmed by the association. Who in the estate may send such a letter is confirmed by the notary if the authority does not already appear from the deed.