What happens to a bank account after the owner dies? any rules may surprise you

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The death of a bank account owner, as a rule, means that the contract between him and the bank is terminated. The bank blocks the funds in the account, and it can be hard and prolonged in time for members of the immediate family, for example, to gain access to them. However, it is possible to defend against this. In what way? What precisely do the regulations say?