Use this form to notify credit card issuers and banks of your plan to close a joint account -- for instance, an account you share with a spouse whom you are divorcing.
This form gives you a template for requesting a “hard close,” which is the only way to make sure that an account is truly closed and prevent new charges to it. You can do a “hard close” even if there is a balance due.
Important to Know
- Send the form to the customer service address on your statements -- not to the address where you send payments.
- Don’t forget home equity lines of credit.
