Custodian unavailability or death

Staff need instructions for an expired deposit, failed contact, incapacity, death, another interruption in custodial communication. They discuss relevant contacts and authority during deposit where appropriate, document later attempts, continue the agreed care while examining the situation.

A renewable loan may reach its review date without a response. Staff need a procedure for storage, further use, contact, possible return. A person's death may change the party authorized to decide ownership or publication. The original participant's private account and the material possession may require different treatment.

The institution's actual agreement and applicable professional review guide resolution. Terms, claims, closure explain related responsibilities. Staff avoid inventing a transfer merely to simplify an incomplete history and retain the basis for their eventual decision.