For some time now I have advised clients to contact their mortgage holder to see about linking their trust to their mortgage. Without that you can leave your trustee with a problem. The house might be owned by the trust but the mortgage is not connected to the trust. When that happens the trustee can have a very difficult (if not impossible) time getting information about the mortgage.  This is a great service that Bank of America is offering and I encourage you to see if your mortgage bank has similar.  The only downside is that they are charging $100 to process the form. Here’s that form:

Borrower Trust Information and Certification Form
Borrower:
Loan #:
Property Address:
Name of Trust:
Date of Trust:
Grantor:
Beneficiaries during Grantor’s Lifetime:
Term of Trust:
Occupants of above property:

l/We, Borrower (s) _________________ certify that the Trust is an inter vivos Trust, and that l/VVe will not alienate or transfer my/our interest in the trust. l/We will remain the beneficiaries of the Trust, and retain all beneficial interest in the trust, at all times during the term of the Loan identified above.  l/We certify that the property will continue to be occupied by me/us as my/our primary residence at all times during the term of the Loan.
By SIGNING BELOW, l/We hereby certify and acknowledge that the foregoing information is true and correct.

____________________

Signature

County of

State of

On _________________ before me, ______________ a notary public of the State of , personally appeared __________________known to me to be the person(s) whose name(s) is(are) subscribed to the within instrument, and acknowledged that he/she/they executed the same.
WITNESS my hand and official seal

Notary public in and for said State
This communication is from Bank of America, N.A., the servicer of your home loan.
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