Application to add a nominee in bank account

Use this to ask the bank to add or change the nominee of your account. The nominee is the person who can receive the money after the account holder's death.

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To The Branch Manager, [Bank Name], [Branch Name] Date: [Date] Subject: Request to add a nominee to my account Respected Sir/Madam, I hold a savings account, number [Account Number], in your branch. I wish to [add a nominee / change the nominee] for this account. The details are: Name of nominee: [Nominee's Name] Relationship with me: [Relationship] Date of birth of nominee: [Nominee's Date of Birth] Address of nominee: [Nominee's Address] Kindly register this nomination and give me an acknowledgement. Thanking you, Yours faithfully, [Your Name] Account No.: [Account Number] Mobile: [Mobile Number] Signature: ____________

When to use this letter

Use this when your account has no nominee, or when you want to change the nominee after a marriage, a birth or a death in the family. A nomination makes it far simpler for your family to receive the money in the account if something happens to you. Check your passbook or statement to see whether one is already recorded.

Before you send it

Banks record a nomination on a prescribed nomination form. Ask the branch for it, or use net banking if your bank offers nomination there. This letter is a covering request.
Spell the nominee's name as it appears on their identity proof.
If the nominee is a minor, the form asks for the name of an adult who will receive the money on the minor's behalf.
Ask for the acknowledgement and check that the passbook or statement shows "Nomination registered".

How to send or submit it

Ask the branch for the nomination form and submit it with this letter, or use net banking or the app if your bank offers nomination there. Take the acknowledgement, and later check that the nomination shows in your passbook or statement.

Mistakes that get it sent back

The bank's prescribed nomination form was not filled in.
The nominee's name, relationship or other details asked for on the form are incomplete.
A joint account where not all the holders signed.
The signature does not match.

This is a general format, written by us, to save you time. If the bank has its own printed form, use that form. Last checked: 11 November 2026.

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