A true statement regarding the authority of a bank to pay checks out of a deceased person's account would be that ____________.
a. the deceased person's heirs claiming an interest in the account have no legal authority to order the bank to stop payment on checks.
b. the death of a depositor automatically terminates a bank's authority to pay any outstanding checks.
c. a bank has the right to pay checks of a deceased person until it has notice of the customer's death.
d. once a bank has notice a client is deceased, it has a limited statutory authority to pay the decedent's checks for up to six months.