Being 'dead' is a big pain for California woman

Kathrine Neubauer was declared dead several months ago.

She’s had nothing but trouble ever since….

Neubauer’s predicament became absurd — and expensive — when she recently went to apply for a loan at a bank she won’t name.

The bank processed her loan application, granting her the advertised interest rate. Then the loan officer discovered Neubauer was supposedly dead.

“After they found out I was deceased, they said they could get me the loan, but they’d charge me an interest rate that was 1 percent higher,” Neubauer said.

Neubauer said she’s consulted two attorneys for advice on how to get off the deceased list. Neither could help.

Somehow a good illustration of the bureaucratic absurdities of some aspects of modern life. Read it all

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