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Originally Posted by Rain Man
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Then yes, just bring it to a broker. I imagine they take physical possession of the stock and then put it into your relative's name. Convert from physical, direct ownership to street name ownership.
That's my best guess, but they can do whatever needs doing. Or you could try to call the company's transfer agent. Computershare or whoever. Those services track who owns stock for each public company, and they may be able to help. I'd just call your broker, though, as a first step.
Given stock splits, etc. over the years she may own more or fewer shares than indicated on the stock certificate(s) itself, however. Will be interesting for you to find out.
Has she been getting proxies etc. in the mail all these years?