Savings Bond redemption with DPOA?

When I had a problem getting a bank to accept a DPOA, I petitioned the court to order the bank to accept the DPOA in the state mandated form. Problem solved.

We were in your situation. However, we had a bank account at the same place as my Dad's bank account. And my dad and I had a joint bank account at that same bank (which we only use for Dad's expenses).

I was able to go to the branch with the form 1522, the DPOA, and my drivers' license, and they had a person who performed the Medallion Stamp. I photocopied everything for my files. Then I sent all the originals to the address on the 1522 form and 1 to 2 weeks later, a direct deposit went into our joint account. It seems like the Chase branch would be able to provide the medallion stamp for you if you verified your identity and had the DPOA available?

I just read GA reply. I worked with an officer of the bank not a teller.

I used the Medallion for transfer of shares from Mom to me after her death.

Bonds were in my husbands name with me as beneficiary. He needed to sign them. The bank did everything for us.

Why can't the cousin cash in his own bonds? I would find another bank. Like I said, maybe cousin can fill out a form allowing you to act as his rep. having it notarized.
Things can be done by email and fax.

Chase has changed its position on medallion guarantee of signatures.  It used to handle that function w/o issue whenever stock splits or other stock activities required the guarantee, but I learned some months ago that it no longer routinely does this.  After checking different Chase branches in higher end communities, I found one that does.   

The Chase bank I found that will handle the guarantee is in one of the tonier neighborhoods.   You might try that in your area.

In addition, this list of banks that do medallion guarantees might be of help:

https://firstquarterfinance.com/medallion-signature-guarantee-locations/

I was told by a rep of one of the stocks that had to be guaranteed for trust transfer that there's an online site that provides guarantees, but I can't be comfortable with providing so much personal information verifying my identity and the information on the stock forms to a company about which I know nothing.

You might find a more sophisticated staff at one of the Chase branches to be more flexible, but I would also ask them how they do handle transactions that require a DPOA.   Sometimes staff just aren't that knowledgeable.   One individual at one of the branches I've used was in that position, which is why I chose a branch in a wealthier area to handle the trust issues.

A Medallion is not hard to get. The bank officer was very helpful when I did it. Can't remember the process but I don't remember any problems.. I needed it for shares I had transferred. Maybe there is something your cousin can sign giving u additional permission.

The bank took us thru the process of cashing our bonds. We did not go thru the website. We cashed in about a 100 bonds about 30k worth. We made about 60k in interest, 13k of that went to taxes.

So, you should be able to get the Medallion and cash the bonds in all at the bank. You will get a receipt for the bonds and a 1099 for 2021 taxes in January.