Things You'll Need:
- Safe-deposit Boxes
- Vital Documents
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Step 1
Put original records in the box. Documents might include birth certificates, marriage and divorce certificates, military discharge papers, and passports.
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Step 2
Include investment certificates - stocks, bonds, government securities and passbooks.
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Step 3
File records of your profit-sharing and pension plans, IRAs, and so forth.
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Step 4
Put the certificates of title to your cars in the box.
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Step 5
Include copies of wills and death certificates.
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Step 6
Put valuable jewelry or collections in the box.









Comments
Anonymous said
on 11/22/2005 Many people call a safe deposit box a "safety deposit box." While we put things in the box as a safety measure, the correct term is "safe deposit box" - since the box is in a locked vault, a safe.
Anonymous said
on 11/22/2005 At my bank, the only people who have access to the box while the person who originally got the box is alive are those who have been authorized to have access by the original person and who have signed the signature card.