Using a Wall Safe or Depository Safe: 11 Items to Keep Tucked Away

Many householders assume that if they don't have heirloom jewelry, wads of cash, kilos of illegal drugs in the house, they don't really need a wall safe. Then a fire or flood rips through the house - or a burglar violates your home - and you discover all of the things that money really can't replace in your home! Today we look at the top 11 items that almost every household has, that really should be stored in a fireproof wall safe or depository safe.

1. Your 'If I Die' List
Every household should have a list detailing your insurance policy numbers, bank account and credit card numbers, funeral plans, etc, that your next of kin would need to know about in the event that you (and your spouse, if applicable) died. Obviously this needs to be kept away from the general public, away from flood and away from fire!

2. Your birth certificate
Many states will allow you to get a copy, but if you happen to have lost your wallet as well you could be in real trouble.

3. Your marriage certificate
This is another way to prove your identity if your entire purse or wallet goes missing.

4. Your will
If you happen to die in that house fire, losing your will also would be a disaster. Yet do remember that if you die in a house fire, the combination to your safe might go up in smoke along with you ... so keep the combination to your floor safe or fireproof safe in a safe deposit box at the bank.

5. Stocks and bonds
These are very valuable documents, and should either be stored in a bank safe deposit box or your own fireproof safe or wall safe.

6. Original property / vehicle deeds
Ditto the above - too important to lose!

7. Non-digital family photos
If you have a collection of family photos from your parents or grandparents, chances are that they're the good old paper kind. You might want to choose a few of the best to store in your fireproof safe, just in case.

8. Heirloom jewelry
If you don't wear it regularly, put it in the safe - the price that an insurance company offers you for heirloom jewelry can rarely replace it.

9. Your contents insurance inventory
You should have either a video, a set of digital photos on a thumb drive or a set of paper photos to use as evidence in case your house burnt completely to the ground and insurance had to replace everything. A written inventory kept in a bank deposit box is not considered evidence. If you keep CDs or a thumb drive in your fireproof safe, make sure it is rated to protect them - there are separate ratings of 'fireproofness' for paper and for computer data, which is ruined at a lower temperature.

10. Passports
If you have a passport, it should definitely be kept in the most secure spot in the house.

11. Collectibles
Got any coin or stamp collections that the insurance company won't readily value? Put them in your wall safe, and save yourself the hassle of fighting with them to get what your things are really worth.

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