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How it works

Four steps, and none of them rushed

Most people spend less than an hour with us the first time. What they leave with is a box, a key, and a signed list of everything in it.

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A conversation first

Call or book a visit. Fifteen minutes on the phone is usually enough to work out what you have, what you need, and whether a box is the right answer at all. Sometimes it is not, and we will say so.

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Intake, on paper

You are identified against government-issued photo ID. Everything that goes in is listed on a signed inventory, and you keep a copy. What exists becomes a document rather than a memory.

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The box

A private box in a 9R-rated vault behind two 14,000-pound doors, engineered for a Category 5 storm. Rented in your name, jointly, or by a trust — whichever your attorney recommends.

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When you need it

Access by appointment, identified and logged every time. Originals come out when they are needed and go back when they are not. Producing a document becomes an errand instead of a project.

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What to bring

Less than you would think.

  • Government-issued photo ID. It is checked at every visit, not just the first.
  • The originals you want kept, unsorted. Sorting is our job, not yours.
  • If a trust or company will rent the box, the documents that show who may act for it.
  • Nothing you would not want a court to see. Everything here is logged and discoverable.

When you are ready, we are here.

A short phone call is usually enough to know whether a box is the right answer. Sometimes it is not, and we will say so.