Who is this service for?

Clients facing an extended absence — a custodial sentence, a long medical absence, or extended time abroad — who need lawfully held property to survive the term intact.

Why not just use a bank safe deposit box?

Because it fails silently. Unpaid rent leads to drilling and escheatment, and tangible contents are frequently auctioned by the state. A multi-year absence is exactly the scenario that triggers it.

Do you comply with subpoenas and court orders?

Yes. We publish that position plainly, because counsel cannot responsibly refer a client to a facility whose position is unknown.

Is this a way to hide assets?

No, and it must not be used that way. Concealing property from a court, a creditor, or a forfeiture or restitution proceeding is unlawful and we will not knowingly assist it.

Who can access the box during the absence?

Whoever is named at intake — a trustee, an entity officer, or an authorized agent. Nothing can be added once the client is unreachable, which is why it is set on day one.

From $795 a year. The term is prepaid annually so it cannot lapse because a payment method expired.

For South Florida defense counsel

Your client’s property should still be there when they are.

A bank safe deposit box fails silently over a multi-year absence — unpaid rent, drilling, and contents surrendered to the state. We are a custodian built for the term your client is actually facing.

Arrange a counsel consultation Call (954) 565-7233

Consultations with counsel are complimentary. We can meet at the facility or at your office.

40+

Years operating since 1983

Zero

Security incidents on record

Highest UL vault rating available

Client boxes ever drilled for non-payment

The argument

Why the default option fails

A bank box can be emptied while your client is away

Miss the rent on a bank safe deposit box and the bank may drill it. Contents then pass to the state as unclaimed property. A multi-year absence is exactly the circumstance in which that happens — and the client is in no position to notice.

Custody that does not depend on the renter being reachable

A box held by a trust or an entity has a custodian who remains reachable. Successor trustees, authorized agents, and named family members keep documented access without a court order.

Forty years, zero incidents, 9R structure

The facility has operated on the same stretch of coast since 1983 with no security incident. The vault is 9R rated — the Federal Reserve standard — behind two 14,000-pound John Tann doors.

Transparent about legal process

We respond to valid subpoenas and court orders. We say so plainly because counsel needs to know it before referring, not after. Clients should never be told otherwise.

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What we hold

Case & Legal Documents

Executed originals and full case files kept whole for years, with counsel named as an authorized agent at intake.

Family Heirlooms

One custodian, one signed inventory, one location — so nothing scatters among relatives while a household is running without its center.

Jewelry & Watches

Portable, easy to liquidate, and hard to prove was ever there, which is the exact problem a signed intake inventory solves.

Business & Corporate Records

The box is rented by the entity, so minute books and share ledgers stay reachable when the officers change.

Deeds, Titles & Identity Documents

A named agent can pull one title mid-term without disturbing the rest, and every release is documented as it happens.

Precious Metals

Weighed and recorded by form at intake, then verifiable in a private viewing room by whoever the client named.

Digital Media & Drives

Drives and tape held offline in controlled climate, so nothing degrades in a closet and no subscription lapses unnoticed.

Personal Effects & Photographs

Letters, photographs and service records — the property nobody assigns a value to and every family regrets losing.

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Where we stand on legal process

We comply with valid subpoenas and court orders.

We are a custodian of lawfully held property — not a means of placing assets beyond the reach of a court, a creditor, a restitution order, or a forfeiture proceeding. We publish this because a defense attorney cannot refer a client somewhere whose position is unclear, and because a storage arrangement that cannot be disclosed becomes an exhibit rather than a housekeeping detail.

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Alternatives

Compared to what clients actually do instead

Custody Vault vs. a Bank Safe Deposit Box

For a short absence the difference is minor. For a term measured in years it is the difference between property that is still there and property the state has sold.

Custody Vault vs. Leaving It With Family

This is what most clients do by default. It is free, it is immediate, and it is the arrangement that produces the most litigation afterwards.

Custody Vault vs. a Self-Storage Unit

Self-storage has the same failure mode as a bank box and a worse one on top of it: Florida lien law lets the facility auction the contents.

Pricing

2026 rates

Eight box sizes, all 24 inches deep, prepaid annually. Prepaid is the point: the term cannot lapse because a card expired while nobody was watching.

Box size	Annual	Typical use
3″ × 5″ × 24″	$795	Documents, passports, hardware wallets, seed plates
5″ × 5″ × 24″	$1,295	Jewelry, watches, a small coin holding
3″ × 10″ × 24″	$1,500	A full estate file plus family records
5″ × 10″ × 24″	$2,450	Under 100 oz gold, corporate books, working collections
5″ × 15″ × 24″	$3,250	Mixed heirlooms — silver, photographs, small objects
10″ × 10″ × 24″	$3,850	Silver positions, full coin runs, media rotation
15″ × 15″ × 24″	$7,850	Multi-asset family holdings
30″ × 15″ × 24″	$12,500	Small flat art, large bullion positions

Full pricing and terms →

Coverage

Serving 10 courthouses and legal corridors

the Broward County Courthouse the U.S. District Court, Fort Lauderdale the Miami-Dade Criminal Courthouse the U.S. District Court, Miami the Palm Beach County Courthouse the U.S. District Court, West Palm Beach Las Olas the Brickell legal corridor Coral Gables Boca Raton

Common questions

Who is this service for?: Clients facing an extended absence — a custodial sentence, a long medical absence, or extended time abroad — who need lawfully held property to survive the term intact.
Why not just use a bank safe deposit box?: Because it fails silently. Unpaid rent leads to drilling and escheatment, and tangible contents are frequently auctioned by the state. A multi-year absence is exactly the scenario that triggers it.
Do you comply with subpoenas and court orders?: Yes. We publish that position plainly, because counsel cannot responsibly refer a client to a facility whose position is unknown.
Is this a way to hide assets?: No, and it must not be used that way. Concealing property from a court, a creditor, or a forfeiture or restitution proceeding is unlawful and we will not knowingly assist it.
Who can access the box during the absence?: Whoever is named at intake — a trustee, an entity officer, or an authorized agent. Nothing can be added once the client is unreachable, which is why it is set on day one.
What does it cost?: From $795 a year. The term is prepaid annually so it cannot lapse because a payment method expired.

Visit us

Come and see where it is held

Address: 3562 N Ocean Blvd
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308
Galt Ocean Mile
Hours: Mon–Fri 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Phone: (954) 565-7233

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Tours are by appointment

You are welcome to see the vault before you decide anything. Tours are private and booked in advance — you will see the door, the man-trap entry and the box room, and nobody else will be walking through.

We are on the Galt Ocean Mile, on North Ocean Boulevard between Oakland Park Boulevard and Commercial Boulevard. If you are crossing one of the Intracoastal bridges, allow a few extra minutes — an opening adds ten.

No account relationship is required to visit. Call(954) 565-7233 and we will put a time aside.

Have the conversation early.

Twenty minutes weeks before a date is worth more than a rushed hour the week of. Consultations with counsel are complimentary.

Arrange a counsel consultation Call (954) 565-7233