Our client is overseas. Can they authorize access remotely?

Authorization has to be documented, and for an overseas client that normally means a properly executed power of attorney rather than an email. We will tell you what we can accept before intake. The one thing we will not do is release property to someone whose authority we cannot verify on paper.

Is the drive from Miami realistic for urgent retrieval?

Not for same-day urgency, and we would rather say so. Plan retrieval a day ahead. If your practice genuinely needs same-hour access to originals, custody in Broward is the wrong arrangement for that particular document, whatever its other advantages.

How far is the facility from the U.S. District Court, Miami?

About 42 minutes from the U.S. District Court, Miami in normal traffic. We are at 3562 N Ocean Blvd, Fort Lauderdale, on the Galt Ocean Mile.

Can you collect from my office instead of the client’s home?

Yes. Low-profile armored collection is available throughout South Florida in unmarked vehicles. Many intakes run through counsel rather than through the client.

How quickly can custody be arranged?

Same week in most cases, and same day where a date is imminent. The limiting factor is usually the inventory, not the vault.

What do you tell a court if asked?

We comply with valid subpoenas and court orders. We tell counsel that before intake, not after. Nothing here is designed to conceal property from lawful process.

Courts we serve · Courthouse

Long-Term Asset Custody near the U.S. District Court, Miami

About 42 minutes from the U.S. District Court, Miami in normal traffic. The Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr. courthouse downtown. Federal sentences here often run in years rather than months, and property planning is usually left far too late.

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Client boxes ever drilled for non-payment

The case

Why counsel near the U.S. District Court, Miami use custody storage

International clients, domestic originals

Southern District federal work in Miami carries an unusual share of clients who do not live in the United States. That creates a specific problem: the executed originals are here, the client is not, and the client's own jurisdiction may have different rules about what an original even is. A documented custody arrangement with named domestic authorized parties is often the cleanest answer available.

Closing binders and the documents nobody re-signs

Corporate and commercial matters generate a small number of documents that genuinely cannot be recreated — executed originals, certificates, instruments with apostilles attached. They are usually stored wherever the closing happened. Moving that small set into documented custody is a low-effort, high-consequence piece of housekeeping that firms tend to do only after being burned.

Continuity when a matter outlives a firm

Federal matters run long. Firms merge, offices relocate, and file rooms get packed by people who were not there for the closing. Custody held with a third party under a named authorization is the version that survives all of that, because it does not depend on any particular office still existing in the same form.

Access

Getting to the vault from the U.S. District Court, Miami

The federal courthouse in downtown Miami is the furthest of the three district locations from the vault, and there is no point pretending the drive is short. For Miami federal practices the arrangement that works is scheduled collection and scheduled return, planned against the docket rather than against the day. Counsel who use us here typically deposit at the start of a matter and withdraw once, rather than treating the vault as a filing cabinet they visit.

What clients place in custody

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.

Our client is overseas. Can they authorize access remotely?: Authorization has to be documented, and for an overseas client that normally means a properly executed power of attorney rather than an email. We will tell you what we can accept before intake. The one thing we will not do is release property to someone whose authority we cannot verify on paper.
Is the drive from Miami realistic for urgent retrieval?: Not for same-day urgency, and we would rather say so. Plan retrieval a day ahead. If your practice genuinely needs same-hour access to originals, custody in Broward is the wrong arrangement for that particular document, whatever its other advantages.
How far is the facility from the U.S. District Court, Miami?: About 42 minutes from the U.S. District Court, Miami in normal traffic. We are at 3562 N Ocean Blvd, Fort Lauderdale, on the Galt Ocean Mile.
Can you collect from my office instead of the client’s home?: Yes. Low-profile armored collection is available throughout South Florida in unmarked vehicles. Many intakes run through counsel rather than through the client.
How quickly can custody be arranged?: Same week in most cases, and same day where a date is imminent. The limiting factor is usually the inventory, not the vault.
What do you tell a court if asked?: We comply with valid subpoenas and court orders. We tell counsel that before intake, not after. Nothing here is designed to conceal property from lawful process.

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Tours are private and by appointment. You will see the vault door, the man-trap entry, and the box sizes in person. No account relationship is required to visit.