What we hold · Deeds, Titles & Identity Documents
Deeds, Titles and Identity Documents in Long-Term Custody
These are the documents needed to prove ownership, transfer property, or re-establish an identity — and each one takes months to replace if it is lost.
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40+
Years operating since 1983
Zero
Security incidents on record
9R
Highest UL vault rating available
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Client boxes ever drilled for non-payment
Why this matters
What goes wrong over a long term
Replacing a lost title, deed, or identity document is slow at the best of times. Doing it from a position of limited access, years later, is worse. Meanwhile these are the exact documents a family may need mid-term in order to sell a vehicle, manage a property, or settle an obligation.
How custody handles deeds, titles & identity documents
- Waterproof, airtight vault — the failure mode for paper here is water, not theft.
- A named agent can retrieve a single title mid-term without disturbing the rest.
- Every release is documented, so the chain of custody is clean.
- Rental by trust keeps the box outside probate if circumstances change.
Coverage
How this is insured
This category splits sharply and the split is worth knowing. Recorded instruments — a deed, a mortgage satisfaction, a recorded lien release — are retrievable from the county for a fee, so their insurable exposure is small. Certificates of title, original birth and marriage records and passports are administratively replaceable but slowly, and the loss is measured in weeks of delay rather than dollars. Neither is really an insurance problem; both are an availability problem.
Succession
What happens to it in an estate
These are the documents an estate stalls on. A personal representative cannot transfer a vehicle without the title, cannot readily establish relationships without the vital records, and cannot close accounts without identity documents. None of it is valuable in the way jewelry is valuable, and all of it is on the critical path. Holding this set together, inventoried, with a named authorized party, removes more delay from an administration than almost anything else on this list.
Which box size fits
Documents are flat and light. A 3×5×24 or 3×10×24 is usually enough.
Common questions
- Can a family member pull one title and leave the rest?
- Yes, if named. Each release is documented individually.
- Do you hold passports?
- Yes, as documents. We do not advise on travel or reporting obligations.
- What if a court orders production?
- We comply with valid legal process. See our page on how we handle it.
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Case & Legal Documents
Executed originals and full case files kept whole for years, with counsel named as an authorized agent at intake.
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Family Heirlooms
One custodian, one signed inventory, one location — so nothing scatters among relatives while a household is running without its center.
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Jewelry & Watches
Portable, easy to liquidate, and hard to prove was ever there, which is the exact problem a signed intake inventory solves.
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Set custody up before the date, not after.
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.