Discover what to safely store in a deposit box for security, and understand which items are better kept at home. Don't risk accessibility for peace of mind.

While movies and television shows have often glamorized the incredible security of safe deposit boxes and/or vaults in banks, the truth could be a little less concrete (or, rather, less reinforced ...

A safety deposit box, also known as a safe deposit box, is a secure storage container, housed within a bank or a financial institution’s vault. These boxes can provide you with a high level of ...

Safety deposit boxes offer enhanced security for valuables but aren't accessible outside bank hours. Items in safe deposit boxes are not FDIC insured; separate insurance is needed for coverage. Legal ...

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ATLANTA — Do you have a safety deposit box? Using them to protect your valuables may not be the best option, Channel 2 consumer adviser Clark Howard says. Howard says with bank mergers and closures, ...

Safe deposit boxes are considered storage space provided by the bank and do not fall under the insurance laws, according to the government agency. Banks offer safe deposit boxes as a service to ...

Items that are difficult or impossible to replace, such as important documents and family heirlooms, are ideal for safe deposit boxes. It is not advisable to store items that may be needed quickly or ...

After rare coins worth an estimated $3.6 million went missing, a customer of a now-shuttered Bank of America branch in metro Detroit is questioning whether safe deposit boxes, where the coins had been ...

I have a distant, elderly aunt in Los Angeles who barely spends any money and keeps all her savings in a safe-deposit box at a bank. She has no immediate family. We are actually the only relatives she ...

KANSAS CITY, Kan. — You’d think that safe deposit boxes would be the safest place to keep your valuables, but a Kansas woman said she no longer believes that after her safe deposit box went ...

Times, they are a changing. It seems safe deposit boxes are going out of style. Like my taste in clothing, music, and fashion. People instead rely on digital copies of valuable documents, and many are ...