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*Vanity* I have a safe deposit box key, now what? *Vanity*
nully
| 7 Feb 14
| nully
Posted on 02/07/2014 12:33:10 PM PST by null and void
Since FReepers know everything...
Amongst my late father's effects we found a safe deposit box key. Little blue envelope, a box number hand written on the flap, nothing to identify which bank or branch.
Is there some way short of going to each of the thousands of banks in a hundred mile radius to determine where the box might be?
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KEYWORDS: key; safedepositbox; vanity
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To: null and void
Crocker Bank?
Shoot me a pic later.
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posted on
02/07/2014 1:56:48 PM PST
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
To: null and void
Take the key a bank. They usually know what other bank uses that key type.
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posted on
02/07/2014 1:58:01 PM PST
by
CodeToad
(When ignorance rules a person's decision they are resorting to superstition.)
To: null and void
Just thought of something.
Go to State if California website.
They have a lost and found department.
If it is less than 10 years old you van probably get it.
If it is more than 10 years old it has likely been forfeited in a sale of lots.
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posted on
02/07/2014 1:59:15 PM PST
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
To: null and void
Probably not valid any more.......With that being said, there is a website that you can access to see if your state treasury has any funds held in your name. I discovered my state was holding $750 in my name, and for what reason I do not know..........
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posted on
02/07/2014 2:02:39 PM PST
by
Hot Tabasco
(I think I've lost my mojo.....)
To: null and void
That many years ago some banks offered a free safety deposit box with account, some people got them and never used them so it was/is possibly empty but I would have to track it down myself if possible- am too curious to let it alone. You would need to know where he has had bank accounts or did most of his banking.
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posted on
02/07/2014 2:06:43 PM PST
by
Tammy8
To: null and void
The first thing to do is obtain another safe deposit box to put the key and little blue envelope into until you find the other box. And don’t forget which bank you put it into.
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posted on
02/07/2014 2:11:34 PM PST
by
dragnet2
(Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
To: null and void
Many banks have waiting lists for boxes, and most won’t rent you one unless you have an account with them. If it’s not at his regular bank, find out which ones in your area will rent one without an account.
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posted on
02/07/2014 2:32:47 PM PST
by
Hugin
To: null and void
Nully, unclaimed property is also known as “escheat”, when you are googling your state’s unclaimed property information.
Good luck.
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posted on
02/07/2014 2:34:57 PM PST
by
exit82
("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
To: All
Let this be a lesson. Write on a piece of paper all accounts you have so your loved ones don’t have to go through this.
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posted on
02/07/2014 2:44:01 PM PST
by
Lurkina.n.Learnin
(This is not just stupid, we're talking Democrat stupid here.)
To: null and void
This is what happens in Pennsylvania. Might provide a clue.
What is Unclaimed Property?
There seems to be no time limit. Probably depends on the money grubbing qualities of your state legislature.
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posted on
02/07/2014 2:44:30 PM PST
by
Stentor
(Maybe the Goldman Sachs thing is just a coincidence.)
To: null and void
I’ve heard that a phone and a pen can do wonders.
To: null and void
My guess is it is at one of the banks he did business with. Look for bank statements and start there.
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posted on
02/07/2014 2:49:49 PM PST
by
DannyTN
To: null and void
My guess is it is at one of the banks he did business with. Look for bank statements and start there.
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posted on
02/07/2014 2:49:49 PM PST
by
DannyTN
To: bigbob
Look at it as an adventure. And an excuse to stop at every donut shop within a hundred mile radius.I really like the way you think!
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posted on
02/07/2014 2:57:25 PM PST
by
null and void
(<--- unwilling cattle-car passenger on the bullet train to serfdom)
To: no one in particular
Struck gold with the state controllers office.
Kaiser Foundation Health owes me $0.06!
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posted on
02/07/2014 3:29:30 PM PST
by
null and void
(<--- unwilling cattle-car passenger on the bullet train to serfdom)
To: Tijeras_Slim
56
posted on
02/07/2014 3:37:34 PM PST
by
Two Kids' Dad
(((( 0bama's words are the distraction to the destruction ))))
To: Lurkina.n.Learnin; null and void
I left two sets of numbers and made em look like telephone numbers.
If they still have any friggin brains after I’m gone they’ll figure out the numbers are really long. & lat.
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posted on
02/07/2014 4:03:25 PM PST
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
To: Stentor
Probably depends on the money grubbing qualities of your state legislature. I'm in California...
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posted on
02/07/2014 4:06:06 PM PST
by
null and void
(<--- unwilling cattle-car passenger on the bullet train to serfdom)
To: null and void
I'm in California...Ruh Roh Rorge.
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posted on
02/07/2014 4:24:32 PM PST
by
Stentor
(Maybe the Goldman Sachs thing is just a coincidence.)
To: null and void
No not really. Unless that key has some identifying number or mark, one key will look like another.
I believe your best advice is start local and increase the grid search until you take in the whole state where your Father lived.
Now a long shot would be to take the key to a good locksmith to see if they can offer any help at all.
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