They can fill out a form to try and get their stuff back. LOL
https://forms.fbi.gov/u-s-private-vaults-claim-form
Article explains it a little more; https://ij.org/case/u-s-private-vaults-seizure/
When my dad died very suddenly, the bank froze the safe deposit box he held jointly with my mom until it could be opened in the presence of government official to see what was inside of it. Gotta get your tax money, you know.
When she got sick before she died, we learned our lesson and dealt proactively with it.
That one event was enough to sour me on safe deposit boxes for good.
A home safe well hidden is now our preferred way of keeping things safe.
The issue appears to be possession without attribution.
Government asserting an authority to attribute ownership of all property to a person.
What good is it to find $1 million in cash if they cannot determine whose cash it is? lol