Ideally, you need to have the originals located in a safe, fireproof location in your house.
Digital copies can be encrypted and uploaded to cloud storage, or stored on an encrypted flash drive.
Paper copies should be placed in a small, fireproof safe and kept with your evacuation gear, along with the encrypted flash drive.
- Auto loan paperwork
- Bank account records
- Birth certificates
- Business licenses and permits
- Combinations for safes and other padlocked areas
- Contact list of family and friends (name, phone, email, address, etc.)
- Credit card information: card info, issuing bank info
- Incorporation documents
- Concealed Carry License, CCW permits, Firearm licenses, Class 3 documents
- DD214 or military records
- Death Certificates
- Deeds
- Divorce and custody papers
- Doctor contact information
- Drivers license
- Email passwords for all accounts
- Family pictures
- Firearm information: descriptions, serial numbers, and photos
- Immunization records
- Insurance documents (home, auto, health, life, etc.)
- Investment information
- Logins and passwords of needed websites
- Marriage license
- Medical Records
- Medicine Prescriptions
- Mortgage information
- Passports
- Pharmacy information
- Photo IDs
- Records of ownership for household items (paper, photo, video record of items, including serial numbers)
- Rental and lease agreements
- Resume, CV, work history
- School records, diplomas, certificates, and licenses
- SSN cards
- Vehicle titles and registrations
- Website list, either a list of your important sites, or a copy of your browser’s bookmarks.
- Wills and living trust documents