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Number one, you can actually deposit it with the county. Nobody does that anymore. That’s 50, 60, 80, 100 years ago is how people would handle that. You can still do it, though. A lot of people will put it in the safe deposit box. If you’re going to do that, let people know it’s in the safe deposit box and keep a copy outside of the safe deposit box because the bank has this problem of not allowing somebody to get into the box without knowing that they have the authority. But the instrument that
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creates their authority is in the box. It’s a catch 22. What do I do? So, make sure there are copies outside. You can get um appointed as personal representative by the court even though it’s based on a copy as long as you can say, “Look, the I know the original is in that box. I just need to be appointed.” And the third way is what my clients typically do. I give them a fireproof bag to keep it in. give them copies and I give them a flash drive so that they can make copies and I tell
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them to tell other people where that is and give them copies if they’re ultimately going to be the personal representative.