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Important papers
By TIMES WIRES
Published August 28, 2006
IMPORTANT PAPERS If you have to evacuate, you'll want to take necessary and hard-to-replace documents. Here's a list of what should be in a waterproof, lockable container you can easily grab. - Checkbook, savings account passbook - Safe deposit box key - Birth, death and marriage certificates, divorce decree - Will and power of attorney - Social Security card and records - Military records - Medical records (living will, health care surrogacy, etc.) - Insurance policies - Health insurance cards - Retirement account records - Recent pay stubs, in case you have to document employment to collect benefits - Tax returns - Car titles and registrations - Mortgage deeds or rental agreements - Warranties and receipts - Credit cards - Passports, green cards - Food stamp, WIC or other benefit cards and paperwork - Important phone numbers (relatives, bank and insurance company) - Disc on which you back up computer files just before you shut down the computer and evacuate - Home inventory (on paper, disc or video; you should keep another copy in a safe place, maybe at work or at the home of a relative out of state) - Family photographs or other memorabilia
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