I used to have a safety deposit box in the bank until a few years ago, and it was always my understanding that only I could access it. I had heard grumblings about some change in that process and then I stumbled across this - I just wonder if anyone has a safety box in the bank has asked the manager about this. That would seem to mean that if I stored some valuables in a safety deposit box here, that my family would have no right to the contents even though they are willed the contents in some fashion. sammieswife.
Point #3 Bank Of America and Compass Bank managers (probably all other U.S. banks too) have been instructing their employees in the last few weeks on how to respond to customer demands in the event of a collapse of the U.S. economy - specifically telling the employees that only agents from the Department Of Homeland Security will have authority to decide what belongings customers may have from their safe deposit boxes - and that precious metals and other valuables will not be released to U.S. citizens. The bank employees have been strictly prohibited from revealing the banks’ new "guidelines" to anyone. (however, employees have been talking to friends and family)The next time you visit your bank, ask them about it - then ask yourself, why is this information being kept secret from customers and the public - what’s really going on?