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westone
I'm curious about some of the services that claim to store things such as living wills, marriage licenses, insurance policies, etc... on the internet.

To start off, I'm not even sure if this is legal. It seems odd to me that say, a fire insurance company would accept a service where a person could easily upload pictures of their neibors stuff and make claims to it after their house burnt down. Anythoughts to the legalities on services like these?

For that very reason I am concerned with which company I choose, if I go with these types of services at all. I really hope if works out because if it is indeed legal it seems like it would make legitmate claims so much easier.

These are some of the services I'm deciding between... Leaveright.com (http://www.leaveright.com) has a free silver membership, that doesn't offer most features. chances are If I go with them I would want the full membership. Arkiva.com (http://www.Arkiva.com) seems rather expensive, but they have professionals photographers take pictures of your assets for you. This seems more legitimate since someone else would be doing it for me, but the prices are huge. Especially considering I'd rather do everything myself if possible. Theesafe.com (http://www.theesafe.com) Seems to be about the lowest priced service I have found yet, but they don't seem to offer many of the services that places like arkiva offer. Like I said before though, I don't mind doing things myself as long as it's legal that way.

I'd really appreciate if anyone knows anything about these companies or their legitimacy. Thanks for any help!

brown_sand
Hello westone,

I know it's been some time, but did you have any luck with any of these companies? I'm looking into the same ting myself and would appreciate any insight.

Thanks!

Dingobiscuit
Alas, westone plugged those sites way back in 2006 and has yet to log in again...

Puck
Not sure how you can "store" a will online, since you will be unable to store your handwritten signature online, and all states I know of won't accept a will that isn't hand-signed.