4.6 Safety Deposit Boxes

4. Managing, Accessing and Closing a Bank Account

• Checklist: Managing, Accessing and Closing a Bank Account
• 4.1 Keeping Your Account Open
• 4.2 Managing Your Account, Yourself
• 4.3 Creating a Joint Bank Account
• 4.4 Granting a Financial or Limited Power of Attorney
• 4.5 Closing Your Bank Account
• 4.6 Safety Deposit Boxes

If you want to keep your safety deposit box open you will have to add another person to the account as a joint renter, or choose a deputy who can access the safety deposit box. Some banks will not allow you to use a general power of attorney to give another person access to your safety deposit box. If you want to close your box, make sure to do so before leaving for your home country.