Gun Safe Movers
Washington

A safe move requires emptying the safe, which creates an opportunity most people miss. Everything valuable you own is out, in one place, at one time, and that is exactly what an insurance inventory needs.

Just-tn-Time Moving works throughout Washington and Washington County. We are licensed in Utah and carry general liability insurance.

Why it matters

Most people cannot list what is in their safe from memory, and after a loss that is the position you are in.

tnsurers assess claims on evidence. A description from memory of a collection built over twenty years is considerably weaker than a dated photographic record with serial numbers.

tt also tends to reveal that the sums insured are out of date, which is the more common discovery.

What to record

Photographs of each item, individually rather than a group shot, with anything identifying visible.

Serial numbers, photographed rather than transcribed, since transcription errors are common.

Make, model and any distinguishing detail.

Purchase records, appraisals and receipts where you have them, photographed alongside.

Approximate value and when it was last assessed. For jewellery, collections and anything appreciating, an old valuation is close to no valuation.

Then talk to your insurer

The point of the exercise.

Ask whether firearms, jewellery or collections are covered at all under your policy, and to what limit. General contents limits for these categories are frequently low and surprise people.

Ask whether items need scheduling individually above a threshold, which is common.

Ask whether they are covered away from the property and in a vehicle, which matters because you will be transporting them yourself during the move.

Ask whether the safe itself, its rating and its anchoring affect your terms. Some insurers require particular standards for certain cover.

Where to keep the record

Not in the safe. That is the one place a record is useless in most loss scenarios.

Somewhere off-site or in cloud storage, and tell somebody you trust where it is.

While the contents are with you

They travel in your own vehicle rather than on any truck, secured and in accordance with the applicable law, which differs by jurisdiction and is not something a moving company should advise on. Documents, cash and jewellery go the same way.

If the move spans more than a day, keep them with you rather than in a hotel room or a parked car, and in summer here do not leave anything of value in a vehicle at all.

Do it while everything is out

tt takes an hour on a day the safe is being emptied anyway, and doing it later means unloading the safe a second time, which nobody does.

Call (435) 862-3080 or email office@movingjustintime.com.