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Safe Deposit Regulatory Compliance & Legal Issues

Recorded on August 20, 2014

Improve Your System:

Questions regarding the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, USA PATRIOT Act, Suspicious Activity Reports, Know Your Customer, powers of attorney, deceased renters, payable on death leases, living trusts, court orders, Americans with Disabilities Act, past due boxes, abandoned property and many other legal and compliance areas have caused great concern and confusion for the safe deposit industry. At this workshop you will receive current information about all of these issues and an in-depth explanation about how they impact on your financial institution and your safe deposit box renters.

David McGuinn, a nationally known expert in the area of safe deposit, will provide clear concise answers to complicated questions regarding your institution's responsibility and potential liability. He will also identify and discuss various compliance issues relating to each legal topic.

What You Will Learn:

Get answers to the following questions and establish internal procedures to comply with your own safe deposit requirements.

  • Does the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA) apply to past due boxes?
  • What seven suspicious safe deposit transactions always trigger a SAR?
  • How does the USA PATRIOT Act affect all safe deposit areas nationwide?
  • What BSA & SAR violations are compliance examiners finding today?
  • What should we do if dangerous content are found in a past due box?
  • When are box contents sent to the Unclaimed Property Department?
  • In most states who must be present when a past due box is drilled?
  • How can poor box drilling procedures make a box renter very rich?
  • Do you have "Right of Offset" against a past due renter's account?
  • What past due fees can be collected from a delinquent box renter?
  • Can you report a past due box renter to a credit-reporting agency?
  • What careful wording should be used in a FINAL past due notice?
  • What amount of safe deposit liability insurance should you carry?
  • How does the American with Disabilities Act affect safe deposit?
  • Who can legally enter a deceased renter's box in most states?
  • How should you answer a renter's question about insurance?
  • Should a power of attorney be used to enter a renter's box?
  • How can adding a "payable on death" clause get you sued?
  • Can money, guns or drugs be legally stored in a box?

This informative program is designed to update safe deposit supervisors, vault attendants, cashiers, branch managers, compliance officers, auditors, training directors, new account personnel and your in-house legal counsel.

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