Below is a checklist that you can use to make sure your important records and documents are replaced in as timely a fashion as possible:

• driver's license, auto registration
• bank books (checking, savings, etc.)
• insurance policies
• military documents
• passports
• birth, death, and marriage certificates
• divorce papers
• social security or medicare cards
• credit cards
• titles, deeds
• stocks and bonds
• wills
• medical records and prescriptions
• warranties
• income tax records
• citizenship papers
• burial contracts
• animal registration documents
• mortgage documents