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Family & Helper Access
For everyone who was given printed cards or a code by the owner
Important! Write down or print these words now. You will not see them again after you continue.
Master Key
Two copies of this card will print — give one to your Master Key holder and one to a backup person, so a single lost card never locks your family out.
Keylock Key
Two copies of this card will print too — one for your second key holder (a spouse, a child, a trustee or an attorney: anyone you trust), one for their backup person. Both keys are needed together to unlock.
How your key holders will use these: When they access this USB drive, they'll see the full list of military alphabet words in alphabetical order. Each person finds and clicks their 6 words, in order. Both key holders must enter their pattern to unlock.
Only one person you'd trust with everything? That's fine: give that person both cards. Nobody has to be an attorney. And once you're set up, you can also give one person a single code of their own under Key Holders.
Two-Key Access
Both printed cards are needed, one at a time. Clicked the wrong word? Just click it again to un-pick it.
Step 1 — the MASTER KEY card
Read the card top to bottom. Click word 1, then word 2, and so on — don't hunt the list for words you recognize. If the card holder is on the phone, they read, you click.
Step 2 — NOW the KEYLOCK KEY card
The Master card is done — set it aside. Read the KEYLOCK card top to bottom, clicking word 1, then word 2. If that card holder is on the phone, they read, you click.
Enter Your Key Codes
Type each code exactly as it appears on your printed key — capital and small letters matter. It's long; take your time.
Is your printed key one long code (letters and numbers) instead of 6 words? Enter it here instead.
Trusted Key Access
Enter the Trusted Key that was given to you. Only one key is needed.
Emergency Access
Click your 6 words in the order printed on your card. You do not need the other key holder for emergency access. Clicked the wrong word? Just click it again to un-pick it.
What brings you here today?
This only chooses which pages you see first — you can switch at any time, and nothing you pick can erase or change anything.
The Map
Your Left In Peace
Theme
Text
Help
Your Crisis Card
Phones & Devices
Add each phone, tablet, or computer that someone might need to unlock — especially the phone that gets the sign-in codes banks and other accounts text you
Primary Email
Some email services give you "backup codes" — spare one-time codes for signing in when your usual way doesn't work. If you saved yours, say where. If you've never heard of them, leave this blank.
Other Email Accounts
Most people have more than one — an old address bills still go to, a work address, one for shopping. Add each one your family might need to get into.
A password manager is an app like 1Password, LastPass, or Bitwarden that stores all your passwords. Most people don't use one — leave this unchecked if you don't.
Password Manager
Enter the details for your password manager service
Personal IDs
Important identification numbers your heirs may need for official paperwork, benefits, and closing accounts
Passports
Add each passport you hold. If you have dual citizenship, add one for each country.
Spouse / Partner IDs
If you share this kit as a household, record your spouse's or partner's numbers here too — survivor benefits and joint-account paperwork usually need both of you. Leave blank if it's just you.
Safes
Add each safe, lockbox, or secured storage
Alarm Systems
Add each alarm system or security panel
Bank & Debit Card PINs
Security Questions for Your Other Accounts
This is not for getting into Left In Peace. Many websites and banks ask a security question — like your mother's maiden name or the name of your first pet — before they let you in. Write those questions and your answers here so your family can get into those accounts when they need to.
Attorney / Lawyer
Accountant / Tax Preparer
Expected Tax Documents
List every source that sends you a tax form each year. Your family and accountant will need to wait for all of these before filing your final return.
Financial Advisor
Insurance Agent
Employer / HR
If you are currently employed — your family may need to contact HR for final pay, benefits, employer life insurance, and 401(k)
Healthcare Providers
Doctors, dentist, pharmacy, specialists — your family will need these for medical records and prescriptions
Net Worth Snapshot
A quick picture of what you own and what you owe. Money owed to you and Personal loans fill in automatically from your "who owes me" and "money I owe" lists below — type over any number to change it, or tap Recalculate to refresh. Rough, rounded numbers are fine for the rest.
What you ownWhat you owe
You own about $0 · you owe about $0 Your net worth: $0
Bank Accounts
Include money apps too — PayPal, Venmo, Cash App — and any cryptocurrency. Balances there are real dollars your family can't find on any statement.
Credit Cards
Investment Accounts
Digital Currency (Bitcoin, etc.)
Real Estate
Vehicles
Debts & Loans
Retirement Accounts
401(k), IRA, 403(b), TSP, and other retirement accounts not already listed above
Pensions
Company pensions, government pensions, military retirement pay
Social Security
People Who Owe Me Money
Personal loans, IOUs, or money owed to you by individuals (not banks)
Money I Owe to People
Personal debts, informal loans, or money you owe to individuals
Life Insurance
Health Insurance
If you use a patient portal (MyChart or your doctor's website), add it here too — it's where your appointments, records, and medical bills live.
Other Insurance
Home, Auto, Umbrella, Long-Term Care, Disability
Will
Families lose months when an old will turns up and nobody knows whether it still counts. Say here which one is current.
Trust
Power of Attorney
Worth asking your attorney: does your will or POA give someone authority over your online accounts? Most states allow it, but only if the document says so.
Vital Records
Your family will need these for the death certificate, benefits claims, and account closures
Other Important Papers
Papers families most often don't know exist until something is held up. Tick the ones you have and say where each one is. Leave the rest unticked: that tells your heirs not to go looking.
Organ & Tissue Donation
Medical Directives & End-of-Life Care
These instructions guide your family and doctors if you cannot speak for yourself
Tax Returns
A final tax return must be filed for the year of death
Service People
The people you call when something needs fixing
Pets
Your family needs to know immediately — who feeds them, vet info, medications, and who should take them
Valuable Items
Important items, where they are, and what to do with them
Made free Treasure Cards at leftinpeace.com/treasures? Choose the my-treasure-cards.fpt file (it came attached to the email you sent yourself, or was saved to your computer) and your cards appear here — photos, stories, and all.
Wireless Internet (WiFi)
This information is usually printed on a sticker on the router itself. Second home? Add its internet provider as a Utility Account named for that property, with the router details in its notes.
Internet Service Provider
Cell Phone Plan
Subscriptions
Monthly or yearly services you pay for (TV, music, software, gym, newspaper, etc.). Also add social media and online accounts here (Facebook, Google, Apple ID) so your family knows what to close or memorialize.
Social Media & Digital Accounts
What should happen to your online presence? Your family will need to know what to close, memorialize, or leave alone.
P.O. Box
If you rent a post office box, your family will need to keep checking it or close it
Emergency Resources
Utility Accounts
Electric, gas, water, trash, sewer — these need to be transferred or cancelled
Recurring Donations & Auto-Pay Commitments
Church tithing, charity pledges, and recurring donations that auto-draft from your accounts
Property Tax / HOA
For your main home. Own more than one property? Record each property's tax and association fees on its own entry under Financial → Real Estate — and utilities can name their property too.
Homeowners Association (HOA)
Funeral & Burial Arrangements
Your family may need to make decisions within 24 hours
Memberships & Commitments
Larger commitments that need to be addressed — storage units, clubs, timeshares, flight programs, gym contracts, etc.
Business Interests
Add each business you own, are a partner in, or participate in (MLM, franchise, consulting, etc.)
General Message to Loved Ones
This will be shown to anyone who accesses your Left In Peace.
Individual Messages
Personal messages for specific people
Permission Statement
"Permission to let go" — Tell your heirs it's okay to get rid of things
People to Notify
Friends, relatives, colleagues, and others who should be contacted when the time comes. Your heirs can export this list as a file they can open in any spreadsheet program.
Do Not Contact
People who should NOT be notified or contacted for any reason
Where is the USB Drive?
Tell your heirs where to find this USB drive
Who Has the Master Key?
The Master Key is usually kept by you (in your wallet, safe, etc.)
Backup Person for Master Key
Give this person the second copy of the Master Key card — if the primary holder can't be reached or loses their card, the backup copy still opens the door
Who Has the Keylock Key?
The Keylock Key is typically given to a trustee or attorney
Backup Person for Keylock Key
Give this person the second copy of the Keylock Key card — if the primary holder can't be reached or loses their card, the backup copy still opens the door
Emergency Access Settings
If someone has a medical emergency, should either key holder be able to access essential information alone — without needing the other key?
Trusted Keys — Optional
You do not need to create any Trusted Keys. Your heirs can always access your information using the two word patterns you printed during setup. Trusted Keys are only for someone you want to have easy, single-key access right now — like a spouse who helps manage finances.
Most people skip this section. Only use it if there is someone who needs to access this information while you are still alive, without needing to coordinate with a second key holder.
⚠ Read This Before Creating a Trusted Key
A Trusted Key gives one person complete access to everything on this USB drive — with or without your knowledge. That includes:
Every password and PIN you've stored (bank, email, phone, computer)
All bank account numbers, retirement accounts, and investment details
Safe combinations, alarm codes, and security answers
Every contact, document location, and financial record
Only create a Trusted Key for someone you trust completely with your financial life.
Anyone with this key and physical access to the USB drive can see everything — they do not need your permission or presence. You can revoke a Trusted Key at any time, but you cannot undo what someone has already seen.
Practice With Your Key Holders
One day the two card holders will open this drive without you. Have them try it once with you — each enters their card's words, exactly like the real thing, against this very drive. Nothing private is shown and nothing changes; the date is recorded and a slip prints for your will folder. A successful practice is worth more than any instructions you could leave.
Documents for Your Heirs
Print these and give copies to your heirs, attorney, and anyone who needs to know about this USB drive. No sensitive information is included — just contact info and instructions.
Replace the Family Keys
Creates two brand-new keys and retires the old ones. Use this if a printed key card was lost or seen by someone you didn't choose — or if your drive is from before word cards existed and the buttons above say your keys can't be printed. Every card printed before (including the "Open With My Will" card) stops working, so plan to print and hand out new cards right away.
The "Open With My Will" Card
One page with both keys on it, meant to be sealed in an envelope and kept with your will — so whoever finds the will, even many years from now, finds the keys too. Anyone holding this page can open your Left In Peace, so only print it if it will live somewhere as protected as the will itself: your attorney's file, a safe, or a safe deposit box.
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Print Complete Record prints everything you've filled in — including passwords and account numbers. Handy if you'd rather also keep it on paper. Put it somewhere locked, and print a fresh one when things change so an old copy isn't left behind.
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Information Prepared for You
A good first step: print everything
A printed copy is the easiest way to work through this — you can share it with the attorney and check things off as you go. It includes every section with all passwords shown, so keep it somewhere private.
