{
  "schema": "vedokrok.public-item.v1",
  "release_id": "MHC-RPUB-20260920-75ad787a",
  "url": "/knowledge/photograph-valuable-property-before-you-need-to-prove-what-existed",
  "id": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-0962",
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "title": "Photograph valuable property before you need to prove what existed",
  "summary": "Future-you should not have to reconstruct a room from stress and receipts you no longer have.",
  "kind": "protocol",
  "body": "Periodically photograph rooms and material valuables and keep enough context to identify significant items. Store the inventory with other protected household records. Update it after major purchases or moves. The purpose is documentation and recovery support, not cataloguing every spoon.",
  "limits": [
    "Insurance coverage, valuation and proof requirements vary; check the applicable policy rather than assuming photos alone guarantee reimbursement."
  ],
  "topics": [
    "union-life-admin-resilience"
  ],
  "intents": [],
  "source_ids": [
    "RS-08D2C7D054AE1370"
  ],
  "evidence": [
    {
      "claim": "Ready.gov recommends documenting property and maintaining a household inventory for insurance and disaster recovery purposes.",
      "source_id": "RS-08D2C7D054AE1370",
      "role": "supports",
      "note": "Insurance coverage, valuation and proof requirements vary; check the applicable policy rather than assuming photos alone guarantee reimbursement.",
      "locator": "See source record"
    }
  ],
  "use_when": [
    "There is no current household inventory and an insurance or recovery claim would depend on memory."
  ],
  "avoid_when": [
    "Insurance coverage, valuation and proof requirements vary; check the applicable policy rather than assuming photos alone guarantee reimbursement."
  ],
  "example": "A short video of each room plus photos of expensive electronics can be much more useful than trying to remember every item after damage.",
  "check": "The household has recent evidence of major property and possessions before a loss occurs.",
  "steps": [
    "Take broad room photos plus close-ups of high-value items.",
    "Capture serial/model information where useful.",
    "Store the inventory separately from the property itself.",
    "Refresh after major changes."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "RS-08D2C7D054AE1370",
      "title": "Document and Insure Your Property",
      "url": "https://www.ready.gov/collection/document-insure-property"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [
    {
      "from": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-0962",
      "to": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-0961",
      "type": "useful_with",
      "url": "/knowledge/keep-a-secure-copy-outside-the-place-the-original-can-fail"
    }
  ],
  "collections": [
    {
      "id": "RC-32ABADCA15A41C15",
      "title": "Make household administration survive the day something stops working",
      "url": "/collections/make-household-administration-survive-the-day-something-stops-working"
    }
  ]
}