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Keep in mind, the process of being bought out or closing shop is potentially not pretty when you hold a bunch of original Wills in your files and have to figure out what to do with the documents. Look at your State’s requirements on that. I know a retired attorney that has rows of filing cabinets in his garage with original wills in them. I know it’s enticing to keep the original so they have to come back to you for the Will when the client dies and then you have a chance to snag the probate work, but I don’t keep the originals. They go to the client with advisement to store them in a secure location that someone is aware of.
My current firm charges an annual fee to clients who want us to store their originals. They are held off-site in fire proof safes and can be returned whenever the clients request them (seems like many eventually decide they don't want to keep paying the annual fee).