A recurring request from family holders: make the ledger legible to an attorney who has never held a hardware wallet. We structure the deliverable accordingly.
Plain-Language Device Descriptions
Instead of model numbers alone, each entry includes a physical description: “small USB device, silver, Ledger logo on front, approximately 9 centimetres.” Attorneys searching a safe deposit box can match the description without technical vocabulary.
Location Fields Separate from Key Fields
The ledger lists where each device is stored (“home safe, second shelf” or “bank box 447, Woori Bank, Gangnam branch”) in a column entirely separate from any passphrase or PIN references. Attorneys receive location data; passphrase envelopes remain sealed per the holder’s instruction.
Access Instruction Sheet
A one-page summary at the front of the ledger explains: these devices hold digital assets; do not discard; contact the named technical advisor before any attempt to access funds. The advisor’s contact information is printed but the seed phrases are not.
What Attorneys Tell Us
Probate counsel in Seoul and Busan have confirmed that this format reduces the incidence of devices being overlooked in estate inventories or discarded as “old USB drives.” The paper format survives regardless of whether the holder’s computer is accessible at time of death.