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Originally Posted by mepstein
It’s hard to maintain control as a buyer since the house doesn’t belong to you yet but the listing agent had no business removing items from the property. I would be there when “your” box is opened. If it was included in the contract it’s as much part of the deal as everything else. If you have any doubts, talk to your closing attorney.
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Yup. Since the deal hasn't closed, ownership of the box still remains with the seller (and now, so does possession, via their agent).
You could issue a cure notice if you feel it's a material-enough issue to delay COE (and/or potentially walk away over).
Regarding the Capone-esqe reveal:
Unless you maintained control/possession of the box prior to the key arriving, You would never really know if the agent was opening it for the "first" time or not though.
The whole thing sounds a bit fishy, so there is also the possibility that the seller knows nothing about the box at all.