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Because of the risk of fraud, you should be careful about how you throw away credit card statements you no longer need. Simply tossing them in the trash is unsafe because it leaves too much of your personal information exposed; they need to be completely destroyed.

After using them, you should destroy the labels or black them out with a marker so thieves don't get access to your personal information. One local Better Business Bureau accredited pharmacy that's been in business for almost 50 years? shreds or blacks out labels on patients' prescriptions.

You can protect yourself by shredding all documents that contain personal information, including pre-approved loan and credit card offers, insurance forms and financial statements. The information in these documents could be used by an identity thief to open accounts and charge up debts in your name.

If your expired credit card has a chip?the metallic square you tap or dip into a card reader at a retail point of sale?shred it only if your machine is equipped to also shred CDs. Otherwise, shredding the chip could damage the mechanism.

One of the easiest ways to get rid of a metal credit card at home is using tin snips. If you have a pair of tin snips, they will make quick work of a metal credit card. Just make sure to be careful with the rough metal edges once you cut it up.

Ing to the Federal Trade Commission, all documents with sensitive information, such as credit card numbers and bank account information, should be shredded to protect your identity from theft. Old bank statements and many other types of documents fall under this category.

They consider the stickers a contaminant in the bale of paper. Add that to the security concerns (however strongly you might or might not feel about those), and you have a strong case for putting the stickers directly into the trash. Better, of course, would be to get fewer of the labels in the first place.

?We recommend that consumers cut through the EMV chip, then further cut the card a few times along the short side, and dispose of the sections in more than one trash bag,? says Sarah Grano, a spokeswoman for the American Bankers Association. Or feed plastic cards into a paper shredder designed to handle them.

An Application for Salvage Certificate or Nonrepairable Vehicle Certificate (REG 488C). A Vehicle/Vessel Transfer and Reassignment (REG 262) form (request a form from DMV by calling 1-800-777-0133. A Statement of Facts (REG 256) form.

HOW TO DISPOSE OF A VEHICLE. Legal owners may dispose of vehicles free of charge by completing a Junking Affidavit downloadable here or available at the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV). Owners must surrender license plates and the certificate of title, along with the Junking Affidavit form at the DMV office.