State Farm Home Inventory Checklist & Template

If you've ever tried to file a homeowners or renters insurance claim, you already know the hard part isn't the claim itself — it's proving what you owned. State Farm, like most major insurers, publishes guidance recommending a documented home inventory as part of your claim preparation, but doesn't give you an easy way to actually build one.

This guide walks through what a State Farm–style home inventory should include, and gives you a free, ready-to-use way to build it — room by room, with photos, values, and receipts attached — without a spreadsheet.

What to include for each item

• Item name and category (electronics, furniture, jewelry, etc.)
• Brand, model, and serial number where applicable
• Purchase date, purchase price, and current estimated value
• A photo — ideally one showing the item clearly, plus its serial number or a receipt if you have one

Go room by room, not category by category

The most common mistake is trying to inventory "all electronics" or "all furniture" at once. It's slower, and it's easy to forget entire rooms. Working through your home room by room — living room, then kitchen, then each bedroom — is both faster and far less likely to leave gaps a claims adjuster might question.

Build it online, free, formatted for State Farm

Contents Proof lets you build exactly this kind of inventory by dragging rooms and items onto a canvas, attaching photos and receipts as you go, and exporting a PDF specifically formatted to match State Farm's own published Contents Inventory Aid structure — room and category breakdown included. Not sure which export format is right for your situation? See our full guide to choosing an export format.

Keep it somewhere safe — not just at home

A home inventory stored only on a device inside your home doesn't help much if that home is the one damaged. Once you register (free), your inventory is kept safely for a year and reachable from anywhere — exactly the scenario a documented inventory exists for in the first place.

Contents Proof is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by State Farm®. This guide and the associated export format are based on State Farm's publicly published customer inventory guidance.