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Keys are only effective if they’re in your possession. The more people that have had access to your keys, the more at risk you are for breaches of security, as any number of people could have had access to your key in the past.

As soon as you move into a new place, and as long as you are legally allowed to do so, you should have new keys made or new locks installed. You never know who had your keys beforehand or when the locks with last changed, and if you don’t rekey your lock, someone else may have a spare key and be able to enter your residence or place of business.

Rekeying means you have to change the combination of the internal pins inside the lock and creating a new working key. Eventually, the old key doesn’t work and a new key is provided. If the locks are in good working condition and are of decent quality, rekeying is the better and a cheaper option than changing the locksmith

Many keys are marked with a stamp that says “Do Not Duplicate” or some variation. These keys are often part of a larger master key system with a different owner than the person handling the key.

By law, these keys cannot be duplicated without expressed, written consent on company letterhead by the organization that is requesting a key. Your locksmith reserves the right to refuse to copy any key with or without the proper authorization when the key does not allow duplication.