Our local hardware store refuses to cut Do Not Dupes.
If the key is stamped DND and is a regular SC1, Kwikset or Best key we don't really mind making it we just want to cover our butt and make people feel a little safer. We do this simply as a "professional courtesy". Shop I work at we ask for a letter head or have you fill out a form to have a key stamped DND copied. If you want real security, you need to use a restricted keyway or other proprietary key system.
#COPYING A DO NOT DUPLICATE KEY FOR FREE#
One time I even did a DND stamped Medeco Air key for free for this nice young lady who had lost her job and was moving in with her parents, but lost the key to the common entryway and the manager was going to take $100 out of her security deposit for it.Īs I would tell people, there's nothing to stop someone from breaking the head off the key and bringing in the broken piece without the head and saying "I broke my key, can you make me a dupe from this?" DND stamping is basically only for keeping honest people honest. We got real estate agents all the time who needed to copy DND keys. If someone comes in with a key to my shop and I know them and they have a reasonable story for getting the key copied, I'd usually do it for them. Trying to trick a locksmith into copying a DND key is the easiest way to make them not do it for you.īut the reality is that unless the key is stamped with US GOVERNMENT - RESTRICTED, or COUNTY OF SOANDSO, or something like that, there's no law against duping a key stamped Do Not Duplicate. When you come back later, we say "duped all the keys, except the one labeled Do Not Duplicate". We also know the trick where you cover the DND stamp with a label or a cover and try to hide the one DND key in the middle of a big ring of other keys you want duped. Yeah, we know that trick, and we look under the plastic thing. Just buy one of those plastic key protecters/tags (the ones that come in various different colors and go in the head of the key in order to recognize the key more easily) and glue it to the key. I read a trick to duplicate them in Ollam's book. But I play one at your company late at night. "Yes, this is Sausage Mahoney at Fake Company, I'll be sending Bob down to make a copy of a restricted key, please make only one copy and provide him with a receipt." Get a similar lock, pin it so it's the same, take both the lock and key to the smith. Get the bitting depths and order the key online. Snap the bow of the key off, get 2 copies of the key made from the bitting, re stamp one, keep one. Keys are usually made out of a fairly malleable material. Hammer and polish, then re stamp with a Do Not Copy stamp after copy is made. More chance of success if you're dealing with an honest smith. Paint and sand, repeat as needed until the do not copy is no longer visible, then remove paint with paint thinner after copy is made. If you don't have your own key machine and can't / won't make one by hand.Ĭover the do not copy with a piece of tape / plastic cover. That said, here are the way's I've heard of successfully getting a copy. They would also have contact info for the company that owns said lock on the key so they can call and verify. In a perfect world a key with a Do Not Copy stamp, that's not a protected key-way, would not be copied without the lock that it goes to being accompanied with it. Such as covering it up with a glued on piece of plastic, mashing it out, whatever. More difficult to temporarily modify without damaging the key in a noticeable way. Lawyers gotta lawyer? If you don't have a "do not copy" on the key and nothing in the employee contract you would have a harder time saying that they were informed that copies are not allowed and that the copy may have been made with forethought of committing a crime / violation of said employment contract, knowing that it was not allowed beforehand. if you know nothing about locks, are lazy, unimaginative, or not possessing the grey area of honesty. Such is the case if you have say a company / school key that's been remanded to your possession and you decided to make an unauthorized copy this should make it harder for you. Some places do it for "security" as having it on there should subject anyone trying to make a copy to higher scrutiny / denial from the locksmith, IF they're reputable. Some locksmiths do it, or stamp their business info on the key, so that people will come back to them for their future lock and key needs. You can buy those online for a couple bucks if you want btw, stamp all your keys. There are a few reasons I've heard of for using the Do Not Copy stamp.
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