About Virginia Locksmiths Act H462

The General Assembly of the State of Virginia enacted Locksmith Legislation with the passing of The Virginia Locksmiths Act. The Virginia Locksmiths Act ammends existing laws of the State of Virginia by adding a section pertaining to the licensing of locksmiths. The problem of phony locksmith companies and their blatant disregard for the laws of the State of Virginia were the fundamental reason for the passing of this legislation. Many existing laws are being bent or broken by companies pretending to be locksmith companies in addition to the section relating to the Department of Criminal Justice Services. The Virginia DCJS requires licensing of locksmiths in the State of Virginia, and we encourage you to read this law to familiarize yourself with the requirements for obtaining a locksmith license in the State of Virginia.

Please be advised that we are working actively with the Virginia DCJS to eradicate phony locksmiths from the State of Virginia by reporting fraudulent, ficticious addresses used with listings for locksmiths in printed advertising and all over the internet. If you are a consumer of locksmith services and have been forced to pay an outrageous locksmith bill, you can help us help other consumers from being ripped off by criminal locksmith organizations by forwarding to us any and all information you have regarding any phony locksmith company and their criminal activities. Part of being your single source for all security needs is helping you to become better informed of the illegal methods used by phony locksmith companies to market themselves. The use of phony addresses that cause most users of a search engine like Google to see hundreds, even thousands of "local" locksmith listings is a violation of Virginia law. Any company advertising as a locksmith that dispatches an unlicensed locksmith to your premises is breaking this law and we encourage you to protect yourself and others by reporting them immediately to the Police as violators of Section 9.1-140.1 of Virginia Law. You are not obligated to pay a trip charge or service fee to a company or its parent company advertising as a locksmith that dispatches someone without a locksmith license from the Virginia DCJS. The best way to stop these phony locksmiths from harming consumers is to refuse to pay, which ultimately forces them to go elsewhere or out of business completely.