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4. An employee of a towing service, a repossessor, a taxi cab service, or a motor vehicle dealer as
defined in § 46.2-1500, when opening automotive locks in the normal course of his duties, so long as
the employee does not represent himself or herself as a locksmith;
5. A property owner, or the owner's employee, when providing locksmith services on the property
owner's property, so long as the owner or employee does not represent himself or herself as a
locksmith. For purposes of this subdivision, "property" means, but is not limited to, a hotel, motel,
apartment, condominium, commercial rental property, and residential rental property;
6. A merchant, or retail or hardware store, when it lawfully duplicates keys or installs, services,
repairs, rebuilds, reprograms, rekeys, or maintains locks in the normal course of its business, so long as
the merchant or store does not represent itself as a locksmith;
7. A member of a law-enforcement agency, fire department, or other government agency who, when
acting within the scope and course of the member's employment with the agency or department, opens
locked doors to vehicles, homes, or businesses;
8. A salesperson while demonstrating the use of locksmith tools to persons licensed under this
article;
9. A contractor licensed under Chapter 1 (§ 54.1-100 et seq.) of Title 54.1 when acting within the
scope and course of such license;
10. A person or business when lawfully installing or maintaining a safety lock device on wastewater
works or waterworks when the safety lock device is required by permit or requested by the owner of the
wastewater works or waterworks, provided the person or business does not represent itself as a
locksmith. For purposes of this subdivision, "wastewater works" and "waterworks" shall mean the same
as those terms are defined in § 54.1-2300;
11. Any person or firm that sells gun safes or locking devices for firearms when acting within the
scope and course of the sale of gun safes or locking devices for firearms; or
12 A person while performing a locksmith service in an emergency situation without receiving any
compensation for this service and who does not advertise those services.
§ 9.1-198. Injunctions.
In addition to other powers, the Board may apply to the appropriate circuit court for an order
enjoining violations of this article or Board regulations. Upon a showing by the Board that any person
has violated the provisions of this article or Board regulations, the court may grant injunctive relief.
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