What to check before you let someone work on your door or your car.
Before we touch the lock, you know what it will cost.
Call if you need someone right now. Otherwise send this and we will contact you back.
This trade has a bad reputation in some cities and it is partly earned. A handful of checks will tell you very quickly who you are dealing with, and they take about a minute.
In California a locksmith company must carry one and show it in advertising. Ours is LIC# 7041.
If the person who answers cannot name the business, you have reached a dispatcher and not a locksmith.
A price quoted on the phone that triples on arrival is the oldest trick in this trade.
None of these prove anything on their own. Together they tell you a lot.
Ask for the license number on the phone, then look it up on search.dca.ca.gov. Ours is 7041.
A price that sounds too low with no questions asked about the lock or the car. The real price usually appears at the door.
Yes. A locksmith who opens a door or a car without checking who you are will do the same for someone else.
One number, answered around the clock, in English, Spanish, Russian and Chinese. Not urgent? Pick the time. Same day, later in the week or on the weekend, whatever works for you.
Answered day and night, every day of the year.
contact@locksmithkingkey.com
1050 Post St, San Francisco, CA 94109
California Bureau of Security and Investigative Services.
