Multifamily Property Management: Seven Tips for Hiring a Locksmith via Property Management Insider

Apartment security and locksmiths are now in the spotlight with recent headlines about codes and mandates that require locks to be re-keyed or changed when residents move out of apartment complexes.

Texas has a code that requires property owners to re-key locks and MHN Online recently reported that an Illinois Public Act effective Jan. 1, 2012, says landlords who operate in counties with populations of three million or more must change or re-key locks before new residents with signed lease agreements move in.

In the Lone Star State, a landlord “must re-key or change all the key-operated locks (or other combination locks) on the exterior doors between each tenancy at his expense,” according to The Texas Tenant Advisor. Work must be done within “a reasonable time period, usually with seven days of the request.”

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