Locksmith Employee Registration
- Exam
- Not reported
- Education
- Not reported
- Experience
- Not reported
- Background check
- Not reported
A Locksmith Employee is any person who in on the payroll of a licensed locksmith company and engages in installing, repairing, opening or modifying locks, or that originates keys for locks. This does NOT include a person who exclusively makes copies of keys from an existing key. Requirements: Be 18 or older. Undergo a criminal history background check through the DOJ and the FBI. Application Fee - $55 DOJ Fingerprint Processing Fee - $32 FBI Fingerprint Processing Fee - $17 Renewal Fee - $40 A temporary registration is issued allowing applicants to work as a Locksmith Employee for 120 days if they have not been convicted of a crime. The initial license is valid for 2 years. Each renewal cycle extends the registration for an additional 2 years. Average time to process an application is 60 days. Authority: Business and Professions Code, Division 3, Chapter 8.5
Requirements reported by the state
- Licence type
- Registry
Issuing body
- Department
- Department of Consumer Affairs
- Division
- Bureau of Security and Investigative Services
- Address
- PO Box 989002 West Sacramento, CA 95798
- Phone
- (916) 322-4000
- Agency website
- https://www.bsis.ca.gov/
- Last updated
- May 22, 2024
Occupations (O*NET)
- LOCKSMITH 49-9094.00
Source and verification
This record is California's report to the Analyst Resource Center, published by CareerOneStop (October 2024 export). Everything shown comes only from that report.
Before you apply, confirm every detail with Bureau of Security and Investigative Services — see the issuing body section above.
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