Emergency Locksmith in Nampa, ID

What counts as urgent in Nampa

Some lock problems can wait; in Nampa, the season and the situation often decide which cannot.

• Winter nights. NOAA's Idaho summary puts Boise's average January low at 25.5°F, so a household shut out overnight with a baby or an older person cannot simply wait for morning.
• Danger to someone. A person or animal in a closed car, or a person inside who cannot open the door, calls for 911 first.
• A door that will not secure. A kicked-in door, a deadbolt that will not throw or a key snapped in the only exterior lock can leave a house open overnight.

After a break-in

Call the police first, and leave the door and lock as they are until officers have seen them. Photograph the damage for the report. The next job is a door that closes and locks again: a repaired frame or strike, a replaced cylinder, or rekeying if keys may have been taken. Say in the request if the frame is split or the strike torn out; the repair may be to the frame rather than the lock.

If a landlord changed the locks

Changing a tenant's locks is one of the self-help moves the Idaho Attorney General's Landlord and Tenant Manual calls unlawful, along with shutting off utilities. The lawful route is an unlawful detainer action in court, defined in Idaho Code 6-303, with removal by the sheriff under a writ of restitution.

Before you agree to any job

Idaho has no general three-day right to cancel, except for telemarketing and certain door-to-door sales, according to the Attorney General's consumer manual. So the terms agreed before work starts matter: ask for the total cost in writing and keep the itemized invoice. This is general information, not legal advice.

What to send first

• What is happening: locked out, door will not lock, break-in or broken key, and whether anyone is waiting outside in the cold
• The neighborhood or nearest cross streets, and the type of building
• Whether police have been called, and the report number if there is one

Idaho Locksmith Pros takes service requests from homes, businesses and drivers in Nampa. See house lockout and car lockout, or the Nampa page.