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Government Safe Certified · Grantsville, Utah

Grantsville · Tooele · Stansbury Park · Erda · Lake PointMobile LocksmithIn Tooele County

Cars, houses, businesses and safes. I have been a locksmith since I was seventeen and the whole shop rides in my van, so I finish the job where you are standing. You get the price from me on the phone, before I drive out.

GOVSafe certified. Cleared to work inside military bases and government facilities.
10 MINWhat a normal lockout takes once I am standing there.
1 VANThe whole shop rides with me. Nothing gets towed anywhere.
16 YRSIn the trade, three of them under my own name.
David Smith, owner of David's Lock and Key, standing in a branded work shirt beside his wrapped mobile locksmith van showing the phone number 801-834-0453
The van that shows up · Grantsville, Utah
Call 801-834-0453

Mobile locksmith for cars, homes, businesses and safes. Texting reaches me fastest.

Four Kinds Of Work, One Number

Locksmith Services

I have been a locksmith since I was seventeen and I do every one of these myself, out of a van that carries the whole shop. Nothing gets towed anywhere and nothing waits on a shop appointment.

A brass car key being cut on a key-cutting machine inside the van
Who You Are Actually Calling

A Guy From Grantsville With A Van Full Of Keys

I have been a locksmith since I was seventeen. I worked the Salt Lake market first, saw how that end of the trade treats people, and came back out to Tooele County to do it my own way. The auto shops around here have been calling me for two years because I show up, I do not gouge their customers, and the work holds.

I run the whole thing alone out of one wrapped van. That is the entire company. It also means the person who answers the number on this page is the person who is going to do the work, and I live about fifteen minutes from most of the county.

  • Government safe certified. Cleared to work on safes inside military bases and government facilities.
  • Sixteen years in the trade, three of them running this business under my own name.
  • Based in Grantsville, covering Tooele, Stansbury Park, Erda, Lake Point and the whole county daily.
  • Long distance when it is worth it. Elko, Ely, Wyoming, Idaho and southern Utah, quoted as one price before I leave.
16Years turning locks. I started at seventeen.
GOVSafe certified, cleared for military bases.
10MINWhat a normal lockout takes once I am standing there.
1Locksmith on every job. The same guy, every time.
The Credential Nobody Can Fake

GovernmentSafeCertified

Getting cleared for government safes is a background check and a specialty, not a sticker you buy. I have worked on safes inside military bases and government facilities that do not let just any locksmith through the gate.

16Years in the trade
GOVSafe certified
1stManipulation, not a drill
1Locksmith on every job
The Full List

Services Offered

Every one of these is work I do myself. If what you need is not here, call anyway. I would rather tell you it is not my job than take your money for it.

David using an air wedge to open a locked black SUV on a real lockout call, car and house lockout service

Car & House Lockouts

The call most people find this page for. Opened without drilling the lock and without prying your door frame, which is what a coat hanger and a good intention usually cost you. Most take about ten minutes once I am there.

Car keys & fobs →
A brass car key being cut on a key-cutting machine, car key replacement and cutting

Car Key Replacement & Cutting

Including all keys lost, where no working key exists at all. The key gets cut from the vehicle itself and programmed on the spot, so there is no tow to a dealership and no day without your car.

Car keys & fobs →
A transponder chip key beside a handheld key programming tool, transponder and fob programming

Transponder, Remote & Fob Programming

Chip keys, push button start fobs and proximity keys, paired to your vehicle in your driveway. Old fobs can be deleted at the same time, so a key you lost somewhere public stops working.

How programming works →
A lock cylinder clamped in a vise being re-pinned with tweezers, rekeying and key duplication

Rekeying & Key Duplication

New pins in the locks you already own, so every old key stops working and your hardware stays. The single most useful thing on this website, and almost nobody knows it is an option. The whole house can go to one key.

Rekeys explained →
A high security lock cylinder with a restricted keyway beside its matching dimple key, high security lock installation

High Security, Access Control & Master Keys

Restricted keys that cannot be copied at a hardware store counter, keypads and electronic entry, and master key systems so one key runs the building while each employee key opens only what it should.

Commercial work →
A heavy steel safe standing ajar with warm light spilling from inside, safe opening and combination changes

Safe Opening, Repair & Combinations

Lost combinations, dead electronic keypads, dials that spin and never catch, and gun safes people inherit with a house. Manipulation first, drilling last, and a new combination set the same visit.

Safe work →
Read This Before You Call Anybody

Locksmithing Has A Scam Problem. Here Is How I Am Different.

Search "locksmith near me" and half of what comes back is a call center in another state. They quote you nineteen dollars, send whoever is nearest, and the guy at your door says three hundred once your lock is already drilled out. It happens constantly, and it is the reason people are nervous calling a locksmith at all.

01

The Price Comes Before The Drive

You hear the number on the phone, not after your lock is already apart. If the job turns out to be different once I see it, I tell you before I start. There is no separate night rate invented on your doorstep and no weekend surcharge that appears when I arrive.

02

You Can See The Van Coming

Black and orange, my name across the side, my number on the door. Not an unmarked sedan with a guy who will not tell you what company he works for. If you can read it from across a parking lot, you called a real locksmith.

03

The Same Locksmith Every Time

Not a dispatcher, not a subcontractor, not whoever picked up the ticket. You are talking to the man who is going to do the work, and I live here. Ask me what town I am driving from and you will get a straight answer in one word.

04

Opened, Not Destroyed

Drilling a lock out is the lazy way and it costs you a new lock on top of the call. I pick and manipulate first, every time, and I drill only when there is genuinely no other way in. On a safe that difference is worth hundreds of dollars.

05

I Ask For Proof It Is Yours

Expect to be asked for ID, a registration, mail or a lease before I open anything. A locksmith who does not ask that question would open your door for somebody else too. It is a feature, not an inconvenience.

06

I Will Tell You When It Is Not Me

If a job is genuinely a dealer job, or there is a good locksmith closer to you than I am, I will say so instead of driving out and charging you to find out. That costs me a call and keeps me in business for the next fifteen years.

No Stock Photos Here

The Van, The Machines, The Actual Jobs

Every picture below came off David's phone. The van you will see coming, the key machines riding in the back of it, and real calls in real driveways.

Full side profile of the David's Lock and Key wrapped service van
The van
David opening a locked black SUV with an air wedge
SUV lockout
Inside the van: three key cutting and programming machines and parts drawers
The shop in the van
David unlocking a semi truck cab with a long reach tool
Semi truck lockout
Key programmer connected inside a Chevy during fob programming
Fob programming
Futura key cutting machine mounted in the service van
Key machine
David opening a locked car with a rod tool in a driveway
Car lockout
Brass keys clamped in a Silca key cutting machine
Cutting keys
The wrapped van parked on a residential street on a job
On a house call
The van outside a partner auto repair shop
Auto shop call
Another angle of the semi truck lockout
Big rigs too
HPC key duplicator cutting a brass key
Duplication
The Part Nobody Else Will Do

Stranded Four Hours Out? I Will Come.

Lose your only key in Elko, or Ely, or somewhere in the middle of Wyoming, and every local shop is either closed, booked, or does not program keys at all. There are enormous stretches of the west with nobody inside two hours who can cut a modern car key. I load the van and drive.

  • The whole shop comes with me. Cutting machine, programmer and blanks, because there is no going back for a part.
  • One price for the entire trip, quoted before I leave the driveway. No meter running while you wait.
  • Fleets and work trucks too. A rig down four states from home is a phone call, not a tow bill.
  • And I will tell you when it is the wrong answer. If there is a good locksmith an hour from you, that beats five hours from Grantsville.
Long Distance Calls
A locksmith's pick set, calipers and a cylinder laid out on dark steel, the toolkit that travels on long-distance runs
Based In Grantsville

Where I Run

Covering the county every day. The dark tiles have their own page with the local detail on it.

Tooele County

Grantsville Tooele Stansbury Park Erda Lake Point Pine Canyon Stockton Bauer Burmester Rush Valley Vernon Ophir Dugway Skull Valley Wendover

Farther Out

Salt Lake City Salt Lake Valley Magna & West Valley I-80 Corridor Elko, NV Ely, NV Wyoming Idaho Southern Utah

Out of the county and stuck? That is a real service, not a favor. Call 801-834-0453 and I will tell you straight whether I can get to you and what it costs.

The Questions People Actually Ask

Straight Answers

I lost the only key to my car. Do I have to have it towed to the dealership?

No, and that is the single most expensive mistake people make. I cut and program a new key at your car, in your driveway or wherever it is parked. The dealer route means a tow bill, their key price, and usually a day without your vehicle. This is a house call instead.

Can you do keys for my year and model?

Almost certainly. I program transponder keys, push button start fobs and proximity keys across most makes on the road. Tell me the year, make and model when you call and I will tell you straight whether it is a job I can do and what it costs, before I drive out. A few vehicles genuinely need the dealer, and I will say so on the phone rather than after.

Are you going to drill my lock out?

Only if there is genuinely no other way in, and I tell you first. Picking and manipulating comes first, every single time. A drilled lock means you are buying a new lock on top of the service call, and that is not how I work.

I just bought a house. Should I rekey or replace the locks?

Rekey, nine times out of ten. Rekeying changes the pins inside the lock you already own so every old key stops working, which is the actual thing you are worried about, and it costs a lot less than new hardware. I can also match every lock in the house to one key while I am there.

Nobody knows the combination to the safe. Is it a lost cause?

No. Lost combinations, dead electronic keypads and old dials that will not catch are routine work for me, and safes are my specialty rather than a sideline. Most get opened without damage and get a new combination the same visit. Send a photo of the safe and the model and you will get a real answer before anybody drives out.

You did not pick up. Are you ignoring me?

I am one person, and if I am not answering I have both hands inside somebody's dashboard or a safe door. Text the same number and it gets to me faster than anything else. I call back.

One Call. One Price. One Guy.

Tell me what is locked, what you drive if it is a vehicle, and where you are. You get a real figure on the phone before anybody starts driving.

801-834-0453
Need a tow, not a locksmith? I send my own customers to Hauling Ace Towing in Tooele County. 435-840-5591
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