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Re:Tenants win right to physical keys over smart locks from ... by aidenn0 on Friday May 10, 2019 @12:21PM (#19879263)
In the vast majority of the US, there is no law against businesses duplicating keys stamped with "do not duplicate" which means it's usually not too hard to find a shop that will do so.
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Re:Tenants win right to physical keys over smart locks from ... by bluGill on Friday May 10, 2019 @12:52PM (#19879648)
That depends. You are legally correct. Most shops when seeing a do not duplicate key will do some checking to see if you should be allowed to duplicate the key (but there is no standard here), compared to any other key which they will duplicate no questions asked.

Also some "secure" keys don't have any blanks. Most shops don't have the ability to duplicate them. You can still get them copied, but you need a skilled machinist at considerably more cost.

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