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**Mike Irwin** · October 11, 2011, 09:17 PM

If it were possible for the bank to get into your box without you, through use of some master key, why, then, when search warrants are served, do the locks have to be drilled?

"If you loose one of the keys then when you surrender the box the bank drills the box because they cannot duplicate the key."

That's now how it was explained to me when I only turned back one key. I asked specifically about that. The lock is rekeyed and the company maintaining them makes new keys on the spot. It's not destroyed.

October 11, 2011, 09:17 PM	#61
Mike Irwin Staff Join Date: April 13, 2000 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 41,380	If it were possible for the bank to get into your box without you, through use of some master key, why, then, when search warrants are served, do the locks have to be drilled? "If you loose one of the keys then when you surrender the box the bank drills the box because they cannot duplicate the key." That's now how it was explained to me when I only turned back one key. I asked specifically about that. The lock is rekeyed and the company maintaining them makes new keys on the spot. It's not destroyed. __________________ "The gift which I am sending you is called a dog, and is in fact the most precious and valuable possession of mankind" -Theodorus Gaza Baby Jesus cries when the fat redneck doesn't have military-grade firepower.