![]() Hello! I live in an Apartment in Colorado and recently a new tenant moved into the building and were told their box number was my box. the door locks so that the mail does not fall out) and it is not dangerous to the mail delivery person (sharp edges, etc.). While the final word is from the Postmaster in the Post Office that serves your zip code, in my experience the Postal Service does not care what your mailbox looks like as long as it is secure (i.e. Tom rubenoff (author) from United States on January 11, 2012: I called to verify my box number and went into the local PO and paid $28 to have a new lock put on with 3 keys given to me. I was told that the Postmaster should handle all lock changes. ![]() Any clues where these blanks are obtained? I could not find them on the CompX National site, and none of their dealers are within 90 miles of me. The original key is a CompX National, stamped 4249PS on the back. In the end, they made one key by modifying the closest blank they could find, and it did not work. ![]() I went to one of the larger places in town (not a big box store!) and they had the dickens of a time finding the right blank. I am in need of replacement keys for my mailbox.my local post office told me to go anywhere, but could or would not tell me any specific hardware store or locksmith. Available for a very reasonable price online. Alternatively, CompX National offers the C8735 and C8730 multi-cam mailbox locks that are adaptable to a almost any mailbox. Some criminals also would recreate the arrow keys to gain access.Tom rubenoff (author) from United States on May 08, 2013:Ĥ249PS sounds like a legitimate code number - the question is, is it a published code? If it is a published code, most locksmiths that cut keys by code should be able to cut yours. Lost or stolen arrow keys have been used by criminals to gain entry to apartment buildings and steal mail, often to commit identity theft. It stated that the number of arrow keys in circulation is unknown and keys are not adequately reported lost or stolen. When checked out, the arrow key is connected to the postal worker's uniform with a chain to make it harder to misplace.Ī United States Postal Service Office of Inspector General audit in 2020 found the controls to be ineffective. ![]() Arrow key accountability Īrrow keys are meticulously accounted for, and postal workers must check them out and return them daily. The arrow lock will be installed by USPS personnel. To obtain a new or replacement arrow lock, a property owner or manager must contact their local post office branch. Private use lock conversion Ĭonversion locks are available that match the mechanism and dimensions of USPS arrow locks, but are keyed for private use. Similar to knox boxes, key keepers secured with an arrow lock allow postal carriers to access the lobby of unstaffed multifamily buildings to deliver mail. In addition to actual mail delivery receptacles, arrow locks can also be found in key keepers, which are small lock boxes containing another key to a secured area where the mail receptacles are located. USPS approved parcel lockers, cluster box units, and apartment mailbox panels will be manufactured with the hole and studs to accommodate an arrow lock.Īn apartment building key keeper with the door open, showing a USPS arrow lock A ⅞” hole in the mounting surface is necessary to accommodate the keyhole, which protrudes above the surface of the lock. This action may be used to release a door (as in the case of a collection or parcel box) or to press/release a switch (as in the case of an electronic door release).Īrrow locks have four mounting holes, which are evenly spaced at the corners, providing for secure attachment to four 10-32 threaded studs with metal nuts. When the user turns the key, a metal bar that normally protrudes from one side is moved through the lock to the other side. An arrow lock is metal and rectangular, measuring 2.005” x 3.566” x.
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