These days we live in a world where documentation and records are key since it's becoming easier and easier to forge paper trails and make-up false history or information.

Even if a locksmith has been doing that type of work for 25 years or more, once regulations change, he or she has to change with them in order to continue working as a locksmith will take responsibility for.

This not only eliminates their prints from a potential crime scene if they aren't guilty, it also keeps them on record in case there's an indication that the prints found belong to a certain locksmith who has decided to shift to the opposite side of the law.These added precautions should come as a relief to many.

Thanks to fraudulent locksmiths in the area, there are certain type of locksmith who have pushed for licensing legislation.

While a locksmith isn't necessarily required to have a license, it is getting increasingly difficult to work without one.

Earlier it was mentioned that there were an influx of fraudulent locksmith companies in the states.