Emergency Locksmith service in Santa Monica
If you are looking for an emergency locksmith in Santa Monica, this page explains the work and the process.
Emergency work in Santa Monica is the urgent end of the trade: lockouts at any hour, lock changes after a break-in, keys that have to be replaced today and scheduled eviction lockouts.
Santa Monica is a coastal city on Santa Monica Bay, bordered by the Pacific on the west and by the Los Angeles neighborhoods of Pacific Palisades to the north, Venice to the south, and West Los Angeles and Brentwood to the east. Its three-mile shoreline includes Santa Monica State Beach, Palisades Park and the Santa Monica Pier. Downtown centers on the Third Street Promenade, a three-block pedestrian street between Wilshire Boulevard and Broadway, with Santa Monica Place at its south end. Montana Avenue and Main Street are the other main shopping streets, and nearly three-quarters of housing units are rented.
Technicians are dispatched to addresses across Santa Monica from the line at (888) 492-0666, which is answered around the clock; the dispatcher gives you an ETA before anyone is sent.
What emergency locksmith work covers in Santa Monica
- Lockouts at any hour: 24/7 Emergency Lockout. Home, business and vehicle lockouts, dispatched around the clock.
- After a break-in: Break-In & Burglary Damage Repair. Compromised locks rekeyed or replaced, strikes and frames repaired, doors secured.
- Scheduled legal lockouts: Eviction Lockout Services. Court-ordered lockouts on the schedule set by the county Sheriff's civil unit.
Each of these has its own Santa Monica page with what is included, what to have ready and the questions people ask about that job.
How an emergency locksmith call runs in Santa Monica
- Call (888) 492-0666 and say where you are. If anyone is hurt or at risk, call 911 first; the dispatcher will also ask whether you are safe where you are standing.
- The dispatcher confirms the address and gives you an ETA. Any after-hours charge that applies to your address is stated before a technician is sent.
- The technician verifies you have the right to enter. ID, lease, registration or the owner's confirmation; that check happens at 2 a.m. as it does at noon.
- You get a written quote, then the door, vehicle or lock is opened or secured. Non-destructive entry first; drilling only when nothing else will work and only with your approval.
- If keys were lost or stolen, the locks can be rekeyed or changed on the same visit. Standard hardware is handled on the spot; unusual hardware is secured and finished with ordered parts.
- You receive a receipt describing what was done. Keep it for a police report or an insurance claim.
Hardware that usually needs replacing after a break-in
After a forced entry the lock is rarely the only thing that failed. These are the parts that typically need attention.
- Deadbolts and latches that were kicked, pried or drilled.
- Strike plates replaced with a reinforced strike and long screws into the framing.
- Door edge and jamb reinforcement where the frame split.
- Latch guards on out-swinging commercial doors that were pried.
- Any cylinder whose key was taken, rekeyed so the stolen key stops working.
Coverage in Santa Monica
ZIP codes served in Santa Monica: 90401, 90402, 90403, 90404, 90405, 90406.
Addresses just over the city line in Venice, Pacific Palisades and Brentwood are dispatched the same way. If the address sits on a boundary, give the dispatcher the cross street.
Technicians reach Santa Monica by I-10 and CA-1.
Santa Monica is served as part of greater Los Angeles; the same dispatch line covers all of Southern California that we work in.
Call (888) 492-0666
For emergency locksmith work in Santa Monica, tell the dispatcher your address and what is wrong. You get an ETA before anyone is sent, a written quote before any work starts and a receipt when it is done. The line is answered around the clock.
One & Only Locksmith is bonded and insured; a certificate of insurance is available on request.