The Department of Consumer Products maintains a responsible charge for licensing or registering locksmiths.
The general prerequisites are as follows:
- Be 18 years of age
- Complete a criminal history check request from the Connecticut State Police Bureau of Identification
- Complete the FBI Identification Record Information
The Application Process
Compared to other states the application process in
Connecticut is quite simple.
Step 1
Print the application from the following link and fill it out: https://portal.ct.gov/DCP/License-Services-Division/All-License-Applications/Locksmith-Registration
The application is 5 pages in total, but there is only 1 page you actually have to fill out.
Make sure that you have a Notary Public present before you sign the application.
Step 2
Go here: https://www.advancect.org/advancing-business/assistance/?AppView=Locksmiths-Initial&appID=2413
Complete the criminal history check request and the FBI Identification Record information.
Step 3
Compile the documents from Steps 1 and 2 and include your registration fee ($200) payable to “Treasurer, State of Connecticut” and mail to:
State Police Bureau of Identification
1111 Country Club Road
Middletown, CT 06457
For further information, the entirety of the Connecticut Locksmith Law can be found in Chapter 400p at this link: https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_400p.htm
thank you 🙂 I live in Connecticut and was arrested twice put on probation the second time but the record of even the arrest is expunged obviously the juvenile one was.. and the adult one is supposed to have been. I can’t find it on the jud.ct.gov site at least which is good. I’m wondering if you think an FBI /State of CT background check/criminal history are going to show them anyway? It’s ok if you don’t know I mean I can ask a lawyer somewhere. Too bad it really seems like trade schools in person, beyond just online training aren’t teaching locksmithing anymore 🙁 By the way check out the awesome software called InstaCode if you haven’t. It’s a locksmith’s dream for referencing.