Other authorized key-making departments will do the same for their areas. No person shall knowingly possess an unauthorized key or duplicate any key to property owned or leased by the University of Virginia. No person shall knowingly possess any key to the lock of any building or other property owned by the Commonwealth of Virginia, or a department, division or agency thereof, without receiving permission from a person duly authorized to give such permission to possess such key. No person, without receiving permission from a person duly authorized to give such permission shall knowingly duplicate, copy, or make a facsimile of any key to a lock of a building or other property owned by the Commonwealth of Virginia, or a department, division or agency thereof. Requests for master keys will be sent to the University Chief of Police for authorization.
Auxiliaries are responsible for funding repairs to their master keyed systems.
Non-master keys will be issued to a departmental official, if desired, who is then responsible for issuing and controlling the keys within the department. These forms can be obtained from the FM Work Control Division or the FM Lockshop, or on the FM website. When master keys are broken or when no longer required, the responsible person shall return the master key in person to the FM lockshop. The FM Lockshop shall fill out receipt for the master key on the Key Request form, providing a copy to the responsible person. 2.7 Destruction of Master Keys FM Lockshop is solely responsible for the destruction of the master key in such a manner to prevent its duplication.