Stolen Property & Lock Picking Devices

Examples of permitted listings

Remember: All listings and products must comply with all laws and regulations. Blank keys

Examples of prohibited listings

• Products where the serial number has been removed or altered
• Lock picking or locksmithing devices, such as:
  • Autolock bypass keys or jigglers
  • Concealed handcuff keys
  • Digital decoders
  • Lock picking cards and lock picking guns
  • Lock picking sets
  • Slim-jims
  • Tension bars
  • Try-out keys
  • Tubular lock picks
• Devices designed to duplicate a key
• Shoplifting devices, including sensormatic detachers
• Card skimming devices
• Code grabbing devices
• Master keys or skeleton keys

Additional useful information

• Public Money, Property or Records,18 U.S.C. 641, which prohibits the theft of government property
• Nonmailability of Locksmithing Devices, 39 U.S.C. 3002a, and Injurious Articles as Nonmailablity of locksmithing devices,18 U.S.C. 1716A, which prohibit the mailing of locksmithing devices unless they are sent to specific, authorized parties