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Cardinal Lock & Key Real prices · Durham, NC

lockout line · answered 24/7

Locked out? Don't read. Call.

One call gets you the price range, the after-hours adder if one applies, and the honest arrival window — all before a van moves. Everything below is just the same promises, written down.

  • house or apartment lockout · $95–$140
  • business lockout · $110–$160
  • car lockout · $85–$135
  • broken key extraction · $85–$125

daytime totals, trip fee included · evenings + $40 flat · overnight/Sun + $85 flat

Woman sitting on the front steps of her building with her bag, waiting after locking herself out

arrival windows · quoted from where the van is

How long you'll actually wait

These are the windows we quote in a normal week. The dispatcher confirms yours on the call from the van's real position — and if we can't make it worth your wait, we'll say so and you can call someone closer. No hard feelings.

Durham core

20–40 min for lockouts

Downtown · Old West Durham · Trinity Park · Duke Park · Watts-Hillandale

North & East Durham

30–50 min

Braggtown · Gorman · Merrick-Moore · Falconbridge

RTP & South Durham

30–55 min

Research Triangle Park · Parkwood · Southpoint · Hope Valley

Neighbor towns

40–70 min

Chapel Hill · Carrboro · Hillsborough · North Morrisville

while the van is rolling

Five things to have ready

  1. 01

    A photo ID — or another way to prove it's your door

    We check on every lockout; it's why you can trust us with a lock at all. ID locked inside? Mail, a lease on your phone, or a neighbor vouching works.

  2. 02

    Your exact address, plus a landmark

    “The blue duplex behind the bakery on Ninth” beats a pin that's two houses off. Porch light on at night if you can.

  3. 03

    A phone with some battery

    The tech calls when they're close. If you're at 2%, tell the dispatcher — we'll agree a meeting spot that doesn't depend on your phone.

  4. 04

    A quick think: is anything actually open?

    Back door, garage keypad, a roommate twenty minutes away? Say so. We have told plenty of callers they don't need us — that call is free.

  5. 05

    A card to pay with

    Card, tap, or check. You'll get an itemized invoice on the spot. Nobody from this shop will ever demand cash to open your door.

no bait · no switch

Still locked out?

The dispatcher answers around the clock. You'll have a price range and a real arrival window before this sentence would have finished loading.

Mon–Sat 8 am – 6 pm · lockout line answered 24/7

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