{"id":99,"date":"2025-04-09T15:34:54","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T19:34:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/residencelife\/?page_id=99"},"modified":"2025-06-11T12:40:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T16:40:10","slug":"residential-students-key-or-lock-issues","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/residencelife\/current-returning-students\/housing-procedures\/residential-students-key-or-lock-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"Residential Students Key or Lock Issues"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"wp-block-umw-hero alignfull umw-custom-block umw-hero umw-hero--dark-text umw-hero--white umw-hero--with-no-media\"><div class=\"umw-hero__inner\"><div class=\"umw-hero__media\"><\/div><div class=\"umw-hero__title\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"umw-hero__title__wrapper\"><div class=\"umw-hero__eyebrow\">Residence Life and Housing<\/div><h1 class=\"umw-hero__title__header\">Key or Lock Issues<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-umw-hero-ctas alignfull\"><div class=\"umw-hero__links\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"umw-hero__links__wrapper\">\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-residential-students-key-or-lock-issues\">Residential Students Key or Lock Issues<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lost\/Misplaced\/Stolen Keys<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If a key to a residence hall room or apartment has been lost\/misplaced or stolen key go to UMW Police Headquarters, located in Eagle Village,&nbsp;<strong>immediately<\/strong>&nbsp;to file a Police Report.&nbsp; This will initiate a Locksmith work order request to change the lock.&nbsp; This is to ensure the safety of the residents.  Students can request an RA to let them into their room until a lock change has been completed and new keys have been issued.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Note<\/strong>:&nbsp; Students should not complete a facilities work order request for a lost or stolen key.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Broken Lock<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If the lock on a residence hall or apartment room door is not working&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.myschoolbuilding.com\/myschoolbuilding\/myrequest.asp\">submit a work order<\/a>&nbsp;to have it repaired.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Unreturned key\/lock change\/replacement charges<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>$125 for all residential spaces. Key charges are typically processed once a month to student accounts.  Once a lock change has been completed, refunds for found or returned keys is not possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Students are expected to return their room key immediately following move-out to avoid unreturned key charges.  Since many residential spaces are reassigned to another student or used for summer conferences, it may not be possible to provide a grace period for a key to be mailed back to campus after your departure.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Residential Students Key or Lock Issues Lost\/Misplaced\/Stolen Keys If a key to a residence hall room or apartment has been lost\/misplaced or stolen key go to UMW Police Headquarters, located in Eagle Village,&nbsp;immediately&nbsp;to file a Police Report.&nbsp; This will initiate a Locksmith work order request to change the lock.&nbsp; This is to ensure the safety [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2180,"featured_media":0,"parent":89,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"umw_cb_additional_links":[[]],"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_advisory_expires_time":"","_advisory_meta_include":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-99","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"entry"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Residential Students Key or Lock Issues &#187; 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