Locked out at 2 AM, key snapped in the deadbolt, or someone needs to be evicted by Friday — three different problems, one phone number. We answer in person, quote the price before any tools come out, and we pick before we drill.
Doctor Lockout is a 24/7 mobile locksmith based in Port St. Lucie, FL serving St. Lucie West, Tradition, Fort Pierce, Stuart, Jensen Beach, Palm City, and the rest of the Treasure Coast since 2018. Phone is answered live, not by a call center. Most jobs in our coverage area are on-site in 15-30 minutes.
We pick locks before we drill them. The vans carry Schlage, Kwikset, Medeco, Mul-T-Lock, Yale and Schlage Primus inventory plus a full automotive key & fob library, which is why we can finish almost every job in one visit. No 'come back tomorrow with parts.'
Upfront pricing on the phone. Call (772) 284-5142 — we'll tell you the price before we touch your lock.
We're a mobile locksmith. The whole shop is in the van. That means the price you get on the phone is the price you pay in your driveway — no truck charge, no "show-up fee," no $400 surprise at the end. Three things separate us from the dozens of "locksmith" numbers Google serves up when you search at midnight:
1. The phone gets answered by a person. Not a call center routing your job to whoever bid lowest. The dispatcher you talk to lives in St. Lucie County, knows what "the back side of Torino" means, and can tell you whether the locksmith is already in your neighborhood.
2. Picking comes before drilling. A surprising number of "locksmiths" drill your deadbolt first because it's fast and they don't have the tools to pick. We carry Lishi picks, bypass tools, and the experience to use them. Drilling happens only when the lock is anti-pick (Medeco, Schlage Primus, Mul-T-Lock) or when picking has been tried and failed — and we tell you that's where we are before we change tools.
3. Pricing is upfront and the technician carries the inventory. Schlage Encode, Kwikset Halo, Yale Assure, August smart locks, ANSI Grade 1 commercial cylinders, blank keys for every transponder Honda, Toyota, Ford and Chrysler sells — it's all on the van. You don't pay an extra trip charge to drive to the supply house because there isn't one.
Three buckets — residential, commercial, automotive — plus everything that doesn't fit a clean category at 3 AM. The links below go to deeper pages with pricing, process, and PSL-specific notes.
House lockouts after the wind slams the door behind you. Rekeying every lock to one new key after closing on a new home in Tradition or St Lucie West. Smart lock installation — Schlage Encode and Yale Assure are the two we install most, with a long aside on which Wi-Fi setups actually work behind PSL's concrete-block construction. Deadbolt upgrades, broken-key extraction, mailbox locks for cluster boxes (those Salsbury and Florence cluster mailboxes around the Magnolia Lakes and Sandpiper Bay developments fail in batches).
Master key systems for property managers, panic bar installation to pass fire-marshal inspection at Treasure Coast plazas, access control retrofits, eviction lockouts coordinated with Sheriff's Office writs of possession, storefront aluminum-door lock replacements (the MS1850S Adams Rite mortise is what most of the Port St Lucie Boulevard storefronts are running). We carry electrified strikes, REX motion sensors, and the wiring know-how to retrofit them into 1980s door frames without ripping out the wall.
Locked-keys-in-car — pretty much any vehicle made since the 90s, plus most '70s and '80s GM, Ford, and Mopar. Lost car key replacement programmed on-site. Transponder cloning (PCF7935, PCF7936, ID46, ID48, Megamos AES). Smart-key remote programming for push-to-start vehicles back to model year 2008 — Tesla, Hyundai, Ford F-150, RAM 1500 TRX, and every recent Honda are the most common calls. Ignition cylinder repair on the older trucks where the wafers wear out.
The "locksmith near me" search results have a known dark pattern: dozens of listings owned by 3-4 dispatch operations that flip jobs to whoever bids the most for the lead. They quote $19 on the phone and bill $400 at the curb. Our pricing is on this page below and on every service page. The Google Business Profile reviews are real customers — feel free to read all 26 of them, and call the references if you want.
If you're a Property Manager comparing options: we maintain master key systems for residential portfolios across PSL and write up the work-order in PDF you can drop into AppFolio or Buildium. We also do bulk rekeying on turnovers — most one-bedroom turn rekeys finish in 35 minutes, two-bedroom in 50.
If you're a small business owner: panic bar code compliance is the most common reason we get called. Florida fire code requires every public-egress door to have a single-action panic device — most older Treasure Coast plazas (Tradition Square, the Village at PGA Verano, Riverwalk in Port Salerno) were grandfathered for years and are now failing inspection. We install Detex, Von Duprin, and Sargent on commercial doors and most jobs are under $600 per door including hardware.
| Service | Typical Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Standard residential lockout | $65 - $95 | PSL / St Lucie West / Tradition. After-hours add ~$30. |
| Car lockout (most makes) | $65 - $125 | Higher end for European cars + smart-key vehicles. |
| Rekey single deadbolt | $25 - $40 | Plus service call. Most calls are 3+ cylinders. |
| Rekey whole house (avg 4-6 cylinders) | $140 - $220 | Includes 3 keys. One visit, ~30 min on-site. |
| Lost car key + program (basic transponder) | $160 - $290 | Honda, Toyota, Ford, Chrysler. European usually higher. |
| Lost smart-key / push-to-start program | $280 - $500 | Tesla, RAM 1500 TRX, F-150 Lightning - call for quote. |
| Panic bar install + hardware (commercial) | $420 - $720 | Single-door. Includes Detex/Von Duprin/Sargent + labor. |
| Smart lock install (Schlage Encode / Yale Assure) | $140 - $260 | Plus hardware cost - we don't mark up retail. |
| What matters | Doctor Lockout | Big-name dispatch operations | DIY / Home Depot |
|---|---|---|---|
| Live person answers the phone | Yes | Sometimes | No |
| Quote before tools come out | Yes | No - flat rate then upcharge on-site | N/A |
| Picks before drilling | Yes | Depends on the contractor sent | N/A |
| Van carries hardware for one-visit fix | Yes - Schlage, Kwikset, Medeco, Yale, Mul-T-Lock | Sometimes | You buy then install |
| Owner lives in St. Lucie County | Yes | No - usually out-of-state dispatch | N/A |
| Licensed, insured, posts license # on invoice | Yes | Varies wildly | N/A |
Real person on the phone in under 2 rings. Locksmith on-site in 15-30 minutes. Honest price before any tools come out.
Call (772) 284-5142For non-luxury makes — almost always the locksmith. The Ford / Toyota / Honda / Chevy dealer typically charges $200-$400 for a basic transponder key plus a tow ($75-$150 if you can't drive in), and you'll wait 2-7 business days. We finish most basic-transponder keys on-site in your driveway in under an hour for $160-$290 total — no tow, no waiting.
For luxury / European (BMW, Mercedes, Audi, Porsche), it's closer — sometimes the dealer is similar or even cheaper because of the proprietary chip platforms. Always ask us for a phone quote against the dealer's number before committing.
Our average dispatch in city limits is 18 minutes. St Lucie West and Tradition we typically hit in 12-20 minutes because we run a north and south route. Outer coverage (Jensen Beach, Palm City, Port Salerno, Rio, Hutchinson Island) is 30-50 minutes depending on traffic on US-1 and the Crosstown Parkway.
Whoever you talk to on the phone will give you the honest ETA. If we can't beat 45 minutes we'll tell you so you can decide if it's worth waiting.
Yes, every night of the year. The dispatcher is a real person in St. Lucie County, not an outsourced call center, and they have direct radio contact with the on-call locksmith. We don't use answering services or 'leave a message and we'll call you back' systems — that's not 24/7 service, that's a voicemail box.
Easy — we duplicate keys on-site too. Most house keys are $4-$8 each, transponder car keys are $40-$80 depending on the chip, and high-security keys (Medeco, Mul-T-Lock, Schlage Primus) we cut from your card if you have it. Same-day appointments usually available, no emergency rate.
A short list: properly installed Medeco 3, Mul-T-Lock MT5+, and Abloy Protec2 are designed to be unpickable by retail-grade tools. We can still open them — but typically by decoding, key impressioning, or in the worst case drilling the specific anti-pick element. Drilling those costs more (we typically replace the cylinder rather than restore it) and we'll always tell you the trade-off before starting.
Combination safes vary widely. Sentry / SentrySafe and most residential safes we open quickly. Older commercial Mosler, Hamilton, or LeFebure floor safes require specialty work and we'll quote that as a separate job.
Yes. Florida doesn't have a state-level locksmith license, but St. Lucie County requires a local occupational license — ours is on our invoice and we'll show it on-site if you ask. We carry $1M general liability insurance. For commercial work, we provide a Certificate of Insurance naming the property as additional insured before the job.
We respond fastest in Port St. Lucie proper plus St. Lucie West, Tradition, and the central neighborhoods between US-1 and I-95. From Torino to Southbend, River Park to Sandpiper Bay, and the new builds in Magnolia Lakes and Veranda Bay — the techs know the gate-code patterns and which back-roads cut through during traffic.
Last updated: 2026-05-17