New York State Department of State
Business of Installing,
Servicing or
Maintaining Security or
Fire Alarm Systems
(General Business Law, Article 6D)

CONSUMER ADVISORY ON SYSTEM LOCK OUT CODES

Lock out code technology protects the
alarm system and the consumer from
fraudulent entry to the system’s electronic
composition.
Consumers who own alarm systems that
are free of financial obligation should have
access to the system’s electronic composition.
An alarm-system agreement should provide
that lock out codes (also referred to as
source codes) are to be defaulted or released
to the consumer for their access to the security
system’s program levels.
Please be sure to review the alarm system
agreement carefully with regard to
lock out \ source code access.