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Key Control Log

A free printable key register — every key and fob, what it opens, who has it, signed out and signed back in.

First page of the Key Control Log — Know how many keys exist and where they are, so you can tell whether a lock genuinely needs changing.
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One page. Choose your paper size — both versions are laid out identically, so neither one gets shrunk to fit.

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What this sheet is for

Know how many keys exist and where they are, so you can tell whether a lock genuinely needs changing.

Who it is for

Facilities managers, offices, schools, clubs, landlords and anyone holding keys to somewhere other people go.

How to use it

  1. List every key and fob that exists, including spares in the safe.
  2. Have people sign both out and back in.
  3. Reconcile the register periodically: how many should exist, how many can you see.
  4. Record what you did about anything missing.

What is on the sheet

One page, top to bottom:

Printed under the title: Every key and fob the organisation holds, who has it, and whether it came back.

Count them out, count them in. Keys leave quietly and nobody notices until a lock has to be changed. A register turns that into a question with an answer.

Write-on lines: Premises or department · Register started · Held by

Table, 13 rows: Key or fob ID · What it opens · Issued to · Date out · Signed out · Date back · Signed in · Notes

Write-on lines: Keys that should exist · Accounted for · Unaccounted for · Checked on

Questions

When should locks be changed?

This sheet will not tell you, because it depends on what the key opens and who has it. What it gives you is the information to make that call with.

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