I lost combination to several old $5 Masterlocks. So I went to their web site. I found an amusing procedure. The italics are Masterlock’s: I wonder how many prisoners are trying to use the web to unlock their prison cell doors…
Print out the Lost Combination Form from a printer friendly page, or download the PDF file.
Have your Lost Combination Form notarized by a Notary Public to prove that you are the owner of the lock (you can include up to 6 combinations on one notarized form).
Note: Inmates at a correctional facility – in addition to the lost combination form, you must submit your request on official prison letterhead. In lieu of notarization, the form must be signed by a prison official.
Photocopy the serial number on the back case of your combination lock. This copy MUST clearly show that the lock is not attached to anything. Be sure to hand write the serial number on the photocopy.
Cheap Talk 
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June 23, 2011 at 9:26 pm
MMP
I don’t know if cheap talk runs as a democracy and/or if Lones if willing, but just fyi, this regular reader would welcome Lones making a longer/ permanent run. (Well aware my input wasn’t asked for, just saying…)
June 24, 2011 at 10:03 am
Trinity River
Would having the document notarized and mailing it all in cost more than the lock? I guess it would be ok if you had a bunch of locks.
June 24, 2011 at 1:12 pm
Lones
@MMP: I am in awe that Jeff and Sandeep can keep this going. They are like Jon Stewart, while I am his occasional visitor Lewis Black, able to stock up some insights and release them en masse.
@TR: Exactly. Am not sure who would go through this process, rather than buy a new lock, as I did.