Should I charge my tenant for Replacing Locks

[Julie George]

Hi all, 

Wondering if you can provide some input into my situation.I had new tenants who moved in on 06/15/22. The unit is 3 bedroom in a college town, so the tenants are 3 college-aged girls. 

Only 1 of the tenants moved in as the other 2 are away for the summer.I was not physically present to coordinate exchange of keys w/ the 1 tenant so I left all 3 sets of keys in a lockbox in front of the building gate. Apparently, the girl only took 1 of the keys and left the lockbox w/ the remaining 2 keys on the gate .

One week later, I followed up w/ her to make sure she had grabbed the physical lockbox from the gate , and apparently, she did not ...so she went back to check and the lockbox is gone! 

So now the 2 extra keys are missing. I have already checked with the HOA and they confirmed they did not have the lockbox cut. So now my tenant is concerned from a safety standpoint about these missing keys, which I don't disagree with!

The unit is in a. building so there are multiple gates, doors, etc that all require keys.I will have the locks changed but , wondering if I Should I charge her for the locks to be replaced ?

thank you~