Security Spell

Security Spell
Type	Charm
Effect	Prevents break-in on target location

"CLOSING PROCEDURE:
1 - Lock all doors.
2 - Flip the "Open" signs to "Closed".
3 - Assist any remaining customers and escort them out the door.
4 - Double check the lock on The Monster Book of Monsters! (you know what happened last time.)
5 - Extinguish all lights.
6 - Exit the store.
7 - Cast a Security Spell."

— Dervish and Banges closing procedure

A Security Spell (incantation unknown) was a charm used to prevent a break-in at a specified location (a closed shop, for instance). It was part of the closing procedure at Dervish and Banges to cast a Security Spell around the shop premises.

In 1997, before Bill Weasley and Fleur Delacour's wedding, Harry Potter had lost track of how many security enchantments had been placed upon the Burrow by the Order of the Phoenix and the British Ministry of Magic; and it was no longer possible for anybody to travel by magic, such as with a Portkey, directly into the place. Molly Weasley later told Harry Potter that he'd better stay inside while Millamant's Magic Marquees were there to put up a tent, and she stated that it was complicated organising a wedding with all the security spells around the place.

See also

• Protective enchantment

Appearances

• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (First mentioned)
• The Wizarding World of Harry Potter