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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0306</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4/A</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2013-09-27</periodOfReport>

    <dateOfOriginalSubmission>2013-12-31</dateOfOriginalSubmission>

    <notSubjectToSection16>1</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000102109</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>UNIVERSAL SECURITY INSTRUMENTS INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>UUU</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001342857</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>North Star Investment Management Corp.</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>20 N. WACKER DRIVE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>SUITE # 1416</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>CHICAGO</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>IL</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>60606</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>1</isOther>
            <otherText>SEE NOTE 2 BELOW</otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                <footnoteId id="F2"/>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2013-09-27</value>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>P</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>0</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>0</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>Self as investment adviser</value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">This Form 4 is not being filed to report any securities transaction; see note 2 below.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">The Reporting Person was and continues to be registered as an investment adviser and, accordingly, pursuant to Rule 16a-1(a), is not deemed to own or have beneficially owned shares of the common stock of the Issuer for Section 16(a) reporting purposes. Accordingly, the Reporting Person has not been subject to Section 16 reporting obligations with respect to the common stock of the Issuer. This amendment effectively withdraws any Form 3 and all Form 4s filed by the Reporting Person with respect to the common stock of the Issuer.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Peter Gottlieb (President of  North Star Investment Management Corp.)</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2014-11-07</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
