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How do you check a contractor license in Utah?

Utah's Division of Professional Licensing, DOPL, runs a public licensee lookup at secure.utah.gov that you can search by name and profession or by license number. DOPL says a company's license is in the entity's name, and a sole proprietor's is in the person's own name.

Source: Utah Division of Professional Licensing, DOPL licensee lookup, read 22 October 2026.
Source: Utah Division of Professional Licensing, contracting frequently asked questions, read 22 October 2026.

The license lookup is yours to run on the state's site.

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Trade license pages

Where do you look up a Utah contractor license?

In DOPL's licensee lookup at secure.utah.gov, listed in the sources below. The lookup, read 22 October 2026, offers a search by name and profession or a search by license number, and its notice says every probationary license now shows the single status Active on Probation.

Source: Utah Division of Professional Licensing, DOPL licensee lookup, read 22 October 2026.

The Construction Trades Licensing Act adds: "The license issued under this chapter and the business license issued by the local jurisdiction in which the licensee has its principal place of business shall be the only licenses required for the licensee to engage in a trade licensed by this chapter, within the state."

Source: Utah Code, Construction Trades Licensing Act, who must hold a license, read 22 October 2026.

DOPL's contracting questions page says all contractor licenses expire on 30 November of each odd year.

Source: Utah Division of Professional Licensing, contracting frequently asked questions, read 22 October 2026.

Whose name should you search in Utah's lookup?

The name on the license. DOPL issues a company's contractor license to the entity, such as a corporation, partnership or joint venture, not to its owner or qualifier, while a sole proprietor's license is in the person's own given name.

Source: Utah Division of Professional Licensing, contracting frequently asked questions, read 22 October 2026.

DOPL's contracting questions page says: "As a sole proprietor the license will be issued to the individual in his/her own given name."

Source: Utah Division of Professional Licensing, contracting frequently asked questions, read 22 October 2026.

On names, it says: "Business must be conducted in the name on the license."

Source: Utah Division of Professional Licensing, contracting frequently asked questions, read 22 October 2026.

It goes on: "However, business can be conducted under another name by means of a DBA."

Source: Utah Division of Professional Licensing, contracting frequently asked questions, read 22 October 2026.

So the name on a contract may be a DBA rather than the name on the license; ask for both.

Source: Utah Division of Professional Licensing, contracting frequently asked questions, read 22 October 2026.

DOPL's contracting questions page says the only legal way to work under any license is as an officer or W2 employee of the contractor that holds it.

Source: Utah Division of Professional Licensing, contracting frequently asked questions, read 22 October 2026.

Which smaller jobs does Utah exempt from a contractor license?

Section 58-55-305 of the Utah Code reads: "In addition to the exemptions from licensure in Section 58-1-307, the following persons may engage in acts or practices included within the practice of construction trades, subject to the stated circumstances and limitations, without being licensed under this chapter:"

Source: Utah Code, Construction Trades Licensing Act, exemptions from licensure, read 22 October 2026.

The Act sets the limit in its exemption for "a person engaged in the alteration, repair, remodeling, or addition to or improvement of a building with a contracted or agreed value of less than $7,000, including both labor and materials, and including all changes or additions to the contracted or agreed upon work;"

Source: Utah Code, Construction Trades Licensing Act, exemptions from licensure, read 22 October 2026.

For plumbing and electrical work on such a smaller project, the Act says the work "shall be performed by a licensed electrical or plumbing contractor, if the project involves an electrical or plumbing system".

Source: Utah Code, Construction Trades Licensing Act, exemptions from licensure, read 22 October 2026.

For a part of the system, the next clause says the work "may be performed by a licensed journeyman electrician or plumber or an individual referred to in Subsection (1)(h)(ii)(A)(I), if the project involves a component of the system such as a faucet, toilet, fixture, device, outlet, or electrical switch;"

Source: Utah Code, Construction Trades Licensing Act, exemptions from licensure, read 22 October 2026.

For HVAC work, the Act says the "installation, repair, or replacement of a heating, ventilation, or air conditioning system (HVAC) on a Subsection (1)(h)(i) project must be performed by an HVAC contractor licensed by the division;"

Source: Utah Code, Construction Trades Licensing Act, exemptions from licensure, read 22 October 2026.

The same list also names gas appliance and combustion system work, water-based fire protection systems, alarm systems and radon mitigation systems, each with its own rule on who must do the work.

Source: Utah Code, Construction Trades Licensing Act, exemptions from licensure, read 22 October 2026.

What is not public in Utah, and where do complaints go?

Complaints: DOPL says complaints about a violation of Utah's occupational and professional laws are not public information. DOPL runs a separate Disciplinary Actions and Citations search, and you can file a complaint with DOPL yourself.

Source: Utah Division of Professional Licensing, file a complaint, read 22 October 2026.
Source: Utah Division of Professional Licensing, disciplinary actions and citations, read 22 October 2026.

DOPL's complaint page says: "By law, complaints concerning a violation of Utah's occupational and professional laws are not public information."

Source: Utah Division of Professional Licensing, file a complaint, read 22 October 2026.

Its disciplinary actions page, read 22 October 2026, describes the other search: "The Division of Professional Licensing’s Disciplinary Actions and Citations search allows users to search an entity name, license number, or individual’s name to discover any disciplinary actions and/or citations connected to an individual or entity."

Source: Utah Division of Professional Licensing, disciplinary actions and citations, read 22 October 2026.

On what happens after you file, the complaint page says: "Once your complaint is reviewed, you will be notified regarding what action DOPL can take."

Source: Utah Division of Professional Licensing, file a complaint, read 22 October 2026.

It also sets a limit on that route: "Please be advised that DOPL will not act as your attorney for purposes of settling, recovering monetary loss, or performing any other dispute resolution between you and any person whom you feel may have violated Utah's occupational and professional laws."

Source: Utah Division of Professional Licensing, file a complaint, read 22 October 2026.

What should you collect from a Utah contractor before searching?

Get the name on the license, any DBA, and the license number; a lookup is then an optional public-record step you can take yourself in DOPL's lookup and its disciplinary actions search before you sign. These are practical suggestions, not DOPL rules.

  1. Ask for the name on the license, and any DBA the business uses, as they will appear on the contract.

    Source: Utah Division of Professional Licensing, contracting frequently asked questions, read 22 October 2026.

  2. Ask for the license number that goes with that name.
  3. For a small job, ask for the full agreed price, including every change, so you can compare it with the Act's limit, quoted above, which counts labor, materials and every change.

    Source: Utah Code, Construction Trades Licensing Act, exemptions from licensure, read 22 October 2026.

  4. Ask whether anyone on site works under the business's license; DOPL says the only legal way to do that is as an officer or W2 employee of the contractor that holds it.

    Source: Utah Division of Professional Licensing, contracting frequently asked questions, read 22 October 2026.

  5. In DOPL's licensee lookup, search by name and profession or by license number, and read the status shown.

    Source: Utah Division of Professional Licensing, DOPL licensee lookup, read 22 October 2026.

  6. Run the same name through DOPL's disciplinary actions and citations search.

    Source: Utah Division of Professional Licensing, disciplinary actions and citations, read 22 October 2026.

  7. Note the day you searched and what each search showed, and keep it with your contract.

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Source: InstaBids process and privacy, live-page excerpts, read 22 October 2026.

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