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Utah Code § 58-94-301

License required -- License classifications -- Scope

Enacted by Chapter 42, 2026 General Session; Effective 1/1/2027

(1)

(a) A person shall obtain a license under this chapter before engaging as an alarm company or an alarm company agent unless the person is exempt from licensure under Section 58-1-307 or 58-94-306.

(b) The only licenses required for the licensee to engage as an alarm company or an alarm company agent are:

(i) a license issued under this chapter; and

(ii) a business license from the local jurisdiction where the licensee maintains the licensee's principal place of business.

(c) The state or a political subdivision may not impose additional requirements on a licensee to do business except:

(i) contract prequalification procedures a state agency requires; or

(ii) the payment of fees a local jurisdiction makes as a condition for doing business.

(2) The division shall issue a license under this chapter to a qualified person in the following classifications:

(a) alarm company; or

(b) alarm company agent.

(3) The installation, repair, maintenance, or replacement of a battery-charged suspended-wire system or fence requires licensure under this chapter when the battery-charged suspended-wire system or fence:

(a) is part of and interfaces with an alarm system for the purposes of detecting and deterring unauthorized intrusion or entry into or onto certain premises;

(b) is located on property that is not designated by a municipality or county for residential use;

(c) is driven by a commercial storage battery that provides no more than 12 volts of direct current;

(d) is capable of producing an electric charge on contact that does not exceed energizer characteristics set for electric fence energizers by the International Electrotechnical Commission;

(e) is surrounded by a nonelectric perimeter fence or wall that is at least five feet in height;

(f) is not more than the higher of:

(i) two feet higher than the height of the nonelectric perimeter fence or wall; or

(ii) 10 feet in height;

(g) is marked with conspicuous warning signs that are located on the battery-charged suspended-wire system or fence at no more than 30-foot intervals and that read "WARNING -- ELECTRIC FENCE"; and

(h) meets rules related to battery-charged suspended-wire systems or fences that the division adopts with the board's concurrence and in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act.

Official source: Utah State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Utah statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.