Full text of Utah Utah Code § 58-94-301 — License required -- License classifications -- Scope. (Effective 1/1/2027), with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
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.
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