Structural pest control licensing
Is your exterminator licensed in Utah?
The Utah-specific check is the QUALIFYING PARTY. Since 2018 the Pesticide Control Act at § 4-14-111(3)(d) has required every Commercial Pesticide Business License to have a Qualifying Party attached — someone who has held a valid Utah applicator license for two or more years, held a qualifying reciprocal license for two or more years, or holds an associate degree or higher in horticulture, agriculture, entomology, biology or chemistry. Ask who the Qualifying Party is; a business license without one should not exist. License numbering is a quick tell — businesses are 4000-series, individual applicators 4001-. The direct lookup path published in national directories predates UDAF site changes and was not confirmed here, so start at the department site or contact (801) 982-2300 or [email protected]. Pair with the Utah law page, where you must choose your remedy in the notice and the corrective period for habitability is just three calendar days.
- Who regulates it
- UDAF
- Verification
- Online
- Check before paying
- The business license
The regulator
The credential to look for
Open the official Utah search →
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What to verify, in order
The business license, not just the technician
Most states license the company and certify the individual separately. A certified technician working for an unlicensed business is still an unlicensed job.
The category or phase covers structural work
Licenses are issued by category. An applicator certified for turf and ornamental has no business in your bedroom.
Status is active, not lapsed
Some state databases exclude cancelled licenses from results entirely, so a revoked company returns the same empty result as a typo. If you get nothing, phone the agency before assuming you mistyped.
Complaint and enforcement history
Where a state publishes disciplinary actions they are usually on the board site rather than inside the license search.
Link last confirmed: . State license portals migrate often and licenses lapse daily — treat anything older than a few months as a starting point, not an answer.
Always confirm on the state's own site. This page points at the official database; it does not mirror or cache license records. Status changes daily and only the issuing agency is authoritative.