58-94-301. License required -- License classifications -- Scope.

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Effective 1/1/2027

(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.

Enacted by Chapter 42 , 2026 General Session