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Utah Code § 58-55-501 (2026)

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1/1/2027

As used in this part:

"Automatic fire sprinkler system" means a fire suppression system designed to detect and automatically discharge an agent, a foam, or water over a fire.
"Commercial construction project" means a construction, alteration, repair, demolition, or excavation project that does not involve:
single-family detached housing;
multi-family attached housing up to and including a fourplex; or
construction of a non-residential project that is fewer than two stories above ground.
"Crane" means a power-operated hoisting machine used in construction, demolition, or excavation work that has a power-operated winch, load-line, and boom moving laterally by the rotation of the machine on a carrier.
"Crane" does not include a fork lift, a digger derrick truck, an aircraft, a bucket truck, a knuckle boom, a side boom, or a mechanic's truck.
"Crane operator" means an individual who operates a crane.
"Elevator" means the same as that term is defined in Section 34A-7-202;
"Elevator" does not include:
a stair chair;
an incline platform lift; or
a vertical platform lift.
"Elevator mechanic" means an individual who erects, constructs, installs, alters, services, repairs, or maintains an elevator under the immediate supervision of an elevator contractor.
"Elevator work" means constructing, maintaining, servicing, or repairing an elevator.
"Fire sprinkler contractor" means a contractor that installs, repairs, maintains, or replaces an automatic fire sprinkler system.
"Gas corporation" means the same as that term is defined in Section 54-2-1.
"Minimum system" means the minimum natural gas facilities necessary to serve each intended consumer, as determined by a gas corporation.
"Natural gas facility" means:
one or more natural gas mains;
one or more natural gas service lines; or
a combination of Subsections (11)(a)(i) and (ii).
"Natural gas facility" includes any necessary appurtenant facilities.
"Natural gas main" means a natural gas distribution pipeline that delivers natural gas to another natural gas distribution supply line or to a natural gas service line.
"Natural gas main" does not include a natural gas service line.
"Natural gas service line" means a natural gas pipeline that carries natural gas from a natural gas main to a meter for use by the final consumer.
"Natural gas tariff specifications" means the standards and specifications:
for the construction of natural gas facilities; and
that are:
established by a gas corporation; and
included in the gas corporation's tariff that is approved by the Public Service Commission.
"Qualifying installer" means a person that:
a gas corporation approves to install natural gas facilities; and
is licensed in accordance with Section 58-55-503.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 2001–2019 · leading case: Muddy Boys, Inc. v. Dep't of Com., 2019 UT App 33 (Utah Ct. App. 2019).
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Muddy Boys, Inc. v. Dep't of Com., 2019 UT App 33 (Utah Ct. App. 2019). · cites it 2× “¶3 In November 2015, DOPL filed an administrative action against Muddy Boys, accusing it of hiring an unlicensed subcontractor on fifty-eight separate projects, which DOPL contended was a violation of Utah Code section 58-55-501(3), and asserting that Muddy Boys should be…”
Universal Contracting, LLC v. Utah Dep't of Com., 69 F. Supp. 3d 1225 (D. Utah 2014). · cites it 17× “” Utah Code Ann. §§ 58-55-501 (24)(a) and - 502(8).”
State v. Bohne, 2001 UT App 11 (Utah Ct. App. 2001). · cites it 8× “Appellant is not a licensed contractor, and does not use licensed subcontractors, such as electricians or plumbers, in constructing the modular homes.”
J. Pochynok Co., Inc. v. Smedsrud, 2003 UT App 375 (Utah Ct. App. 2003). · cites it 2× “Under the title, “Penalty for Wrongful Mechanics Lien,” Senate Bill 167 proposed amendments to three sections of the Utah Code: sections 38-1-18, -25; and section 58-55-501, in an effort to curb wrongful, outrageous, and fraudulent lien claims.”
— Utah Code § 58-55-501(24) — 1 case
Universal Contracting, LLC v. Utah Dep't of Com., 69 F. Supp. 3d 1225 (D. Utah 2014). “” Utah Code Ann. §§ 58-55-501 (24)(a) and - 502(8).”
— Utah Code § 58-55-501(24)(a) — 1 case
Universal Contracting, LLC v. Utah Dep't of Com., 69 F. Supp. 3d 1225 (D. Utah 2014). “” Utah Code Ann. §§ 58-55-501 (24)(a) and - 502(8).”
— Utah Code § 58-55-501(24)(b) — 1 case
Universal Contracting, LLC v. Utah Dep't of Com., 69 F. Supp. 3d 1225 (D. Utah 2014). “” Utah Code Ann. §§ 58-55-501 (24)(a) and - 502(8).”
— Utah Code § 58-55-501(3) — 1 case
Muddy Boys, Inc. v. Dep't of Com., 2019 UT App 33 (Utah Ct. App. 2019). “¶3 In November 2015, DOPL filed an administrative action against Muddy Boys, accusing it of hiring an unlicensed subcontractor on fifty-eight separate projects, which DOPL contended was a violation of Utah Code section 58-55-501(3), and asserting that Muddy Boys should be…”
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