What permits do you need to open a contractor or trade in Washington County Ut?

Major Home Occupation Business License

A home-based business in unincorporated Washington County that exceeds the minor-home-occupation thresholds listed separately needs this license: $50.00 a year, plus the $10.00 processing fee and the per-employee fees, with a 2-year option available at the county's own live business-license application portal. Typical examples on the county's own home-occupation page include a home kitchen (restaurant, coffee shop), a daycare or preschool with more than eight children, a multi-chair salon, a crafts-based retail operation, and a contractor's home office. The two-year option is stated on the county's business-license-information page as available only for home-occupation licenses, not for the standard commercial license. This license reaches only unincorporated Washington County, not any of the 15 incorporated cities and towns.

Electrical Contractor License

Priced identically to general contracting, $175 to apply and $128 to renew on the same shared 30 November even-year date, in either a general or a residential-only classification. The one requirement specific to this trade is that whoever qualifies the license must already hold an active Utah Master Electrician license — the contractor license cannot be obtained on the strength of the business alone.

Plumbing Contractor License

The same $175-and-$128 structure as electrical contracting, in a general or residential-only classification, and the same design: the license's qualifier must already hold an active Utah Master Plumber license rather than the business qualifying on its own.

General Contractor License

Utah licenses contractors by classification rather than by one general category, and every classification shares the identical $175-to-apply, $128-to-renew price — general engineering, general building, residential and small commercial, electrical, plumbing and HVAC all cost the same. What differs by classification is the path to qualify: a general classification needs two years or four thousand hours of paid construction experience, a twenty-five hour pre-licensure course with an extra five hours of business and law for the general classifications, a passing score on the state's business and law exam, and general liability insurance of at least a million dollars per occurrence and three million aggregate. Every license renews on the same shared date, 30 November of even-numbered years, regardless of when it was first issued.

HVAC Contractor License

The same $175-and-$128 price as Utah's other licensed trades, on the same shared renewal date. Qualifying is more flexible here than for electrical or plumbing: a candidate can pass the state's HVAC trade exam and hold a Certified Natural Gas Technician credential, show four thousand hours of qualified HVAC employment, or qualify through a qualifier who already holds an active Utah journeyman, master or residential plumber license.

Shared with other businesses in Washington County Ut

• Minor Home Occupation — License Not Required Under County Code § 10-26-3(B) — Washington County Community Development Department, No fee, n/a — no license is issued unless a courtesy license is separately requested. Also required for restaurants, coffee shops, childcare centres, salons and barbers and retail stores; what it involves is set out on the childcare centres page.