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Licensed role · Utah

Appraiser

The lender's valuation, not yours. Appraisers are licensed by the same division as agents and appear in the same lookup, which is the one convenient thing about this list.

Licensed by Utah Division of Real Estate, appraisal program
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Utah license lookup — real estate and appraisal

Run by Utah Division of Real Estate. Free, no account.

Often mistaken for: The one lookup that covers everybody in a transaction. It covers two of the division's three licensing programs, and the third — mortgage — is the one most buyers want to check.

Tiers you will see on the record
  • Trainee
  • State-licensed appraiser
  • Certified residential appraiser
  • Certified general appraiser
Not a license

A number produced by a website, an agent's comparative market analysis, or the county's assessed value. Utah Code 61-2b-3 is explicit about the middle one: a licensed broker or sales agent may give an opinion of value in the ordinary course of business without an appraiser license, but that opinion may not be called an appraisal.

What the record shows
  • Current status and certification level
  • Whether the level covers the property type being appraised
  • Sustained disciplinary action
What it does not show
  • Who ordered the appraisal, or who selected the appraiser
  • Whether the appraisal management company in the middle is separately registered — that is its own division registry
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In Utah Valley

Utah is a non-disclosure state, so sale prices are not filed in a public record. That is why appraisal and lender-side valuation carry more weight here than in states where anyone can look up what the neighbors paid.

The rule this sits under

Utah Code 61-2b-3 — a license is required to prepare an appraisal for valuable consideration. Complaints about a licensee go to the division's intake; sustained action appears in its disciplinary actions.

The other four roles

Checked against the regulators' own sites on 2026-08-16. Agencies reorganize their sites; follow the link rather than trusting a description that has aged. Back to all five roles →

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