Licensed role · Utah

Real estate agent or broker

The person who lists or shows the house. In Utah this is a state license with tiers, and the tier changes who is legally responsible when something goes wrong.

Licensed by Utah Division of Real Estate, under the Real Estate Licensing and Practices Act

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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

Sales agent — the entry license, and it must be affiliated with a brokerage at all times
Associate broker — has met the broker standard but works under a principal broker
Branch broker — supervises a branch office
Principal broker — carries responsibility for the brokerage, its agents and its trust account

Not a license

REALTOR® is a membership in a trade association, not a credential the state issues. Plenty of licensed Utah agents are not members, and membership is not a substitute for the license record.

What the record shows

Whether the license is active, inactive or expired right now
The license type, which tells you the tier
The brokerage the agent is affiliated with
Disciplinary history, if any has been sustained

What it does not show

How many transactions the agent has closed
Whether previous clients were satisfied
Whether the agent has ever worked in the neighborhood you are buying in

Ask before you hire

Which brokerage holds your license, and does the record agree
Are you representing me, the seller, or both — and get the answer in writing
Who is your principal broker, and how do I reach them if we have a problem

In Utah Valley

Utah County transactions run through the same state license as the rest of Utah, so an agent licensed in Salt Lake is licensed here. Local knowledge is a service question, not a licensing one.

The rule this sits under

Utah Code Title 61, Chapter 2f. Complaints about a licensee go to the division's intake; sustained action appears in its disciplinary actions.

The other four roles

Licensed role

Mortgage loan originator

The person who takes your loan application and quotes you terms. This is the role the state real estate lookup does not cover, and the one buyers most often skip checking.

How to check loan originators and lenders →

Licensed role

Property manager

In Utah, managing someone else's rental for a fee is real estate activity. That surprises owners and tenants alike, and it means the person collecting your rent has a license you can check.

How to check property managers →

Licensed role

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.

How to check appraisers →

Licensed role

Title and escrow

The company that holds the money and insures the title. It is regulated from two directions at once, which is why checking it takes two lookups instead of one.

How to check title and escrow →

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 →