Utah Private Security and Private Investigation Licensing Guide

Utah maintains a centralized, statewide licensing regime for private investigators and private security services under Utah Code Title 53, Chapter 9.

Licensing is administered by the Utah Department of Public Safety through the Bureau of Criminal Identification (BCI).

The statute provides for licensure of private investigation companies, private investigators, contract security companies, and security officers. Individual security officers must be licensed at the state level. Armed security officers are subject to additional firearms training and endorsement requirements under the statutory framework.

Licensure is required prior to engaging in regulated services. Both business entities and individual licensees are regulated at the state level.

Firearms permitting for general concealed carry is governed under separate provisions of Utah law and is not itself a private security or private investigation license.

Regulation of private investigation and private security services is centralized at the state level.

Utah regulates private investigation and private security under a unified statutory framework administered by the Bureau of Criminal Identification.

Business entities must be licensed, and individual security officers and private investigators must obtain appropriate licensure prior to performing regulated services.

Armed security endorsement is administered within the Chapter 9 framework and does not replace required company licensure or individual licensing.