Licensed and insured electricians in Salt Lake City

For contracting work, yes. A business that contracts to perform electrical work in Utah needs a DOPL contractor license in an electrical classification, commonly E200 or E201, and the people on the job hold individual electrician licenses. The DOPL contractor application asks for a general liability certificate and workers compensation evidence or a Labor Commission waiver. Utah’s small-job exemption does not cover electrical work beyond components such as an outlet or switch; check Utah Code 58-55-305 before hiring anyone unlicensed.

Licensed usually means the business holds a Utah DOPL electrical contractor license and the people on the job hold individual electrician licenses. Insured usually means the business carries general liability and, if it has employees or apprentices, workers compensation, often with commercial auto for its vans. A license does not guarantee quality or insurance; it means the business met DOPL’s requirements when it was issued and has kept it renewed. The lookup and the certificate are the evidence.

Search the business name in Utah DOPL’s licensee search. The contractor license belongs to the business entity, so search the legal name on the estimate, not the crew’s name. The result should show an Active contractor license in an electrical classification such as E200 or E201. Utah contractor license numbers end in -5501. A number with a different suffix, such as the -5502 numbers two companies on this list display, is an individual electrician’s license, not the business’s contractor license.

Ask for a certificate of insurance, often called a COI, issued by the company’s insurance agency. It shows the insured’s legal name, the carrier, policy numbers, effective and expiration dates, and limits. Check that the named insured matches the licensed business, that the dates cover your job, and that general liability is listed. Ask whether the company carries workers compensation or holds a Labor Commission waiver. For certainty, call the agency on the certificate.

It depends on what caused the damage. General liability can respond when an electrician’s work injures someone or damages other property, such as a later electrical fire traced to the installation, subject to the policy’s terms and exclusions. It generally does not pay to redo the electrician’s own defective wiring, and completed-operations coverage matters for problems that appear after the job is finished. Ask the company how it handles damage and get its warranty in writing before work starts.

Not as a general condition of the DOPL contractor license. The current DOPL contractor application checklist covers the qualifier, experience, course, exam, business entity, general liability certificate, and workers compensation evidence or waiver; it does not ask for a general surety bond. Some cities and utilities require a bond for specific permits or for work in the public right of way. When an electrician’s website says "bonded," ask which bond it holds, in what amount, and what it covers.

Self-reported means the company’s own website states it is licensed and insured and Redoubt has not yet checked the business in DOPL’s license lookup or reviewed its certificate of insurance. Verified means Redoubt did both and recorded each date. A displayed license number is something the company published, not a Redoubt check. A verified label describes what the lookup and the documents showed on those dates and does not guarantee the license or policies are still in force today.

Not always. The current DOPL contractor application directs an electrical business with no employees and no intent to hire to submit a Workers’ Compensation Coverage Waiver from the Utah Labor Commission, and the Labor Commission decides eligibility. The waiver has a one-year term, hiring anyone makes it invalid, and taking on an apprentice moves the business to the workers compensation path before the apprentice performs work. Which applies depends on the worker setup and current DOPL instructions.

A Salt Lake City general contractor usually asks an electrical subcontractor for a certificate of insurance showing general liability, with the GC named as additional insured for ongoing operations and for completed operations for a stated period after the job, often with primary and noncontributory wording and a waiver of subrogation. Many also require workers compensation evidence, commercial auto, and umbrella limits. A certificate does not rewrite the policy, so send the insurance exhibit to your agency first.

Send Redoubt a current certificate of insurance showing general liability, plus workers compensation if you have employees or apprentices, and the legal name your DOPL contractor license is issued under. Electrical contractors serving Salt Lake County whose license shows Active in DOPL’s lookup and whose documents check out are listed as verified with both dates. There is no fee. If you need general liability or a DOPL-ready certificate first, Redoubt quotes both; start on the electrician insurance page.