AGENCY: Department of Commerce. Division of Professional Licensing

SERIES: 9297
TITLE: Contractors licensing files
DATES: 1956-
ARRANGEMENT: Numerical by license number

DESCRIPTION: These files document applications and licenses for general contractors doing business in the State of Utah. The Department of Commerce, Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing, issues licenses to qualified persons in the following classifications: general engineering contractor, general building contractor, residential and small commercial contractor, specialty contractor, journeyman plumber, apprentice plumber, master electrician, journeyman electrician, residential journeyman electrician, residential trainee electrician, and backflow device technician.

Applicants are required to pay a fee determined by the Department of Commerce, pass an examination approved by the Department, and produce evidence of financial responsibility. Upon approval of the license, the applicant must file proof of workmen's compensation insurance, public liability insurance, and registration with the Department of Employment Security. Information includes name, address, telephone number, social security number and birthdate. Also included is the name of the business, the date of incorporation, the corporation number, the Utah certificate authority number, and the date the business commenced operation.

The agency discontinued microfilming these records in 1996.

RETENTION

Retain for 10 year(s)

DISPOSITION

Destroy.

RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION

Retention and disposition for this series were specifically approved by the State Records Committee.

APPROVED: 06/2006

FORMAT MANAGEMENT

Computer data files: Retain in Office for 10 years and then delete.

Paper: For records prior to and including 2008. Retain in Office for 1 year or until microfilmed and then transfer to State Records Center. Retain in State Records Center for 9 years and then destroy.

Paper: Retain in Office until scanned and quality checked and then destroy.

Microfilm master: Retain in Archives for 10 years and then destroy.

APPRAISAL

Administrative Historical

The decision was made to hold previously filmed microfilm and microfiche licenses as a historical sample of one of the department's functions.

PRIMARY DESIGNATION

Public. UCA 63G-2-302(2)(r) (2008)

SECONDARY DESIGNATION

Private. UCA 63G-2-301(2)(d) (2008), at-risk govt. employees 63G-2-303

Exempt. UCA 58-1-106(2)and(3) (2008)