Tree work rules in Utah

Utah's Division of Professional Licensing lists no arborist or tree care license.¹

Utah law bars cities and counties from blocking vegetation removal in a designated wildland-urban interface area where defensible-space rules require it.^2-3

If a tree is touching the power line to your house, keep clear and call your utility first. Clearing the line is the utility's job, and a tree company can't start until it's done.

In Utah no person or thing may come within 10 feet of lines over 600 volts until the utility is notified, by phone or in person, and mutually agreed precautions are complete.⁴

Utah's one-call law doesn't name stump or root removal. It covers any displacement of earth and exempts only emergencies, gardening and tilling private ground.^5-6

Spraying or treating trees for hire needs a Commercial Pesticide Applicator license from the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food, working for a licensed commercial pesticide business. The category is 3 Ornamental and Turf.^7-8