How to check a lawyer's license in Utah
How to search the Utah State Bar member directory, how its license type and status columns work together, and what the directory leaves out. Based on the Utah State Bar member directory as it appeared on 14 September 2026. This is a guide to reading an official record, not legal advice.
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Key points
- Search the Utah State Bar directory by bar number, name, organization or city.
- Read two columns together: Type is the license class, Status is its current standing.
- The directory does not list disciplinary history in detail.
Who regulates lawyers in Utah
The Utah State Bar licenses lawyers in Utah and publishes a member directory.
How to search
The search form accepts a bar number, last name, first name, email, organization, city, ZIP code and county. The directory explains one useful trick on the form itself: the tilde character works as a wildcard, so searching the last name "and~" finds Andersen, Anderson and Andrews.
What the results show
The results table has six columns: bar number, full name, organization, Type, Status and bar admission date.
How to read Type and Status
These two columns answer different questions and you need both. Type is the class of license, for example Active Attorney, Active Emeritus Attorney or Inactive Attorney. Status is the standing of that license, for example Paid, or a word such as Deceased or Resigned. An entry of Active Attorney with Paid is a lawyer currently licensed to practice. Some status values are abbreviated; if you see one you do not recognize, ask the Utah State Bar what it means before relying on it.
What the profile adds
Opening a name shows the prefix, first, middle and last name, the bar number, type, status, the date admitted and the law school.
What is not there
The directory does not set out a lawyer's disciplinary history. If that matters to your decision, ask the Utah State Bar directly.
How TheLawyerWorld uses this record
When a lawyer claims a Utah profile here, we look up the bar number they give us in this same directory and compare the name before a profile is marked verified. A listing on this site is not a license check. An "Unclaimed profile" label means the details came from older public listings and nobody has confirmed them.
Before you rely on it
Official directories change their layout and wording. This guide describes the Utah State Bar member directory as it appeared on 14 September 2026. If what you see differs, trust the official site. For anything the record does not answer, such as whether a lawyer may act in your type of matter, ask the regulator or the lawyer directly. Source: Utah State Bar member directory.
What is the difference between Type and Status in the Utah State Bar directory?
Type is the class of license, such as Active Attorney or Inactive Attorney. Status is the current standing of that license, such as Paid. Read both: a lawyer who may practice shows an active type with a paid status.
Does the Utah State Bar directory support partial name searches?
Yes. The search form says the tilde character works as a wildcard, so a last name entered as and~ matches names beginning with those letters.