Logan, UT Business Licensing & Operations: Tattoo & Body Modification (2026)

Chapter 5.32 of the Logan Municipal Code is titled Tattoo Establishments and Massage Parlors. Section 5.32.010 applies the chapter to every business license the city requires or grants for those two kinds of establishments, as the establishments are defined by the regulations the Bear River district board of health adopted on March 1, 1984. Section 5.32.020 then sets the gate: no business license is granted to a tattoo establishment unless the city recorder or license administrator makes a specific finding that the applicant is in compliance with those health regulations. The finding comes before the license, so an applicant who cannot show compliance is not licensed. The chapter itself prints no fee, hours, or inspection schedule. It borrows the definitions and the health standards from the Bear River district board of health rules instead of restating them.

Who can be tattooed is governed by a different chapter. Section 9.24.030, in the chapter on offenses involving minors, says in subsection A that no person shall tattoo any person under the age of eighteen (18) years. The text prints no exception for a parent's consent on tattoos. Subsection B treats piercing differently: no person shall pierce any body part of a person under eighteen (18) without the permission of the minor's parent or legal guardian. Tattooing a minor is flatly prohibited, while piercing a minor turns on that permission. Neither chapter 5.32 nor section 9.24.030 names a penalty of its own.