1. (a) Applications for placement on the UTL shall be submitted through the Attorney General's UTL web portal at https://utl.doj.ca.gov.
2. (b) A User must create or access an applicant account and a user account to use the UTL web portal. Accounts must be created online at https://utl.doj.ca.gov.

3. (c) Users shall agree to the following conditions of use:

   1. (1) Applicant is authorized to use the UTL web portal for the purposes of providing Brand Style information to the Attorney General and/or for applying for placement on the UTL in order to comply with California laws and regulations. If Applicant becomes aware of an unauthorized person obtaining access to their applicant account, Applicant will notify the Attorney General via email at: [email protected].
   2. (2) All submissions made via the UTL web portal will be electronically dated.

4. (d) To create an applicant account, User shall provide all of the following:

   1. (1) Applicant's name;
   2. (2) Applicant's California Department of Tax and Fee Administration license number, if any;
   3. (3) Applicant's federal employer identification number, if any;
   4. (4) Applicant's Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau Permit Number, if any;
   5. (5) Applicant's mailing address;
   6. (6) Email address where Applicant will receive communications related to web portal applications submitted by its Certifying Users;
   7. (7) Address of Applicant's principal place of business;
   8. (8) Website address of Applicant, if any;
   9. (9) The name, physical address, telephone number, and email address of Applicant's registered agent for service of process;
   10. (10) Whether the Applicant is a Manufacturer or Importer; and
   11. (11) A letter from Applicant on Applicant's official letterhead that is signed by someone authorized to bind Applicant and that authorizes User to create an applicant account. An Applicant may authorize other Users in this letter, but for each User, Applicant must identify whether User is a Certifying User or other User. Applicant must authorize at least one Certifying User, which may be the User creating the applicant account. For each User the letter authorizes, the letter must provide an email address for the User. Certifying Users may submit additional letters complying with all of these requirements to authorize, remove, or change the status of a User.

5. (e) Each User (except the User creating the applicant account) authorized by the letter described in subdivision (d) will receive an email to create a user account at the email address provided in the signed letter described in subdivision (d)(11), except as otherwise provided in subdivision (g). Such User, including the initial User that creates the applicant account, must create an individual user account and, to access the associated applicant account, will be required to provide the User's:

   1. (1) Email address;
   2. (2) First and last name;
   3. (3) Title;
   4. (4) Phone number.
6. (f) If there is any change to the applicant account information listed in subdivision (d), a Certifying User must update that information no later than fifteen (15) days after the change.
7. (g) A User may be authorized for multiple Applicants. Even if they are authorized for multiple Applicants, a User who has not yet created a user account will only receive one email to create a user account. Once the user account has been created, the User will be given access to the accounts of all Applicants that have listed the User via an authorization letter. A User may be assigned as a Certifying User for multiple Applicants, or as a User for multiple accounts. However, the same User email address cannot be assigned as a Certifying User for one Applicant and a User for another Applicant.
8. (h) The Attorney General shall deny account requests that do not comply with the requirements of this section or that are false.

Note: Authority cited: Section 104559.1, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Section 104559.1, Health and Safety Code.

History

1. New article 2 (sections 943-954) and section filed 8-25-2025 as an emergency; operative 8-25-2025 (Register 2025, No. 35). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 2-23-2026 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.

2. New article 2 (sections 943-954) and section refiled 2-18-2026 as an emergency; operative 2-24-2026 (Register 2026, No. 8). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 5-26-2026 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.

3. New article 2 (section 943-954) and section refiled 5-21-2026 as an emergency; operative 5-27-2026 (Register 2026, No. 21). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 8-19-2026 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.

4. Certificate of Compliance as to 5-21-2026 order, including amendment of subsections (b), (d), (d)(3) and (e), new subsections (g)-(h) and amendment of Note, transmitted to OAL 5-7-2026 and filed 6-19-2026; amendments effective 6-19-2026 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(b)(3) (Register 2026, No. 25).