Verify a Pennsylvania Barber license
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How Pennsylvania Barber license verification works
A Barber in Pennsylvania is licensed by the PA Cosmetology / Barber Board. PrimaryCheck looks the license up live at the board's public verification system (board lookup) by license number, or by name when no number is supplied. The record the board publishes is captured as evidence, hashed, and rendered into a proof PDF.
Fields returned for this board: status issued expires last_renewed discipline+documents other_licenses specialty.
Board note: PA-PALS (pa_pals): State Board of Cosmetology (Cosmetologist CO…, Esthetician, Nail Technician, Natural Hair Braider; '<type> Temp Authority to Practice' rows accepted by prefix; Cosmetology Teacher is not a practitioner type) and State Board of Barber Examiners (Barber BL…, Barber Manager BM…) on the one PALS API; no DOB published; statuses seen Active, Expired, Inactive, Null and Void. Live 2026-11-04 on CO258516 (cosmetologist) and BM007498L (barber manager); 'Jessica Smith' → ambiguous for all three AE types.
What a Barber license check returns
| Field check | Passes when |
|---|---|
license_number | Equal to the board's number, ignoring prefix and leading zeros |
name | Last name or declared alias matches; first name exact or nickname |
license_type | The record is a Barber license, strictly (no near-miss types) |
status | The board shows an active status; probation is active with a flag |
expires | Expiration is on or after today, where the board publishes it |
disciplinary_actions | Recorded and flagged with any order documents; never silently dropped |
Verdicts: verified, discrepancy, not_found, unable_to_verify (with a reason), pending. See how verdicts are decided.
Verify a Pennsylvania Barber license by API
POST https://api.primarycheck.com/v1/verifications
{
"person": { "firstName": "…", "lastName": "…" },
"claims": [
{ "type": "license", "state": "PA", "profession": "barber", "number": "…" }
],
"purpose": "employment",
"consent": { "consentId": "cons_…" }
}Quickstart · License claim reference · Run one in the dashboard
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