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Verify a Maine Cosmetologist license

liveME Cosmetology / Barber Board · profession key cosmetologist

Live. We query the board directly for every check and the nightly canary is passing.

How Maine Cosmetologist license verification works

A Cosmetologist in Maine is licensed by the ME 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: license_number license_type status expires first_licensure mailing history actions cases other_licenses general.

Board note: ALMS regulator 4702 (Barbering and Cosmetology): COSMETOLOGIST, BARBER / BARBER HAIR STYLIST, AESTHETICIAN, NAIL TECHNOLOGIST (keys cosmetologist, barber, esthetician, nail_tech); student / trainee / temporary types do not match. Vocabulary captured live 2026-11-03.

What a Cosmetologist license check returns

Field checkPasses when
license_numberEqual to the board's number, ignoring prefix and leading zeros
nameLast name or declared alias matches; first name exact or nickname
license_typeThe record is a Cosmetologist license, strictly (no near-miss types)
statusThe board shows an active status; probation is active with a flag
expiresExpiration is on or after today, where the board publishes it
disciplinary_actionsRecorded 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 Maine Cosmetologist license by API

POST https://api.primarycheck.com/v1/verifications
{
  "person": { "firstName": "…", "lastName": "…" },
  "claims": [
    { "type": "license", "state": "ME", "profession": "cosmetologist", "number": "…" }
  ],
  "purpose": "employment",
  "consent": { "consentId": "cons_…" }
}

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