diff --git a/packages/sdk/src/logs.ts b/packages/sdk/src/logs.ts
index fd96e3df..79d7b915 100644
--- a/packages/sdk/src/logs.ts
+++ b/packages/sdk/src/logs.ts
@@ -59,3 +59,26 @@ export function parseLogs(input: unknown): readonly Log[] {
   if (!Array.isArray(input)) throw new Error("Logs must be an array");
   return input.map(parseLog);
 }
+
+/**
+ * Searches in logs for the first event of the given event type and in that event
+ * for the first first attribute with the given attribute key.
+ *
+ * Throws if the attribute was not found.
+ */
+export function findAttribute(
+  logs: readonly Log[],
+  eventType: "message" | "transfer",
+  attrKey: string,
+): Attribute {
+  const firstLogs = logs.find(() => true);
+  const out = firstLogs?.events
+    .find(event => event.type === eventType)
+    ?.attributes.find(attr => attr.key === attrKey);
+  if (!out) {
+    throw new Error(
+      `Could not find attribute '${attrKey}' in first event of type '${eventType}' in first log.`,
+    );
+  }
+  return out;
+}
diff --git a/packages/sdk/src/restclient.spec.ts b/packages/sdk/src/restclient.spec.ts
index 40413782..02c6b926 100644
--- a/packages/sdk/src/restclient.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/sdk/src/restclient.spec.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { Bech32, Encoding } from "@iov/encoding";
 
 import { encodeSecp256k1Signature, makeSignBytes, marshalTx } from "./encoding";
 import { leb128Encode } from "./leb128.spec";
-import { Attribute, Log, parseLogs } from "./logs";
+import { findAttribute, parseLogs } from "./logs";
 import { Pen, Secp256k1Pen } from "./pen";
 import { PostTxsResponse, RestClient } from "./restclient";
 import contract from "./testdata/contract.json";
@@ -75,20 +75,6 @@ function makeRandomAddress(): string {
   return Bech32.encode("cosmos", Random.getBytes(20));
 }
 
-/** Throws if the attribute was not found */
-function findAttribute(logs: readonly Log[], eventType: "message" | "transfer", attrKey: string): Attribute {
-  const firstLogs = logs.find(() => true);
-  const out = firstLogs?.events
-    .find(event => event.type === eventType)
-    ?.attributes.find(attr => attr.key === attrKey);
-  if (!out) {
-    throw new Error(
-      `Could not find attribute '${attrKey}' in first event of type '${eventType}' in first log.`,
-    );
-  }
-  return out;
-}
-
 async function uploadContract(client: RestClient, pen: Pen): Promise<PostTxsResponse> {
   const memo = "My first contract on chain";
   const theMsg: MsgStoreCode = {
diff --git a/packages/sdk/types/logs.d.ts b/packages/sdk/types/logs.d.ts
index 871c848c..9a9e92c7 100644
--- a/packages/sdk/types/logs.d.ts
+++ b/packages/sdk/types/logs.d.ts
@@ -15,3 +15,14 @@ export declare function parseAttribute(input: unknown): Attribute;
 export declare function parseEvent(input: unknown): Event;
 export declare function parseLog(input: unknown): Log;
 export declare function parseLogs(input: unknown): readonly Log[];
+/**
+ * Searches in logs for the first event of the given event type and in that event
+ * for the first first attribute with the given attribute key.
+ *
+ * Throws if the attribute was not found.
+ */
+export declare function findAttribute(
+  logs: readonly Log[],
+  eventType: "message" | "transfer",
+  attrKey: string,
+): Attribute;