Skip navigation
Navigation
Hennepin County, Minnesota
  • Subscribe
  • Jobs
  • Employees
  • Media
  • Contact
  • Home
  • Residents

    Information and services

    • Residents

      Information and services

      • Conservation
      • Elections
      • Emergencies
      • Health and medical
      • Human services
      • Libraries
      • Licenses, certificates and permits
      • Property
      • Public safety and law
      • Recreation
      • Recycling and hazardous waste
      • Transportation
  • Business

    Regulations and opportunities

    • Business

      Regulations and opportunities

      • Conservation
      • Licenses and permits
      • Property
      • Recycling and hazardous waste
      • Work with Hennepin County
  • Your government

    Leadership and engagement

    • Your government

      Leadership and engagement

      • Budget and finance
      • Facilities
      • Get involved
      • Leadership
      • Open government
      • Ordinances
      • Overview
      • Projects and initiatives
      • Research and data
  • Online services

    Transactions and applications

    • Online services

      Transactions and applications

      • Apply
      • Ask
      • Search
      • Pay
      • Report
      • Schedule
      • Learn
Hennepin.us
Search

Hennepin County > Licenses and permits > Retail tobacco sales

Retail tobacco sales

Required licensing

Retail establishments in Hennepin County are required to obtain a license from Hennepin County to sell tobacco products if they are:

  • Located in an unorganized territory of Hennepin County which does not license and regulate retail tobacco 
  • Located in any town, home rule charter, or statutory city in Hennepin County which does not license and regulate retail tobacco 

Hennepin County licenses and regulates retail tobacco sales in the following cities: 

  • Greenfield
  • Metro Airport
  • Mound
  • Rockford

Hennepin County Environmental Health

epi-envhlth@hennepin.us

Phone: 612-543-5200

Fax: 612-334-1760

M–F, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

479 Prairie Center Drive

Eden Prairie, MN 55344

Map

Open all
How to apply

Application process

Complete the applicable license application(s)

  • Retail tobacco license application 2024 (PDF, 1MB)
  • State application form (PDF, 1MB)
  • Tobacco sales background check authorization (PDF, 1MB)

Submit application(s) and check payable to:

Hennepin County Environmental Health
479 Prairie Center Drive
Eden Prairie, MN 55344 

Additional information

  • An establishment already licensed by a town or city is not required to get this county license.
  • This is an annual license good from March 1 through February 28 the following year.
  • This Hennepin County Retail Tobacco Ordinance #21 is enacted pursuant to the requirements of Minnesota Statute 461.12 to 461.18.
Open all

Related pages

  • Current retail tobacco ordinance
  • Home
  • Residents
  • Business
  • Your government
  • Online services
  • Subscribe
  • Jobs
  • Employees
  • Media
  • Contact

Follow us

  • Facebook
  • X
  • Instagram
  • YouTube
  • LinkedIn

Accessibility | Privacy | Open Government | Copyright 2025

Hennepin County
Top