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

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Complete the applicable license application(s)

Submit application(s) and check payable to:

Hennepin County Environment Health
1011 1st Street South, Suite 215
Hopkins, MN 55343

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.

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