Minnesota § 342.43 - HEMP BUSINESS LICENSE TYPES; MULTIPLE LICENSES
Full text of Minnesota Minnesota Statutes § 342.43 — HEMP BUSINESS LICENSE TYPES; MULTIPLE LICENSES, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 342.43. HEMP BUSINESS LICENSE TYPES; MULTIPLE LICENSES
Subdivision 1.License types.
The office shall issue the following types of hemp business licenses:
(1) lower-potency hemp edible manufacturer;
(2) lower-potency hemp edible wholesaler; and
(3) lower-potency hemp edible retailer.
Subd. 2.Multiple licenses; limits.
(a) A person, cooperative, or business may hold any combination of a lower-potency hemp edible manufacturer, a lower-potency hemp edible wholesaler, and a lower-potency hemp edible retailer license.
(b) Nothing in this section prohibits a person, cooperative, or business from holding a lower-potency hemp edible manufacturer license, a lower-potency hemp edible wholesaler license, a lower-potency hemp edible retailer license, or any combination of those licenses, and also holding a license to cultivate industrial hemp issued pursuant to chapter 18K.
(c) Nothing in this section prohibits a person, cooperative, or business from holding a lower-potency hemp edible manufacturer license, a lower-potency hemp edible wholesaler license, a lower-potency hemp edible retailer license, or any combination of those licenses, and also holding any other license, including but not limited to a license to prepare or sell food; sell tobacco, tobacco-related devices, electronic delivery devices as defined in section 609.685, subdivision 1, and nicotine and lobelia delivery products as described in section 609.6855; or manufacture or sell alcoholic beverages as defined in section 340A.101, subdivision 2.
(d) A person, cooperative, or business holding a lower-potency hemp edible manufacturer license, a lower-potency hemp edible wholesaler license, a lower-potency hemp edible retailer license, or any combination of those licenses, may not hold a cannabis business license.
Subd. 3.Exception; municipal or county licenses.
Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a city or county that establishes, owns, or operates a municipal cannabis store may also hold a lower-potency hemp edible retailer license.
History:
2023 c 63 art 1 s 43; 2025 c 31 s 69-71
Official Publication of the State of Minnesota
Revisor of Statutes
Source: official Minnesota text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 342.43 ("HEMP BUSINESS LICENSE TYPES; MULTIPLE LICENSES") is part of the Minnesota Statutes, the codified statutory law of Minnesota. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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