All off-sale, club on-sale, on-sale wine, and county on-sale retail liquor licenses issued in the state shall be submitted to the commissioner for final approval. Without the commissioner's approval, the licenses shall not be effective.
The commissioner shall furnish current application blanks and license forms for off-sale, county on-sale, on-sale wine, and club retail liquor licenses to the clerk or county auditor of the respective municipalities or counties.
The applicant for license shall prepare the application form in duplicate and file it with the clerk or county auditor who shall read it to determine that all questions are answered completely and the form is properly executed.
The governing body shall consider the license applications and exercise its discretion within the law in approving licenses.
After approval, the clerk shall forward to the commissioner in Saint Paul, Minnesota, the following items:
After licenses are granted, at an annual renewal period, the items in subpart 3 must be forwarded to the commissioner 30 days before the end of the current license year.
After consideration and approval of the license, the commissioner will retain the copy of the application. The new license certificate with endorsement of approval will be returned to the clerk or auditor. The documents shall be retained by the issuing authority for six years after the date of expiration of the license.
Minn. R. agency 171, ch. 7515, RETAIL LICENSES, LICENSEES, BUSINESS COMBINATIONS, DUTIES OF MUNICIPAL CLERKS, pt. 7515.0440
Statutory Authority: MS s 14.06; 299A.02; 340.507