Procedures to Apply for a License
All city license applications are applied for through the City Administration Office.
If you are an existing business looking to renew your business license, you will receive renewal paperwork from the City Administration Office in October of each year. If you did not receive your business license renewal paperwork, please contact the City Administration Office at (218) 283-9484.
If you are a new business and need to apply for a business license, you can download a printable PDF (here). Once you’ve printed the document, fill it out and either mail it or turn it in to the City Administration Office at 600 4th Street, International Falls, MN 56649. If would like a paper copy of the business license application, please contact the Administration Office by email at info@ci.international-falls.mn.us or by calling (218) 283-9484.
General City License
Contact the Administrator’s Office for the license application and view a list of the current fees for 2012. The following must be supplied when applying for a license:
- Business location
- Business trade name
- Full name
- Liquor license applications include a state application to fill out; must have proof of Liquor Liability Insurance
- Marital status and spouses name if married
- Minnesota ID number / social security number
- Names of officers, partners, or proprietor
- Payment of fee
- Proof of Worker’s Compensation Insurance coverage
- Residence address
- Type of ownership
The City License Committee reviews the new license applications and recommends the City Council to approve or deny.
Licenses are not transferable.
City of International Falls License Fees
- Effective August 11, 2003
- Resolution 44-03
- Revised: November 15, 2010
Alcohol
| Description | Price ($) |
| Club license | 125.00 |
| Wine on sale | 325.00 |
| Off-sale | 200.00 |
| On-sale | 1,200.00 |
| Sunday Liquor | 125.00 |
| 3.2 Off-sale | 25.00 |
| 3.2 On-sale (Bars only) | 125.00 |
| 3.2 On-sale (Restaurant and bar) | 75.00 |
Animals
| Description | Price ($) |
| Cat license | 2.00 |
| Dog license | 4.00 |
| Pound fees | 20.00 |
| Daily pound fee | 10.00 |
Other
| Description | Price ($) |
| Bowling Alley | 25.00 |
| Cigarette | 25.00 |
| Dance permit | 25.00 |
| Fireworks sales | 50.00 |
| Garbage truck | 35.00 |
| Gas pumps (1st pump) | 15.00 |
| Gas pumps (each additional pump) | 10.00 |
| Jukebox | 15.00 |
| Massage Parlor | 125.00 |
| Massage (individual) | 25.00 |
| Pinball | 25.00 |
| Pinball (master) | 325.00 |
| Pawnbroker w/local established business | 25.00 |
| Peddler, solicitors, transient merchants | 300.00 |
| Pool table | 15.00 |
| Restaurant | 50.00 |
| Restaurant (itinerant) | 25.00 |
| Salvage Yard | 25.00 |
| Second-hand goods dealer w/local est. business | 25.00 |
| Snow Plowing | 25.00 |
| Taxi (1st vehicle) | 35.00 |
| Taxi (each additional vehicle) | 10.00 |
| Theater | 75.00 |
