Cedar Rapids
Linn County Public Health
In short
Linn County Public Health issues 1 permit we publish for Cedar Rapids, last verified 2026-09-10. Each carries the fee as the agency publishes it, with a link to the schedule it was read from.
What this agency issues
| Permit | Issuing agency | Fee | Renews | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Food Establishment License | Linn County Public Health | Food Service Establishment (restaurants, bars, take-out, catering, concession stands): $150 for annual gross sales of $1-$100,000; $300 for $100,001-$500,000; $400 for $500,001 and up (schools pay $0). Retail Food Establishment (grocery/convenience without prepared food): $150 for $1-$250,000; $300 for $250,001-$750,000; $400 for $750,001 and up. An establishment needing both license types pays its dominant category's fee plus a flat $150 secondary-license charge. A Mobile Food Unit (food truck or push cart) is a flat $250, plus the Food Service fee if it also operates a commissary at the same physical address. | annual | 2026-09-10 |
Fees shown as a range or formula are set that way by the issuing agency — we do not average them into a single number.
About each permit
Food Establishment License
Linn County is one of the ten Iowa counties with a delegated local health department rather than falling under the state Food Safety Bureau's direct jurisdiction, confirmed both by Iowa DIAL's own Food Inspection Jurisdictions page and by Linn County Public Health's own licensing programme and fee schedule — a genuinely distinct local authority from Des Moines' Polk County, which remains under direct state jurisdiction. Applications must be submitted at least 30 days before the anticipated opening date and include a menu, floor plan and equipment schedule for new construction, and a Certified Food Protection Manager certificate where available; plan review itself carries no separate fee. Do not confuse this agency with 'linncohealth.org,' which is Linn County, Missouri, not this one.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Cedar Rapids
- Phone
- (319) 892-6000
Contact details are taken from the agency’s own site or its published fee schedule. Where we have not verified a phone number we leave it blank rather than guess.
Sources
Every fee and term above was read from one of these government pages on the date shown.
- Food Establishment License Application (including Mobile Units) — complete fee schedule: Food Service Establishment banded by gross sales ($150/$300/$400), Retail Food Establishment banded differently at the same figures, a $150 secondary-licence add-on, and a flat $250 Mobile Food Unit feeLinn County Public Health · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-10
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