Davenport
Scott County Health Department
In short
Scott County Health Department issues 1 permit we publish for Davenport, 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 | Scott County Health Department | Food Service Establishment (restaurants, bars, take-out, catering, concession stands): $0 for schools; $150 for annual gross sales of $1-$100,000; $300 for $100,001-$500,000; $400 for $500,001 and up. 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 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
Scott 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 the Scott County Health Department's own licensing program and fee-bearing application — a genuinely distinct local authority, of the same kind already found for Cedar Rapids' Linn County. Applications must be submitted at least 30 days before the anticipated opening date, with a menu, floor plan and equipment schedule required for new construction; plan review itself carries no separate fee, and a Certified Food Protection Manager certificate is due within 6 months of opening where not already held. The current application also states that a new establishment must pay the maximum fee in the fee box that applies to the license(s) applied for, while a change in ownership is priced on the previous owner's gross annual sales if that owner operated within the last 3 months and 12 months of sales records are supplied.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Davenport
- Phone
- (563) 326-8618
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 ($0 schools / $150 up to $100,000 / $300 up to $500,000 / $400 above), Retail Food Establishment banded differently at the same three figures ($150/$300/$400, thresholds at $250,000 and $750,000), a $150 secondary-licence add-on for a dual Food Service and Retail Food establishment, and a flat $250 Mobile Food Unit feeScott County Health Department · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-08
- Food Service Establishments — confirming license fees are based on gross food and beverage sales and that there is no fee for plan reviewsScott County Health Department · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-08
- Iowa Department of Inspections, Appeals and Licensing — the ten local health departments with delegated food inspection authorityIowa Department of Inspections, Appeals and Licensing · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-04
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