Canyon County
Canyon County Clerk (Recorder's office)
In short
Canyon County Clerk (Recorder's office) issues 2 permits we publish for Canyon County, last verified 2026-10-14. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| County Alcoholic Beverage License (beer, wine, liquor by the drink)only if it applies to you | Canyon County Clerk (Recorder's office) | County fee only, paid in addition to the state license fee. Beer: $25.00 off-premises (bottles and cans); $75.00 on-premises (bottles and cans); $100.00 draught beer. Wine: $100.00 wine by the drink; $100.00 wine retailer. Liquor by the drink: 25% of the Idaho Code 23-904 state fee, which the Clerk's application form prints as $75.00 (city population less than 1,000), $125.00 (1,000 to 3,000) and $187.50 (over 3,000); the liquor fee covers the wine fee. Golf course owner, operator or lessee $100.00 (County Code 05-01-17(1)); distillery lessee or owner $100.00 (as printed on the Clerk's application form, Revised 07/10/2026). Transfer: $5.00 for a beer or wine license, $10.00 for a liquor license. | license year June 1 to May 31; every license expires at 11:59 p.m. on May 31 (County Code 05-01-19) | 2026-10-14 |
| Alcoholic Beverage Catering Permit (events in unincorporated Canyon County)only if it applies to you | Canyon County Clerk (Recorder's office) | $20 per day the permit is in effect, nonrefundable (County Code 05-01-17(2) and 05-01-31(4)(B); the Clerk's Catering Permit page lists "$20.00 per day") | per event; no event may be permitted for more than five consecutive days | 2026-10-14 |
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
County Alcoholic Beverage License (beer, wine, liquor by the drink)
Canyon County Code 05-01-09 requires a county license for each type of alcohol sale, and 05-01-11 requires the applicant's state license to accompany the county application; the Clerk's application form opens with "Each Applicant must provide a copy of their current license from Idaho State Police Alcohol Beverage Control along with this application". The county fees are set in 05-01-17: beer on-premises $75.00, beer off-premises $25.00, draught beer $100.00, wine by the drink $100.00, wine retailer $100.00, a transfer fee of $5.00 (beer or wine) or $10.00 (liquor), and for liquor by the drink 25% of the state fees listed in Idaho Code 23-904 ($300, $500 or $750 by city population), with $100.00 for the owner, operator or lessee of a golf course. The Clerk's application form (Revised 07/10/2026) prints the liquor tiers as $75.00 for a city of less than 1,000 people, $125.00 for 1,000 to 3,000 and $187.50 for over 3,000, states that the liquor fee covers the wine fee, and also lists $100.00 for a distillery lessee or owner; that distillery figure comes from the form and its Instructions. Idaho Code 23-1016(1) provides that a city may not issue a beer license to a retailer until the retailer has first obtained a county license from the board of county commissioners, so the county license applies inside city limits as well. Idaho Code 23-916 authorises a county to license the sale of liquor by the drink "within the corporate limits of such city", and County Code 05-01-27 states: "Except as provided by State law in title 23, chapter 9 of the Idaho Code, no license for the sale of liquor by the drink at retail shall be issued for locations in the unincorporated areas of the County." Under 05-01-19 every license runs from June 1 to May 31 and expires at 11:59 p.m. on May 31. The Clerk's Instructions state that Idaho Code allows a 31-day grace period to renew but that the holder should not sell, give or sample alcohol until the license is renewed, and that new and renewal applications take about a week and transfers about two weeks, depending on the Commissioners' availability. Payment is by cash, check or money order, with checks payable to "Canyon County Recorder". Contact the Canyon County Clerk, Recorder's office, 111 N. 11th Ave., Suite 330, Caldwell, ID 83605, 208-454-7555, RecorderClerks@canyoncounty.id.gov (weekdays 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., as listed on the Clerk's pages).
Alcoholic Beverage Catering Permit (events in unincorporated Canyon County)
County Code 05-01-31(2) prohibits serving or selling alcohol by the drink at a party, festival, convention or other event held within the unincorporated boundaries of Canyon County without both a valid state alcoholic beverage or winery license and a county alcoholic beverage catering permit. The application form issued by the Clerk must be returned at least ten days before the event (05-01-31(3)); no event may be permitted for more than five consecutive days, and the permit is issued only to the state licensee on record, limited to what that state license authorises (05-01-31(4)). The code sets a nonrefundable $20.00 filing fee for each day the permit is in effect, and the Clerk forwards each application to the Sheriff, who reviews it for public safety and may recommend approval, approval with conditions at the applicant's expense, or denial (05-01-31(5)). The Clerk's Catering Permit page lists the fee as "$20.00 per day", asks applicants to bring a copy of their Idaho State Police Alcohol Beverage Control license and the event details, allows 5 to 8 business days, accepts cash, check, money order or cards (card transaction fee 2.5% or $2.00 minimum), and states: "If the event is within city limits, you will need to contact that city and apply for a catering permit from them." Contact the Canyon County Clerk, Recorder's office, 111 N. 11th Ave., Suite 330, Caldwell, ID 83605, 208-454-7555, RecorderClerks@canyoncounty.id.gov (weekdays 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., as listed on the Clerk's pages).
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Canyon County
- Phone
- 208-454-7555
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.
- Alcohol Beverage LicenseCanyon County Clerk · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-14
- Canyon County Code 05-01-01 to 05-01-11, Alcoholic Beverages (purpose, licenses required, applications)Canyon County, Idaho (Code of Ordinances, American Legal Publishing) · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-14
- Canyon County Code 05-01-13 to 05-01-35, Alcoholic Beverages (license fees, term, unincorporated areas, catering permits)Canyon County, Idaho (Code of Ordinances, American Legal Publishing) · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-14
- Canyon County Liquor License Application: New, Transfer, Change in Application (Revised 07/10/2026)Canyon County Clerk · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-14
- Catering PermitCanyon County Clerk · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-14
- Idaho Code 23-1016, Municipal license also required — procedureIdaho Legislature · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-14
- Idaho Code 23-904, License fees (liquor by the drink)Idaho Legislature · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-14
- Idaho Code 23-916, County and city licensesIdaho Legislature · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-14
- Instructions for Liquor Licenses ApplicationsCanyon County Clerk · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-14
- New Alcohol ApplicationCanyon County Clerk · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-14
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