Anoka County
Anoka County Property Records & Taxation, Vital Records Office
In short
Anoka County Property Records & Taxation, Vital Records Office issues 2 permits we publish for Anoka County, last verified 2026-10-13. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Precious Metal Dealer Licenseonly if it applies to you | Anoka County Property Records & Taxation, Vital Records Office | $50 per license, a county fee set by the Anoka County Board under Minn. Stat. §325F.733 subd. 2; listed as "Precious Metals Dealer License $50.00" in the Property Records & Taxation Full Fee Schedule (Updated December 23, 2025) and as $50 on the county's Misc Licenses page | one year from the date of issuance (Minn. Stat. §325F.733 subd. 4) | 2026-10-13 |
| Transient Merchant Licenseonly if it applies to you | Anoka County Property Records & Taxation, Vital Records Office | $150 per license, set by statute (Minn. Stat. §329.11) and paid to the county treasurer, plus a bond to the county of not less than $1,000 nor more than $3,000 in an amount determined by the county treasurer; listed as "Transient Merchant License (MS 329.11) $150.00" in the county's Property Records & Taxation Full Fee Schedule (Updated December 23, 2025) | one year from the date of issuance, for one place only and only within Anoka County (Minn. Stat. §329.11) | 2026-10-13 |
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
Precious Metal Dealer License
The county's Misc Licenses page states that Minn. Stat. §325F.733 subd. 1 "requires that any establishment dealing with the sale or commercial use of secondhand platinum, gold, and/or silver in Anoka County must obtain a Precious Metal Dealer License." This applies to a retail store such as a jewellery, pawn or coin shop that buys or sells secondhand precious metal. The $50 fee is a county fee: §325F.733 subd. 2 has the applicant pay the county treasurer a fee "in an amount determined by the board of county commissioners", and Anoka County's Property Records & Taxation Full Fee Schedule (Updated December 23, 2025) lists it at $50.00. The application and a Certification of Compliance form are filed, notarized, with the Vital Records Office at the Government Center in Anoka, in person or by mail; the page states the license cannot be obtained at Anoka County License Centers. The license is valid for one year from issuance.
Transient Merchant License
Under Minn. Stat. §329.099 a transient merchant is anyone who does temporary and transient business in Minnesota selling goods, wares and merchandise, in one locality or travelling from place to place, and who for that purpose hires, leases, occupies or uses a building, structure, vacant lot or railroad car for the exhibition and sale of those goods; the definition does not depend on where the seller is based. A retailer running such a temporary sale in Anoka County files with the county under §329.11, pays the statutory $150 fee and gives the county a bond of $1,000 to $3,000 set by the county treasurer. The county's Misc Licenses page describes the license as required for "any out-of-state business coming into Anoka County to sell goods or services" and states it "is valid for one year, only at the place indicated on the original application." The notarized application and a Certification of Compliance form go to the Vital Records Office. The statute also requires proof of a Minnesota sales tax permit or a written statement that no taxable items are sold.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Anoka County
- Phone
- 763-324-1360
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.
- Minn. Stat. §325F.733 — precious metal dealer license application filed with the auditor of the county in which the dealer does businessMinnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-29
- Minn. Stat. §329.099 — definition of transient merchantMinnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-13
- Minnesota Statutes §329.11 — Transient merchant license, bondMinnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-13
- Misc Licenses (precious metal dealer and transient merchant licenses)Anoka County · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-13
- Property Records & Taxation Full Fee Schedule (Updated December 23, 2025)Anoka County · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-13
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