9 permits · verified 2026-09-14
What permits do you need to open a food truck in Casper?
In short
A food truck in Casper, WY has 3 permits that apply to every business of this type, plus 6 more that depend on your premises, signage or how you are set up. Wyoming Department of Agriculture, Consumer Health Services charges $200 initial license; annual renewal is $100; a temporary permit of up to 14 days is $50 for the food establishment permit. 2 of the 9 are charged as a range or formula rather than a flat fee. Verified 2026-09-14 against the issuing agencies’ published fee schedules.
Permits particular to a food truck in Casper
| Permit | Issuing agency | Fee | Renews | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Food Truck (expressly excluded from the city health license; parking permit if downtown) | City of Casper, City Clerk's Office | No city health license applies at all. The city charge is location-specific: under CMC §10.36.031(D)(1)(vi) a Mobile Vendor Parking Permit 'costs twenty-five dollars per space per day,' with an applicant able to request a maximum of two parallel parking spaces or three diagonal spaces, and under §10.36.031(C)(10) use of city electrical outlets in the Old Yellowstone District parking lot costs a further fifteen dollars per day with a three-hundred-dollar damage deposit lodged with the city clerk's office. The food license itself is applied for at the Casper-Natrona County Health Department at $200.00 new and $100.00 on annual renewal, but is issued by the Wyoming Department of Agriculture, which invoices the renewal directly. The department states the mobile position in terms: “Mobiles do not need a health license in the City of Casper. A City Fire inspection IS still required but City Building inspection is NOT.” Plan review for a mobile falls in the Specialty/Mobile class at $125.00. Inspections run 30 days after opening and then on a risk-based interval, usually twice a year, with higher-risk operations inspected more often. | the parking permit is charged per day; the county food license is annual | 2026-09-14 |
| Food Establishment Permit | Wyoming Department of Agriculture, Consumer Health Services | $200 initial license; annual renewal is $100; a temporary permit of up to 14 days is $50 | annual | 2026-09-04 |
| Food Handler / Manager Certification — Wyoming Food Safety Ruleonly if it applies to you | Wyoming Department of Agriculture, Consumer Health Services | No fee | not applicable statewide | 2026-09-04 |
Fees shown as a range or formula are set that way by the issuing agency — we do not average them into a single number.
Local permits that apply to every type of business in Casper
| Permit | Issuing agency | Fee | Renews | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Business License — City of Casper position (seven enumerated categories)only if it applies to you | City of Casper, City Clerk's Office | No fee | not applicable to a general license; the enumerated licenses run either the calendar year or the July 1 to June 30 fiscal year depending on category | 2026-09-14 |
Fees shown as a range or formula are set that way by the issuing agency — we do not average them into a single number.
WY registrations that apply to every type of business
| Permit | Issuing agency | Fee | Renews | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Business License — Wyoming Positiononly if it applies to you | Wyoming Secretary of State, Business Division | No fee | not applicable | 2026-09-04 |
| Articles of Organization (LLC)only if it applies to you | Wyoming Secretary of State, Business Division | $100 one-time filing | perpetual, but an annual report license tax is due every year | 2026-09-04 |
| Articles of Incorporationonly if it applies to you | Wyoming Secretary of State, Business Division | $100 one-time filing | perpetual, but an annual report license tax is due every year | 2026-09-04 |
| Annual Report License Taxonly if it applies to you | Wyoming Secretary of State, Business Division | Varies — formula on the WY page | annual — due in the entity's own anniversary month of formation; may be filed up to 120 days early | 2026-09-04 |
| Sales Tax Vendor License | Wyoming Department of Revenue, Excise Tax Division | $60 one-time — reinstating a forfeited license also costs $60 | no expiration — valid without further payment until the department revokes it | 2026-09-04 |
Fees shown as a range or formula are set that way by the issuing agency — we do not average them into a single number.
How much does it actually cost to permit a food truck in Casper?
There is no single figure, and any site quoting one is rounding away the part that matters. Of the 9 records listed for a food truck in Casper, WY, 3 apply to every business of this type and 6 are conditional. Adding every fee on the page together would overstate what most operators pay, because it would include permits they never need.
Of the 3 that always apply, 2 carry a flat fee, coming to $260.00. That is a floor, not a total. 2 of the 9 are charged as a range or a formula set by the issuing agency, and 3 have no fee published at all. The ones particular to this business that vary:
Food Truck (expressly excluded from the city health license; parking permit if downtown): No city health license applies at all. The city charge is location-specific: under CMC §10.36.031(D)(1)(vi) a Mobile Vendor Parking Permit 'costs twenty-five dollars per space per day,' with an applicant able to request a maximum of two parallel parking spaces or three diagonal spaces, and under §10.36.031(C)(10) use of city electrical outlets in the Old Yellowstone District parking lot costs a further fifteen dollars per day with a three-hundred-dollar damage deposit lodged with the city clerk's office. The food license itself is applied for at the Casper-Natrona County Health Department at $200.00 new and $100.00 on annual renewal, but is issued by the Wyoming Department of Agriculture, which invoices the renewal directly. The department states the mobile position in terms: “Mobiles do not need a health license in the City of Casper. A City Fire inspection IS still required but City Building inspection is NOT.” Plan review for a mobile falls in the Specialty/Mobile class at $125.00. Inspections run 30 days after opening and then on a risk-based interval, usually twice a year, with higher-risk operations inspected more often.
The other 1 variable fee belongs to permits that apply to every type of business here; its formula is set out on the Casper permits page and the WY state page.
Which offices issue these permits in Casper?
Permits for a food truck in Casper, WY come from 4 separate offices: City of Casper, City Clerk's Office, Wyoming Department of Agriculture, Consumer Health Services, Wyoming Secretary of State, Business Division, Wyoming Department of Revenue, Excise Tax Division. No single office issues them all, which is why an opening means filing in several places rather than one.
- City of Casper, City Clerk's OfficeIssues 2 permits on this page: Food Truck (expressly excluded from the city health license; parking permit if downtown), General Business License — City of Casper position (seven enumerated categories)200 N David Street, Casper, WY 82601 · (307) 235-7568www.casperwy.gov/government/clerk/index.php
- Wyoming Department of Agriculture, Consumer Health ServicesIssues 2 permits on this page: Food Establishment Permit, Food Handler / Manager Certification — Wyoming Food Safety Rule2219 Carey Avenue, Cheyenne, WY 82002 · (307) 777-7211agriculture.wy.gov/consumer-health-services
- Wyoming Secretary of State, Business DivisionIssues 4 permits on this page: General Business License — Wyoming Position, Articles of Organization (LLC), Articles of Incorporation, Annual Report License TaxHerschler Building East, Suite 101, 122 W 25th Street, Cheyenne, WY 82002 · (307) 777-7311sos.wyo.gov/Business/default.aspx
- Wyoming Department of Revenue, Excise Tax DivisionIssues 1 permit on this page: Sales Tax Vendor License122 West 25th Street, Suite E301, Cheyenne, WY 82002excise-tax-div.wyo.gov
What does a food truck need in Casper that other businesses do not?
1 of the 3 permits particular to a food truck here applies to no other business type we cover in Casper: Food Truck (expressly excluded from the city health license; parking permit if downtown).
Food Truck (expressly excluded from the city health license; parking permit if downtown)
The exclusion is explicit and recent, which is why it is recorded rather than inferred from silence: §8.04.010(B) as amended in June 2025 defines the health-license class as 'any business other than mobile food vehicles and their operators, within the city furnishing to the public any food and drink.' What replaces it is §10.36.031(A)(1), which makes it 'unlawful for the owner… to permit the operation of a mobile food vendor vehicle in the city without first obtaining a 'food license' after inspection by the Natrona County Health Department (NCHD) pursuant to the agreement between the NCHD and the State Department of Agriculture.' A second provision saves operators from a double license: §10.36.031(A)(2) states that 'any vendor issued a yearly 'food license' shall be exempt from the provisions of Chapter 5.38—Itinerant Merchants/Unsolicited Salesmen,' which would otherwise cap trading at ten days a year at $25.00. The only city fee therefore falls on trucks using public parking downtown or in the Old Yellowstone District.
Food Establishment Permit
Two hundred dollars the first time an establishment opens, under a new owner, or at a new location, then $100 every year after. Six Wyoming jurisdictions run their own delegated local food-licensing programs instead of the state's — Laramie County, Natrona County, Teton County, Sweetwater County, Sublette County and the City of Laramie — each with its own separate fee schedule not reflected in the state figures above.
Food Handler / Manager Certification — Wyoming Food Safety Rule
No fee, because Wyoming's food safety rule does not mandate a food handler card or a certified food protection manager statewide — the person in charge need only demonstrate food safety knowledge, which the rule allows through general compliance, correctly answering an inspector's questions, or voluntarily holding a CFPM credential. Some local jurisdictions impose their own stricter local requirement on top of this state rule; confirm directly with the county or city health department where a specific business operates.
The other 1 local permit in the tables apply to every type of business in Casper, WY; what each one involves is set out on the Casper permits page. The 5 state-level registrations apply to every type of business across WY and are covered on the WY state page.
How does a food truck compare with other businesses in Casper?
The closest match is a coffee shop, which shares 2 of these permits. A food truck also needs Food Truck (expressly excluded from the city health license; parking permit if downtown). A coffee shop needs Sign Permit (required; no published fee line) and Health License — Restaurant and Food Service, which a food truck does not.
| Business | Its own permits | Shared with a food truck | Only a food truck needs | Only it needs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coffee shops | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Restaurants | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Auto repair shops | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Childcare centres | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Contractors and trades | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Fitness studios | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Retail stores | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Salons and barbers | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Veterinary clinics | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Sources
Every figure for the permits explained on this page was read from one of these government pages on the date shown. Sources for the permits that apply to every type of business are listed on the Casper permits page and the WY state page. Confirmed by Editorial Team.
- Casper Municipal Code, Supplement 96, codified through Ordinance 03-26 (4-21-2026) — §5.04.040 (the seven enumerated license categories), §5.08.170 and §5.08.050 (alcohol fees), §5.38.020 (itinerant merchants), §8.04.010(B) (the mobile food vehicle exclusion added by Ordinance 06-25, 6-3-2025), §8.04.020 (health license fee classes), §8.04.030 (hardship license), §8.04.040 (fiscal year term), §8.12.020 and §8.12.040 (day-care standards and zoning), §10.36.031 (mobile vendor parking permits), §15.04.090 and §15.08.040 (certificate of occupancy), §15.04.100 (fees set by resolution), §15.12 (contractor licensing), §15.40.010 and §15.40.105 (fire code and self-inspection) and §17.96 (signs)City of Casper · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-14
- Licensing — the Casper-Natrona County Health Department's own current page and food service plan review application, giving the $200 new food license and $100 annual renewal, plan review at $325 multi-venue, $225 full service, $175 fast food and $125 specialty, mobile or coffee shop, and inspection fees at $110, $85 and $60Casper-Natrona County Health Department · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-14
- Wyoming Department of Agriculture — food establishment initial and annual renewal fees, and local delegationWyoming Department of Agriculture · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-04
- Wyoming Food Safety Rule, Chapter 1 — voluntary CFPM certification as one path to demonstrating food safety knowledgeWyoming Department of Agriculture, mirrored by Cornell Law School's Legal Information Institute · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-04
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