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County Licensing Comparison (compiled May 2005)

Note: Background checks are done on a 2-Yr. Cycle to match the 2 Yr. License unless otherwise indicated. If background checks are done, the provider is not charged. 

Note: An annual license is issued if there are non-compliance issues, negative licensing action in place as two examples. 

Note: 11 Counties charge no fees, 3 no licensing fee but a background check fee, 47 have licensing fees less than $150 or modifications for new or renewal of licenses,
20 have the maximum fee allowed by the state of $250; 6 have full licensing fee of $150 with a reduced background check.

 

Status # of Counties Counties Initial
License Fee
Renewal Fee
for 2 Yrs.
Background Check Fee Counties with One
Fee for all 
12,934 Providers
No Licensing Fee or
Background Check Fee
11 Becker(105)
Carlton(75)
Cook(8)
Grant(22) 
         
    Itaska(83)
Jackson(47)
Kittson(17)
Koochiching(28),
         
    Ramsey(877)
 Rock(52)
Todd(60)
        1374
               
No Licensing Fee but a
Background Check Fee
1 Cass(56)     $25/background check up to $100    
1 Ottertail(152)     $50/license     
  1 Roseau(84)     $5.00/background check   292
               
Lower Initial Licensing Fee
Than Renewal Fee
1 Aitkin (30) $30 $50 $50 plus $10/person up to $100    
1 Clay(184) $50 $100 No fee for household & 1 sub - $15/check for additional subs    
  1 Benton(153) $75 $150 $50 for initial; $100 for renewal    
  1 St. Louis(422) $75 $150 $50 plus $8/person in Duluth or $10/person outside city limits    
  1 Chippewa(43) $100 $150 $50 Background check   832
               
Lower Renewal Fee Than
Initial Licensing Fee
1 LacQuiParle(22) $75 $50 $5 per person    
1 Blue Earth(182) $75 $50 $100 for initial; $75 renewal    
  1 Freeborn(66) $100 $65 $10/person for background check    
  1 Pope(30) $150 $75 $15 per person up to $100 maximum    
  1 Wadena(35) $150 $75 $30 for provider and $10 for each additional person    
  1 Traverse(15) $150 $75 $50 per provider plus $5/person up to $100 maximum    
  1 Renville(53) $150 $100 $50 for provider + $10/person    
  1 Sherburne(300) $150 $100 $100 initial; $50 annual fee   703
               
Same Licensing/Renewal Fees 1 Swift(56) No fee $100 No cost unless another county charges    
  1 Lake(17) No fee $100 $50 for background    
  1 Stearns(555) No fee $125 No fee for initial; $25 1st & $25 2nd    
  1 Lake of the Woods(14) $25 $25 $25 for background    
  1 Hennepin(1565) $30 $30 $100 for background    
  1 Mahnomen(16) $50 $50 $20 per family    
  1 Polk(97) $50 $50 $15 per person up to $100 maximum    
  1 Cottonwood(35) $50 $50 $50 for background    
  1 Big Stone(15) $75 $75 $15/study up to $100 maximum    
  1 Pennington(55) $75 $75 $25 for background    
  1 Pipestone(23) $75 $75 $50 for background    
  1 Nicollet(96) $75 $75 $100 for initial; $50 for renewal    
  5 Kandiyohi(137)
Lincoln(22)
Lyon(112)
Meeker(54)
Murray(21)
$100 $100 $50 for background    
  1 Yellow Medicine(45) $100 $100 $75 for background    
  1 Crow Wing(177) $100 $100 $20/person up to $100 maximum    
  1 Watonwan(36) $100 $100 $100 for background   3180
  1 Wilkin(32) $150 $100 No fee for MN; ND $40    
               
Maximum Licensing Fee;
Adjusted Background Fee
             
1 Fillmore(73) $150 $150 $100 for initial, No fee renewal    
  1 Morrison(120) $150 $150 $50 for background    
  1 Rice(174) $150 $150 $25/study up to $100 maximum    
  1 Clearwater(22) $150 $150 $50 for background    
  1 Anoka(792) $150 $150 $65 for background    
  1 LeSueur(94) $150 $150 Billed for Actual cost not to exceed $100   1275
               
               
One Fee for License and
Background Check
1 Norman(33)       $50 for initial; $50 renewal  
1 Nobles(63)       $50 for initial; $100 renewal  
  1 Stevens(29)       $100 for initial; $50 renewal  
  2 McLeod(137)
Redwood(74)
      $100 for initial; $100 renewal  
  1 Douglas(151)       $135 for initial; $125 renewal  
  1 Winona(158)       $150 for initial; $100 renewal  
  3 Goodhue(120)
Marshall(30)
Red Lake(17)
      $150 for initial; $150 renewal  
  1 Brown(124)       $150 for initial; $250 renewal  
  2 Houston(85)
Wabasha(75)
      $250 for initial; $150 renewal 1096
               
Maximum Licensing Fee
and Maximum
4 Beltrami(127)
Carver(191)
Chisago(137)
Dakota(944)
$150 $150 $100    
Background Check Fee 4 Dodge(103)
Faribault(46)
Isanti(53)
Kanabec(40)
$150 $150 $100    
  4 Martin(74)
Mille Lacs(58)
Pine(57)
Sibley(51)
$150 $150 $100    
  4 Steele(167)
Waseca(83)
Washington(521)
Wright(409)
$150 $150      
  2 Hubbard(60)
Mower(143)
      $250 for initial; $250 renewal  
  1 Olmsted(500) $150 $150 charged yearly $100 charged yearly    
  1 Scott(418) $150 $150 $100 charged yearly   4182
               
Totals 87           12934
               
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