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Title: Copper Seller License
Alternate Title:
Description:
Copper seller licenses will be issued to individuals only. Minnesota Department of Commerce

Subject: Cooling, Fuel Burning, Refrigeration Equipment
Creation Date: 1/9/2025 11:56:54 AM
Modification Date: 1/9/2025 12:54:50 PM
Agency Name: Commerce, Minnesota Department of
Agency URL: https://mn.gov/commerce/
Agency Description: The Minnesota Department of Commerce is the chief regulator for the banking, energy, insurance, real estate, securities, telecommunications industries and also operates Minnesota's Unclaimed Property.
Agency Phone: 651-539-1500
Agency Fax: Agency URL: https://mn.gov/commerce/
Agency Address:
85 7th Place East, Suite 500

St. Paul
MN
55101
Unit Name: Licensing Unit
Unit URL:
Unit Description:
Unit Phone: 651-539-1599
800-420-5644 - Sircon
Unit Fax: Contact person(s): licensing.commerce@state.mn.us
Unit URL:
Audience: Hold Application URL: https://www.sircon.com/landingPages/states/minnesota/otherBiz/content.jsp
Renewal URL: https://www.sircon.com/landingPages/states/minnesota/otherBiz/content.jsp
Versa URL:
Requirements:
 

Copper seller licenses will be issued to individuals only.

Beginning January 1, 2025, you must have a license in order to sell scrap metal copper, unless you qualify for one of the listed exceptions. 

License applications will be completed online.
 
NOTE: On the first Friday of the months of April and October of each calendar year, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., a scrap metal dealer may purchase up to $25 of scrap metal copper from individuals who do not have an approved license to sell scrap metal copper.
 
EXCEPTIONS. A person is deemed to hold a license to sell scrap metal copper if the person holds one of the following:
 
  • A license to perform work pursuant to Minn. Stats. Chapter 326B or Section 103I.501.

  • A document, certificate, or card of competency issued by a municipality to perform work in a given trade or craft in the building trades. The document, certificate, or card must state that the individual is authorized to sell scrap metal copper.

  • Section 608 Technician Certification issued by the United States Environmental Protection Agency.


     


Rules:

Statutes: 80G

Forms:
License applications are submitted through the Sircon system at sircon.com. Before submitting an application an account will need to be created an account at Sircon.

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Fees:

The license fee is $250.

The fee to renew the license is also $250.

If renewal of a license is after the renewal deadline, the fee is $250 plus an additional nonrefundable late fee of $500.


Period of Issuance:

One year.


Length of Determination:

Other Info:
Activity: Debt Collection
Collection Agency
License Detail URL:

Copper Seller

Minnesota Department of Commerce

   

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