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New Leaf Cannabis Consulting Agency — the #1 cannabis licensing agency on the entire west coast — is offering exclusivity for each license application type in Missouri. New Leaf is only taking on a few more clients exclusively — only one applicant per license type — and there are only a few spots left for qualified applicants. This offer is only good for two more weeks. Hurry, time and spots are both running out!

Once we accept an applicant for your category, we will NOT BE TAKING ANOTHER. What this means is that New Leaf will not be accepting any applicants in your category that will be direct competition. You, your team, and your company will get application assistance with the following:

  • Getting accepted into the lottery for microbusiness licensure.
  • Submitting a winning application for microbusiness licensure that will get the maximum points and highest score possible.
  • Winning one of the limited number of new small business licenses called microbusinesses.

What Does This Mean?

Many cannabis license types have already been filled and are currently UNAVAILABLE. Sorry Folks, but a non compete and exclusivity means if your license type is filled already, unfortunately WE CANNOT TAKE YOU ON AS A CLIENT.

Unavailable License Types

We have filled our exclusive spots for these specific license types with clients for round one Missouri adult use cannabis lottery:

NON-AVAILABILITY FOR STANDARD LICENSES:
1 processor licensee
1 incubator space license

NON AVAILABILITY FOR MICRO BUSINESS LICENSES:
1 processor license
1 incubator space license

OPEN SLOTS AVAILABLE FOR APPLICATION LICENSE TYPES

PLEASE NOTE this offer is only good for the next TWO WEEKS, after which we will not be accepting any more clients due to the fast approaching application timeline window is getting shorter by the day. We want to make sure we have ample time to provide our EXCLUSIVE clients with the highest scoring and best possible, “WINNING” application submission.

AVAILABILITY FOR STANDARD LICENSES:
1 grower license
1 dispensary license

AVAILABILITY FOR MICRO BUSINESS LICENSES:
1 grower license
1 dispensary license

Missouri Cannabis Adult Use Application

Timeline for submission, lottery, scoring and awarding of microbusiness licenses

There are three rounds for microbusiness licensing from now through December of 2025.

June 6, 2023 — Microbusiness application forms and instructions available
Sept. 4–Oct. 4, 2023 — Microbusiness applications accepted (1st round).
Dec. 3, 2023 — Microbusiness applications reviewed for eligibility.
June 2024 — Microbusiness applications accepted for 2nd round
Aug. 2024 — Microbusiness applications reviewed for eligibility.
March 2025 — Microbusiness applications accepted for 3rd round
May 2025 — Microbusiness applications reviewed for eligibility

Who Can Apply for Round One Adult Use Cannabis MicroBusiness
Lottery & Licensing?

ROUND ONE IS FOR SOCIAL EQUITY APPLICANTS ONLY. The Cannabis Reform Act (HB556/SB516) requires that all applicants in Round 1 qualify as SOCIAL EQUITY APPLICANTS. A social equity applicant is defined as an applicant that has at least 65% ownership and control held by one or more individuals who:

  • Lived in a disproportionately impacted area for at least five of the past 10 years;
  • Attended a public school in a disproportionately impacted area for at least 5 years; or
  • Attended, for at least two years, a 4-year institution of higher education in the State where at least 40% of the individuals who attended the institution are eligible for a Pell grant.

WE CANNOT ACCEPT YOU AS A CLIENT UNLESS YOU OR ONE OF THE OWNERS OF YOUR COMPANY CAN FULFILL THESE REQUIREMENTS. The reason for this is that if you cannot meet the requirements for Social Equity MicroBusiness Applicant, you WILL NOT be Eligible to be in the LOTTERY. It is a PASS OR FAIL Requirement. There is NO WAY AROUND THIS. If you cannot meet these requirements, please don’t waste your time or ours.

And if you do meet these qualifications, please give us a call! We would love to provide you with a winning application for lottery submission and microbusiness licensure!

Also, please remember, we are only accepting applications for one client in each of the following categories:

Standard licenses:

  • 1 grower license
  • 1 dispensary license

Micro business licenses:

  • 1 grower license
  • 1 dispensary license

Missouri Adult Use License Application. What Do I Need to Apply?

2023 Missouri Application Required Docs

Missouri Cannabis License Application Process

In Missouri, individuals who wish to apply for a marijuana license must do so through the Department of Health and Senior Services. The The department shall charge each applicant seeking an available medical or marijuana facility license an application fee to be submitted with the application.

The department shall publish the current fees, including any adjustments, on its website at cannabis.mo.gov. However, if an applicant meets all criteria for a microbusiness facility license and has no pending or future legal actions, the Department may refund the application fee if they do not win the
Lottery.

Once an application is approved, a facility licensee must provide proof of financial responsibility and establish a compliant soundproof production facility that meets all necessary requirements prior to being granted final approval. In addition, they must complete an on-site inspection by the Department’s Marijuana Facility Licensing Inspector.

MO Marijuana License Application Requirements

Entities must obtain a license or certification to operate a medical or marijuana facility from the Missouri department of health. It will accept applications for facility licenses or certifications for recreational marijuana.

A complete submission must be received by the department in order for your cannabis dispensary license to be complete. A complete application is required to for a cultivation license as well under the rules found at 19 CSR. Marijuana licenses in Missouri are hybrid and can also sell into its medical marijuana program. The applications will be accepted by the Department and will be approved or denied after a lottery for only the complete applications.

Complete Missouri marijuana license requirements including:

Corporate Structure, Control and Ownership
(a) Name and address of the designated contact for the applicant entity;
(b) Legal name of the applicant entity, including fictitious business names;
(c) All owners of the applicant entity, with ownership percentage, and a visual representation of the facility’s ownership structure;
(d) For a testing facility application, a list of all entities licensed or certified or applying for licensure or certification in Missouri to cultivate, manufacture, or dispense marijuana product that are or will be under substantially common control, ownership, or management as the applicant. For each entity listed, a written explanation of how the entity is under substantially common control, ownership, or management as the applicant entity, with supporting documentation;
(e) For a microbusiness facility license application, an attestation that the applicant does not have an owner who is also an owner of an existing medical, comprehensive, or another microbusiness marijuana facility license
(f) For medical and comprehensive facility applicants, a list of all owners who are also owners of a microbusiness facility license and the relevant microbusiness license number(s)

Municipality, Facility and Zoning Requirements
(g) Proposed address of the facility and — An attestation that the proposed facility location complies with the facility location requirements of this chapter; An attestation that the proposed facility location complies with any facility location requirements of the local government; and A copy of, or hyperlink to, all local government requirements for facility location, such as zoning requirements, if applicable;
(h) Blueprints or floor plans for the facility with all rooms clearly labeled, including purpose and square footage;
(i) For facilities that will be cultivating marijuana, the cultivation practices(s) (indoor, outdoor, or greenhouse) used by the facility, and, if using a combination of practices, the ratio of cultivation space limits for each cultivation practice, as provided in the cultivation section of this chapter;
(j) An attestation that all individuals subject to analysis for disqualifying
felony offenses will submit fingerprints within two (2) weeks after the application submission for a state and federal fingerprint-based criminal background check to be conducted by the Missouri State Highway Patrol;
(k) An attestation that no individual subject to analysis for a disqualifying felony offense has a disqualifying felony offense;
(l) All applicable fees; and
(m) For each comprehensive facility applicant, the application shall include a plan that explains how the applicant would serve both the medical and adult-use markets,while maintaining adequate supply at a reasonable cost to qualifying patients, and a plan to promote and encourage participation in the regulated marijuana industry by people from communities that have been disproportionately impacted by marijuana Prohibition.

MO Marijuana Microbusiness Application Requirements

In addition to the application requirements in section above, microbusiness facility applicants must also provide documents demonstrating eligibility for microbusiness facility ownership as follows:
(a) A valid, government-issued photo ID; and
(b) For applicants claiming a net worth of less than twenty-five thousand dollars ($250,000) and low income: Sworn financial statements for three (3) of the last ten (10) years, each
of which must show net worth of less than twenty-five thousand dollars ($250,000); and a copy of three (3) of the last ten (10) years of tax returns, each of which must show income below two hundred and fifty percent (250%) of the federal poverty level during the applicable year.
(c) For applicants claiming a service-connected disability a copy of the front of the applicant’s valid service-connected disability card.
(d) For applicants claiming an arrest, prosecution, or conviction for a non-violent marijuana offense:

  • A copy of the relevant arrest record; or
  • A copy of the relevant FBI background check; or
  • A certified copy of the relevant prosecutor’s case file; or
  • A letter from the prosecutor’s office indicating the charge filed; or
  • A certified copy of the judgment of conviction; or
  • A certificate of expungement from a court; and
  • If the arrest, prosecution, or conviction was for the applicant’s parent, guardian, or spouse:
  • A valid, government-issued photo ID of the parent, guardian, or spouse; and
  • Proof of relationship:
    • (I) A certified copy of the applicant’s birth certificate; or
    • (II) A certified copy of the judgment of adoption or guardianship; or
    • (III) A certified copy of the marriage certificate; and

(e) For applicants claiming residency in a ZIP code or census tract area where either thirty percent (30%) or more of the population lives below the federal poverty level or the rate of unemployment is fifty percent (50%) higher than the state average (for qualifying areas in the state, a list of ZIP codes and census tracts will be published on the department’s website):

Two (2) separate types of utility bills (i.e. one water bill, one electric bill) dated within the last four (4) months, which must include:

  • The name of the applicant;
  • The dates of service;
  • The service address; and
  • The billing address; or
  • A copy of a current residential lease, which must include the name of the applicant, the full address, the date the lease went in to effect and expires, and an affidavit from the applicant stating the applicant resides at that address; or
  • A copy of a residential mortgage which includes the name of the applicant and the full address, and an affidavit from the applicant stating the applicant
    resides at that address; or
  • A copy of the applicant’s real or personal property taxes, dated within the past twelve (12) months, which must include the applicant’s name and the date assessed; or

(f) For applicants claiming residency in a ZIP code or census tract area where the historic rate of incarceration for marijuana-related offenses is fifty percent (50%) higher than the rate for the entire state:

  • A certified letter from the local prosecutor’s office verifying compliance with this requirement; and
  • Two (2) separate types of utility bills (i.e. one water bill, one electric bill) dated within the last four (4) months, which must include:
  • The name of the applicant;
  • The dates of service;
  • The service address; and
  • The billing address; or
  • A copy of a current residential lease, which must include the name of the applicant, the full address, the date the lease went in to effect and expires, and an affidavit from the applicant stating the applicant resides at that address; or
  • A copy of a residential mortgage which includes the name of the applicant and the full address, and an affidavit from the applicant stating the applicant resides at that address; or
  • A copy of the applicant’s real or personal property taxes, dated within the past twelve (12) months, which must include the applicant’s name and the date assessed; or

(g) For applicants claiming graduation from a school district that was unaccredited, or had a similar successor designation, at the time of graduation, a certified letter from the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education indicating that the applicable school district was unaccredited in the year the applicant claims to have graduated from the school, and:

  • A certified copy of the applicant’s high school diploma; or
  • A letter from the applicant’s school, on school letter head, stating that the applicant graduated from the school; or
  • (h) For applicants claiming residency in a ZIP code containing an unaccredited school district, or similar successor designation, for three (3) of the past five (5) years, a certified letter from the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education indicating that the applicable school district was unaccredited in the year(s) the applicant claims to have lived there, and:
  • A copy of two (2) separate types of utility bills (i.e. one water bill, one electric bill,) for each quarter of the three (3) years that the applicant claims to have lived in said location which must include:
    • The name of the applicant;
    • The dates of service;
    • The service address; and
    • The billing address; or
    • Copies of residential leases for three (3) of the past five (5) years, which must include the name of the applicant, the full address, and the effective date and the expiration date of the lease; or
    • A copy of a residential mortgage which includes the name of the applicant and
    • the address, along with an affidavit that the applicant resided at that address during the applicable years; or
    • A copy of three (3) of the last five (5) years’ real or personal property taxes for the applicant, which must include the applicant’s name, address, and the date; or
    • An applicant may provide any of the acceptable types documentation for
    • each year they are claiming residency in the ZIP code (i.e., utility bills from
    • one year, lease from a separate year, and property taxes for a third year).

Application Requirements for Off-site Warehouses

Licensees must obtain a separate certification for each warehouse facility used for storing marijuana product at a location other than the approved location of the licensee. Such requests must be submitted after the licensee’s facility has passed a commencement inspection and shall include at least the following
information:

  • Blueprints for the offsite storage with all rooms clearly labeled, including purpose and square footage;
  • An attestation that the proposed location for offsite storage complies with the facility location requirements of this chapter and any facility location requirements of the local government;
  • If the local government in which the offsite storage will be located has enacted applicable zoning restrictions, the text of the restrictions, including the citation to said restrictions, and a description of how the proposed offsite storage will comply with those restrictions;
  • An attestation that the offsite storage will comply with all other rules applicable to the facility for which the offsite storage is being established;
  • An administrative and processing fee of five thousand dollars ($5000).

MO Marijuana License Application Approval and Denial Process

In cases where there are more applicants than available licenses or certificates, the department will select applicants for available licenses or certifications by lottery.

  • All timely applications submitted with an application fee during an application time period will be considered eligible for the lottery. Untimely applications or applications without an application fee will be denied.
  • Eligible applications will be assigned an application identifier by the department. The assigned identifiers will be transmitted to the entity conducting the lottery. The individual(s) conducting the lottery will do so without reference to the identities of the applicants.
  • Identifiers will be randomly drawn and listed in the order drawn. If licenses are issued by congressional district, the identifiers will be randomly drawn and listed in the order drawn within each congressional district.
  • After listing all identifiers in the order drawn, the department will review the application corresponding to the selected identifier, beginning with the first identifier drawn, to determine if the applicant is eligible for licensure prior to issuing the license.
  • If during the review period, the department determines an application meets all of the license eligibility requirements in this chapter and Article XIV, the license will be granted.
  • During the application review period, the department may request the applicant to provide additional information or documents needed to determine eligibility for a license by sending the request to the email address of the designated contact associated with the application. If requested, the applicant will have five (5) days to provide the requested information or
    documents.

In addition to meeting the criteria for a social equity applicant, your application must include:

  • A detailed operational plan
  • A business plan; and
  • A detailed diversity plan.

Number of Microbusiness Licenses Available

How will the Microbusiness licenses be awarded?
The state of Missouri will have a lottery to award at least 144 microbusiness licenses with two-thirds (2⁄3) of the licenses being awarded to Microbusiness Wholesalers, and one-third being awarded to Microbusiness Dispensaries.

And remember… New Leaf Cannabis Consulting Agency, the #1 best cannabis licensing agency on the west coast, is offering exclusivity for each license application type!

New Leaf is only taking on a few more clients for exclusively and only taking one applicant per specific license type — only a few spots left. this offer is only good for 2 more weeks. Hurry, time and spots are both running out. CALL TODAY 1.888.791.LEAF

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