License Application
Maps and other attachments
Fingerprint cards and waiver forms to allow background check
   Note: All pages of the fingerprint waiver form must be filled out and returned.
Applicable fees (can be all in one check)

Commercial Industrial Hemp Program

Kansas Department of Agriculture
1320 Research Park Drive
Manhattan, KS 66502

*Electronic submission is NOT an option. Hard copies only.

Details about how to submit your fingerprint cards and waiver to submit to the state and national criminal history background check can be found here on this website. 

• Applications must be complete, accurate and legible.
• KDA is not required to request additional information to clarify a license application. Incomplete or illegible license applications shall not be accepted, and applicable fees shall not be refunded. KDA is not responsible for missing information due to formatting or printing errors by applicants.
• Providing false, misleading or incorrect information on your license application or attachments may result in your license application being denied, revocation of any license, and denial of future license applications.

Please access Current Growers for important application and reporting deadlines.

1. Complete application arrives at KDA (including the application, fingerprint card, waiver, supporting documentation and applicable fees).

2. Fingerprint cards and waivers are sent to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation to begin the state and national criminal history check. The check is expected to take two to three weeks upon the receipt of the fingerprint card and waiver by KDA.

• If an illegible fingerprint card is submitted for an individual, the illegible card will be sent back to KDA and the individual who submitted the illegible fingerprint card must submit a new and legible card and a new waiver. Illegible fingerprint cards will greatly slow the process; click here for a list of the most common reasons fingerprint cards are returned.

3. Applications are reviewed by administrative staff at KDA to ensure each meets all program requirements.

4. If the Secretary of Agriculture approves the application, the applicant will be provided with a conditional approval notice and will be required to send the applicable license fee.

5. Your license fee is due within 15 days of being notified of your conditional approval. If you do not pay the license fee within 15 days, your conditional approval will be terminated, and requested licenses will not be issued.

6. Once your license fee is received, your license will be issued.

7. See Current Growers for additional dates that apply to licensed participants of the Program.

Watch your email! The primary method of communication throughout this process will be via email. Please report any communication that seems fraudulent to KDA. Your security and privacy are very important to us.

Table 2.  Summary of Commercial Industrial Hemp Producer Fees

Criminal History Record Check Fee	$47 (this is the KBI’s standard fingerprint-based criminal history record check fee)	At the time the commercial hemp producer license application is submitted
Application Fee	$100 (does NOT apply to license fee)	At the time the commercial hemp producer license application is submitted
License Fee	$1,200	Upon the licensee’s receipt of the invoice provided by KDA
Testing Fees	$225 per laboratory test (each lot and variety must be sampled separately)	Upon the licensee’s receipt of the invoice provided by KDA
Subsequent Sampling Fee	Transportation and inspection time at $45 per hour, and mileage at the rate established by the Department of Administration	Upon the licensee’s receipt of the invoice provided by KDA
Modification Fee	$50 for each requested change to a license issued by KDA, multiple changes may be requested per modification	At the time of the request for modification of license

 

A $100.00 application fee must be submitted with your completed license application. Application fees do not apply to license fees.

A $47.00 criminal history record check fee must be submitted with your completed license application. 

A $225.00 testing fee, for each sample collected and tested by KDA, must be submitted upon the licensee’s receipt of the invoice provided by KDA. Each lot and variety are required to be sampled and tested separately.

A $50.00 modification fee must be submitted at the time of any license request changes. Multiple changes may be requested per modification.

All fee payments must be made by check or money order and made payable to the Kansas Department of Agriculture unless otherwise specified. Application, criminal history record check, license, testing, subsequent sampling, and modification fees are not refundable.