The Department of Cannabis Regulation (DCR) is deferring its license and application renewal deadline to Tuesday, December 31, 2024. This will be the final deferral for renewals! All 2024 records and licenses will expire after 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday, December 31, 2024. All persons who have allowed their license(s) to expire and who continue to engage in Commercial Cannabis Activity are subject to an enforcement action and/or criminal penalties for unlicensed Commercial Cannabis Activity. 

PLEASE NOTE: Applicants and Licensees who do not pay their deferred Annual License Application fees will not be allowed to refile. 

Click here to watch Assistant Executive Director Jason Killeen review the renewal process and here for a step-by-step guide on how to renew. 

The Renewal Process Contains Two Steps:

1. Submit a renewal application and documents to the DCR Licensing Portal.

You must submit a renewal application including these updated application documents: 

• Legal Business Entity Record Disclosure Form (LIC-4008-FORM);
• Indemnification Agreement (LIC-4005-FORM); 
• Successor In Interest Form (LIC-4018-FORM), if one has not been submitted or if there is an update (social equity records only);
• A current Business Premises Diagram that complies with the requirements in  LIC-4024-FORM, and;
• Evidence of site control for calendar year 2025, such as an executed lease or property deed.

2. Submit payment of renewal fees.

A renewal invoice will be generated by DCR once a Licensee submits their 2025 renewal application(s) through the DCR Licensing Portal.

• Note: DCR is not offering waivers for renewal fees.

Ways to Pay:

1. Office of Finance (In-Person Appointments or Mail)
   1. Payment Options: Cash, Check, Money Order, Credit Card
      1. May pay the full invoice OR the full amount of a single line item.
   2. In Person
      1. Request an appointment via email at finance.csd.appt@lacity.org. 
      2. You must request a payment appointment with the Office of Finance by December 13, 2024. Payments will be considered timely if you confirm an appointment with the Office of Finance by December 31, 2024 even if the appointment occurs after December 31, 2024. [LAMC section 104.03(e)]
   3. Mail
      1. Payment must be postmarked on or before Tuesday, December 31, 2024.
2. LADBS Development Services Centers (In-Person)
   1. Payment Options: Check
      1. DCR encourages payments via check as not all DSC’s accept cash payments. Only the Metro (Downtown) location accepts cash.
      2. May pay the full invoice OR the full amount of a single line item
   2. Receipt(s) must be provided to DCR through one of the methods below for payment to be reflected on your record. 
      1. Physically at DCR’s drop box (221 N. Figueroa St, Suite 1245)
      2. Electronically to DCR.Payments@lacity.org.
   3. Additional Information

Renewal application fees paid by Tuesday, December 31, 2024 will be considered timely. If deferred Annual License Application fees were timely paid, late renewal applications and/or late renewal payments may be submitted after Tuesday, December 31, 2024, but will be subject to Expedited Services Fees Level 2 (Double Time Rate). Submission of a renewal application and/or payment of the renewal fees does not guarantee renewal. Activities associated with unpaid Annual License Application fees will be deemed abandoned and those activities are ineligible for refiling. Failure to timely pay deferred fees will result in abandonment, falling out of good standing with DCR, and the uncollected debt may be forwarded to a collection agency.

Please email DCRLicensing@lacity.org with any questions.