Who regulates cannabis retail in Minnesota?

Minnesota Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) is the state cannabis regulator for Minnesota. Official site: https://mn.gov/ocm.

What seed-to-sale track-and-trace system does Minnesota use?

Minnesota uses METRC (Franwell) for seed-to-sale traceability — the de-facto standard across most regulated states. CannAgent maps its inventory and transfer events to METRC's required fields.

What cannabis taxes apply to retail in Minnesota?

At the register, as of September 2026: the 15% cannabis gross receipts tax plus 6.875% state sales tax on taxable cannabis products, plus your local and metro-area rates; medical items bought for a registered patient are exempt.

Is CannAgent available for Minnesota dispensaries?

Not yet — Minnesota is not open to new stores. Target: Mid 2027. Join the waitlist. Targets, not promises. Each state's rules come first. Joining the MN list gets you one email when Minnesota opens.

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Minnesota is not open to new stores yet. Target: Mid 2027. Join the waitlist.

The MN rules on this page are researched from the regulator’s and legislature’s own sources; the date we last checked them is in the regulator card below. There is nothing to sign up for here yet. The waitlist gets you one email when Minnesota opens.

OCM

Target: Mid 2027

Minnesota dispensary POS for OCM rules and Metrc

Written against OCM rules: one 15% cannabis gross receipts tax on every taxable cannabis product, hemp edibles included, plus 6.875% state sales tax and local rates; the licence tiers HF 100 created, from microbusiness to retailer; and the lower-potency hemp edible lane Minnesota runs beside cannabis.

Seed-to-sale system: Metrc (Franwell)
Taxes at the register: At the register, as of September 2026: the 15% cannabis gross receipts tax plus 6.875% state sales tax on taxable cannabis products, plus your local and metro-area rates; medical items bought for a registered patient are exempt.
Purchase limits: Not published on this page yet
CannAgent in MN: Target: Mid 2027. Join the waitlist.

Regulator

Minnesota Office of Cannabis Management (OCM)

https://mn.gov/ocm ↗

We re-check this regulatorweekly— active rulemaking / transition / year-over-year scheduleLast checked 2026-09-07. That is 41 days past the weekly re-check above — treat anything time-sensitive on this page as due for confirmation.

Your rules, handled

Minnesota’s tax rules and purchase limits are written into CannAgent’s compliance engine from the rule text. Where a figure still waits on an answer from the OCM, it is flagged against the rule rather than guessed.

What we have written for Minnesota

Minnesota coverage is written against OCM rules: the licence tiers under HF 100 (microbusiness, mezzobusiness, cultivator, manufacturer, retailer, wholesaler, with social-equity sub-tiers), the lower-potency hemp edible lane, the 21.875%-plus combined adult-use stack, and the medical and adult-use split. We say what is not built for Minnesota before you sign.

Operator playbooks

Compliance ops playbook

State traceability reconciliation — the daily, weekly, monthly discipline

Buyer scorecard

Picking a cannabis POS: the 7-question scorecard

Migration playbook

POS migration: a 4-week playbook for cannabis dispensaries

Operations deep-dive

Cash discipline at a cannabis dispensary: variance, escalation, audit

Minnesota cannabis retail — common questions

Who regulates cannabis retail in Minnesota?: Minnesota Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) is the state cannabis regulator for Minnesota. Official site: https://mn.gov/ocm.
What seed-to-sale track-and-trace system does Minnesota use?: Minnesota uses METRC (Franwell) for seed-to-sale traceability — the de-facto standard across most regulated states. CannAgent maps its inventory and transfer events to METRC's required fields.
What cannabis taxes apply to retail in Minnesota?: At the register, as of September 2026: the 15% cannabis gross receipts tax plus 6.875% state sales tax on taxable cannabis products, plus your local and metro-area rates; medical items bought for a registered patient are exempt.
Is CannAgent available for Minnesota dispensaries?: Not yet — Minnesota is not open to new stores. Target: Mid 2027. Join the waitlist. Targets, not promises. Each state's rules come first. Joining the MN list gets you one email when Minnesota opens.

Target: Mid 2027. Join the waitlist.

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