1. Forms

   View the forms associated with the professional licenses offered within Scott County.

2. Auctioneer License

   Minnesota Statute 330.01 requires that auctioneers in the state of Minnesota be licensed. Application for an auctioneer license is made in your county of residence. Licenses are valid for one year.

3. Estate Sale Conductor

   Effective January 1, 2014 to conduct estate sales MS§325E.70 requires that “Estate Sale Conductors” (ESC) file a surety bond with the county treasurer of either the ESC’s county of residence or the county in which the sale is to be held.

4. Notary Commission

   Learn how you can get a Notary Commission permit within Scott County.

5. Ordination or Ministerial Credentials

   For an ordained person (both Minnesota residents and non-residents) to be authorized to perform marriage ceremonies in Minnesota, the person must be at least 21 years old and must file their "credentials of license or ordination" with a Minnesota county. Once this is done, marriages may be performed anywhere in the State of Minnesota.

6. Precious Metal Dealer License

   This license is for any establishment dealing with the sale or commercial use of secondhand platinum, gold, and/or silver.

7. Transient Merchant License

   The term “transient merchant” includes any person, individual, co-partnership, limited liability company, and corporation, both as principal and agent, who engage in, do, or transact any temporary and transient business in this state, either in one locality, or in traveling from place to place in this state, selling goods, wares, and merchandise; and who, for the purpose of carrying on such business, hire, lease, occupy, or use a building, structure, vacant lot, or railroad car for the exhibition and sale of such goods, wares, and merchandise.