Maine has no statewide general business license and no longer requires towns to license victualers, but municipalities license by home rule ordinance, and the town also approves every liquor license before the state issues it. Ask the clerk what your use needs before signing the lease.
Checked Oct 21, 2026 against the agency’s page.
Step 2 of 6: Register for tax
1Set up the business
2Register for tax
3Approve the space
4Get the permits for your kind of business
5Alcohol permits
6Before the first hire
Issued by Your town or city clerk.
Sources and dates
30-A M.R.S. 3811 and 3812 (innkeepers and tavernkeepers; the victualer license was repealed by P.L. 1997, c. 446); municipal ordinances. Checked against the agency’s page on the date shown; cities add their own fees.
Questions about opening here.
Yes. Maine has no statewide general business license and no longer requires towns to license victualers, but municipalities license by home rule ordinance, and the town also approves every liquor license before the state issues it.
Yes. Maine has no statewide general business license and no longer requires towns to license victualers, but municipalities license by home rule ordinance, and the town also approves every liquor license before the state issues it.
Yes. Maine has no statewide general business license and no longer requires towns to license victualers, but municipalities license by home rule ordinance, and the town also approves every liquor license before the state issues it.
Yes. Maine has no statewide general business license and no longer requires towns to license victualers, but municipalities license by home rule ordinance, and the town also approves every liquor license before the state issues it.
Yes. Maine has no statewide general business license and no longer requires towns to license victualers, but municipalities license by home rule ordinance, and the town also approves every liquor license before the state issues it.
Yes. Maine has no statewide general business license and no longer requires towns to license victualers, but municipalities license by home rule ordinance, and the town also approves every liquor license before the state issues it.
Yes. Maine has no statewide general business license and no longer requires towns to license victualers, but municipalities license by home rule ordinance, and the town also approves every liquor license before the state issues it.
Yes. Maine has no statewide general business license and no longer requires towns to license victualers, but municipalities license by home rule ordinance, and the town also approves every liquor license before the state issues it.
Yes. Maine has no statewide general business license and no longer requires towns to license victualers, but municipalities license by home rule ordinance, and the town also approves every liquor license before the state issues it.
Yes. Maine has no statewide general business license and no longer requires towns to license victualers, but municipalities license by home rule ordinance, and the town also approves every liquor license before the state issues it.
Yes. Maine has no statewide general business license and no longer requires towns to license victualers, but municipalities license by home rule ordinance, and the town also approves every liquor license before the state issues it.
Yes. Maine has no statewide general business license and no longer requires towns to license victualers, but municipalities license by home rule ordinance, and the town also approves every liquor license before the state issues it.
Yes. Maine has no statewide general business license and no longer requires towns to license victualers, but municipalities license by home rule ordinance, and the town also approves every liquor license before the state issues it.
Yes. Maine has no statewide general business license and no longer requires towns to license victualers, but municipalities license by home rule ordinance, and the town also approves every liquor license before the state issues it.
Yes. Maine has no statewide general business license and no longer requires towns to license victualers, but municipalities license by home rule ordinance, and the town also approves every liquor license before the state issues it.
Yes. Maine has no statewide general business license and no longer requires towns to license victualers, but municipalities license by home rule ordinance, and the town also approves every liquor license before the state issues it.
Yes. Maine has no statewide general business license and no longer requires towns to license victualers, but municipalities license by home rule ordinance, and the town also approves every liquor license before the state issues it.
Yes. Maine has no statewide general business license and no longer requires towns to license victualers, but municipalities license by home rule ordinance, and the town also approves every liquor license before the state issues it.
Yes. Maine has no statewide general business license and no longer requires towns to license victualers, but municipalities license by home rule ordinance, and the town also approves every liquor license before the state issues it.
Yes. Maine has no statewide general business license and no longer requires towns to license victualers, but municipalities license by home rule ordinance, and the town also approves every liquor license before the state issues it.
Your town or city clerk.
Step 2 of 6, register for tax. The steps before it: set up the business.
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