Apply or Renew a Merchandise Dealer License
How to Apply
- Licensure requires completing an application, getting it signed and notarized, and paying the required fee.
- See specific instructions for application depending on license and application type.
- You must submit all the required documentation and fees in order to be considered for licensure.
- Renewal is completed online and is required by August 1st.
Keep Your Contact Info Up to Date
- Be sure the email address you include for yourself on your application is correct and up to date. Email is the primary means of communication for the Board.
- Additionally, it is important for applicants/licensees to update their email address with the Board just as they would update their physical and mailing addresses.
Select your application type to view instructions on how to apply:
Fees
|
Application |
100 |
|
Renewal |
50 |
|
Late Renewal (after 8/1 of renewal year) |
$550 ($500 penalty + $50 renewal fee) |
Merchandise Dealer Application Checklist
If you have never been licensed before, complete the application and related requirements below.
If you have never been licensed before, complete the application and related requirements below.
The following is a checklist of required documents for this application:
- Completed application and fee. Download this application>>
- Completed consent forms signed by each person with a controlling ownership interest.
- Consent to Service form.
Attach supporting documents related to when the business became incorporated, organized, or formed. In addition, you will have to submit all of the following unless it is determined that a requirement does not apply to this entity:
- If the legal owner is a Partnership, submit a copy of the executed Partnership agreement.
- Submit information on any other entities that are owned by the applicant or any of its affiliates that are regulated by Section 10-Chapter 14 of the Georgia Code.
- Authorized sales agent information: Submit the name, business address and registration number for each authorized sales agent.
- Submit a balance sheet as of the end of the most recent fiscal year, and in no event dated more than 15 months prior to the date of filing of this application. This information will be held as confidential and not open to public inspection.
Attach the required information in regards to the applicable Merchandise Dealer bond:
Submit a completed application along with the non-refundable application fee of $100.
Merchandise Dealer Renewal
If you have previously held this license and need to renew in order to keep your license up to date, apply for licensure renewal before August 1st of the year it expires to avoid late fees.
- Renewal forms are updated and mailed to each dealer before license expiration by the Cemeteries Division. You may also download the Renewal Form.
- Complete and return the completed form by mail or online.
Submit a completed application along with the non-refundable application fee of $50.
How to File
File online
- Using our secure online filing platform GASeamlessGov, fill out your contact information and upload your completed application.
- You will be prompted to pay the fee. This platform only accepts VISA and MASTERCARD.
File by mail
Alternatively, you can file by mail.
- Complete the application.
- Make check or money order payable to “Georgia Secretary of State.”
- Enclose document and payment in envelope and mail to:
Securities Division
Attn: Cemeteries and Funeral Services
Office of the Georgia Secretary of State
2 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive SE
Suite 317 West Tower
Atlanta, GA 30334
Please be aware that documents sent via US Postal Services and courier services may have delays in processing. For quicker processing, our filers are encouraged to use GASeamlessGov online platform to submit filings.
Contact
Address
2 MLK Jr Dr SE
Ste 317, West Tower
Atlanta, Georgia 30334
Phone
Related Resources
- Online Resource GA SOS Seamless Docs Portal
Contact Cemeteries Division
Address
2 MLK Jr Dr SE
Ste 317, West Tower
Atlanta, Georgia 30334
Phone