Licensing Requirements

Any entity or person that grows live plants for sale or distribution, buys or obtain live plants for selling or distribution, establishes or moves live plants within Kansas to establish such live plants for others for compensation (such as landscapers), or who gives live plants as a premium or for advertising purposes.  
See K.S.A. 2-2113 and K.S.A. 2-2120 for actual statutory language.

A Kansas live plant dealer must obtain a Kansas live plant dealer license prior to selling, offering for sale, delivering, or planting any live plants in Kansas.  Live plants include any living plant, cultivated or wild, or any part thereof, that can be propagated, except for the following:

1)  Field and forage crops;  
2)  seeds or sets of any kind;
3)  cut flowers and cut greenery not used for propagation;
4)  fruits and vegetables used for food or feed; and
5)  aquatic plants used in indoor aquariums.

Exemptions from the live plant dealer license:

If a live plant dealer does not import into or export from Kansas live plants, and collects less than $10,000 annually in gross receipts, such live plant dealer shall be exempt from the licensing requirements.  

Any person or business offering live plants for sale in Kansas is required to obtain a Live Plant Dealer License. This is an annual business license that expires each year on January 31.

2012 Live Plant Dealer Application