Tree servicing license

Get a license to cut, trim and remove trees or branches and apply pesticides.

Definition

Tree servicing involves any of the following (two inches or more wide):

  • Trees
  • Limbs
  • Branches
  • Stumps
  • Roots

Servicing work includes:

  • Chipping
  • Cutting
  • Grinding
  • Hauling
  • Removing
  • Trimming
  • Applying pesticides to a tree

If you have a solid waste license, you do not need a tree servicing license to remove tree parts from a property. This license is also called a garbage or refuse hauler.

person trimming a tree with a saw

What to know

Before you begin

The information on this page should serve as a guideline only.

Contact us

Business Licenses & Consumer Services

 

Address

City Hall, Room 1
350 Fifth St. S.
Minneapolis, MN 55415

Office hours
8 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Monday – Thursday

10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Friday

Minneapolis 311

Hours

7 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Monday – Friday

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