Medical Cannabis - Business Transfer Consent Form – Washington, DC

The Medical Cannabis Business Transfer Consent Form is the ABCA form completed by the licensee (transferor) who is transferring a medical cannabis license to a new entity (the transferee). Through it, the licensee asks the ABC Board to approve the transfer of the license.

The form identifies the license and the people involved. It asks for the entity name, trade name and license number, the first and last name and title of the transferee, the licensed premises address and email, the entity category (sole proprietorship, LLC, corporation or partnership) and the license category (cultivation center, retailer, testing lab, manufacturer, courier or internet retailer).

It also contains a disclosure question: in the past 5 years, has any administrative action been taken against the applicant or any person listed regarding medical cannabis violations in DC or any state or territory? A "yes" answer requires details of the action, its location and its disposition.

The transferor certifies under penalty of perjury that the information is true and correct and that the signer is the true and actual owner of the business. The transferor also represents that no actions are pending against the licensed business entity in Federal or DC courts, or before the ABC Board, for violating Title 22 of the D.C. Official Code. A notary completes the final block.

The licensee (transferor) that holds a medical cannabis license in DC and is transferring it to a new entity completes this form. The form states who must sign for the licensee:

• the individual, if the licensee is a sole proprietor;
• each partner, if it is a partnership;
• the president or vice president, if it is a corporation;
• each managing member, if it is an LLC.

The transferee, the new entity receiving the license, is named on the form, but the form says it is completed by the transferor. Notarization is required, so each signatory's signature must be notarized.

The form covers the license categories printed on it: cultivation center, retailer, testing lab, manufacturer, courier and internet retailer. It is not an application for a new license; it is used only where an existing license moves to a new entity.

Use this form when a licensee is transferring a medical cannabis license to a new entity and the ABC Board's approval of that transfer is being requested. The form prints no separate deadline, fee or processing time. The disclosure question looks back over the past 5 years, so gather any records of administrative actions against the applicant or the listed persons before you begin. For timing questions about the transfer itself, contact ABCA at the address printed on the form.

The form does not name a submission channel, portal or return address. The only ABCA location printed on it is the agency's address: Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Administration, 899 North Capitol Street, NE, Suite 4200B, Washington, DC 20002, with the website ABCA.DC.GOV.

Before you submit, make sure the form is complete, signed by each required signatory and notarized, since the form states that notarization is required. Confirm with ABCA how it wants the notarized original delivered and whether other documents must accompany it for the transfer.

FillingPDF lets you fill out and download the PDF; submission follows the channels ABCA provides.