How to get growers card

i think the market for marijuana is so big that a few big companies arent going to be able to dominate it. can a walmart like company grow top shelf? i dont know. if my neighbor grows good pot, i am going to go get it from him.

Dan Kone said:

If you're going to be doing a delivery service you should form a corporation. It's not that hard, but you definitely need a lawyer for this. Your going to need to form a mutual benefit non-profit corporation, get your tax ID #, and sellers permit. These things are all done through the state. You want a corporate lawyer to do this for you (not a prop 215 criminal lawyer or it'll be really expensive). This process cost me $1200 and only took 2 weeks. The lawyer did everything for that price.

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You don't need a lawyer at all for this, it's relatively simple.

The first document that will need to be drafted is a Master Collective Agreement. This is where the parties agree to on paper associate collectively for medicinal marijuana purposes per SB 420 and the AG's guidelines.

Each of the founding members will need to sign that piece of paperwork.

The next step is to get Articles of Incorporation approved by the secretary of state of California for a non profit corporation. Getting approval for filing by the Secretary of State is the states way of approving of a corporation doing corporate activities in the state. Approved articles of incorporation would be like the birth certificate.


The cost for articles of incorporated to be filed by the Secretary of State is $45. They charge $15 for a handling fee and the $30 is for the filing itself. Don't waste you money on expedited filing.

The next step is to get your taxation requirements handled. It's so simple its not funny. Just goto www.irs.gov and apply for the EIN number under the corporate number issued by the Secretary of State with the approved filing of articles of incorporation. Once you get the EIN it means the company can pay corporate income taxes. While you have to be a non profit with the state with the federal government you have to pay taxes as a domestic type c corporation. Sorry no 501(3)(c) status unless you organize as a church. Paying taxes sucks, but all other business have to follow tax code too. Be smart pay them taxes if you are actually selling medicine. Also with an SS-4 most local authorities see it as a form of Federal government approval.

The next thing to do is go get a bank account. A lot of banks refuse to deal with medical marijuana collectives.

The next step is getting the Sellers permit with the state of California. This authorizes you to pay sales tax on cannabis. When you go to the board of equalization don't be afraid to tell them it's for medical marijuana. They honestly could careless.



The final thing is a business license if your collective chooses to actively dispense cannabis. This is really a local issue so I can't be of much help here.

Tell me about it. Lesson learned. Good it happended cause my next door neighbor who is like a 80 year man literally throws senior swinger nude parties. No fucking joke this guy have like 100 cars on our street and his backyard is full of naked old people. Its legal because its in his own house and theres enough privacy to not be seen from street. I was sooo tempted to shoot some old naked people through his backyard fence. This this little voice can on and said remember what happened last time you did something like this? ahh fuck. but at least a few years before I was able to get some great shots in when i was like in 8th grade haha. My scared from what I saw...

Dan Kone said:

You're growing and you shot someone with a pellet gun near the house your growing at?

Very smart thing to do.

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