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How to check a Maine cannabis license

Look the store up in the Office of Cannabis Policy’s (OCP) license search before you buy. A store should show a cannabis store license with the status Active. If you can’t find the store, or the status says anything else, don’t buy there.

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1. Search OCP’s license list

  1. Go to OCP’s license search .
  2. Type all or part of the store’s name, or click its town on the map.1
  3. Check the license type. It should be a cannabis store.
  4. Check the status. It should say Active.1
  5. Check that the name and town match the store’s sign or website.
What each status in OCP’s search means
Status What it means
Active The business finished the process and may do business involving cannabis.1
Conditional, Jurisdiction Approved The town has given its local sign-off, but the state license is not active yet. Don’t buy there.1
Conditional It finished only the first step of the state process. Don’t buy there.
Pending Conditional OCP has received an application. Don’t buy there.

OCP updates the search every Monday.1 You can also use the State’s licensing search tool : choose “Search Companies” and pick the agency “Cannabis Policy.”2

Every licensed business must keep its license, or a copy, on display inside.3 Ask to see it if you don’t.

2. If you order delivery or curbside pickup

  • Licensed stores may deliver. Towns can’t ban licensed delivery.4
  • The employee must check your photo ID and confirm you are 21 or older before handing over the order.4
  • Only the person who placed the order can receive it. Someone else in your home can’t take it for you.5
  • Deliveries aren’t allowed between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m.5
  • The order must come packaged and labeled the same way as in the store.6

3. Check the label and keep the package

Licensed adult use products show the universal symbol on the front, the words “Passed mandatory testing”, a batch number and the store’s license number.6 They come in child-resistant, tamper-evident packaging, or in a child-resistant exit bag.6

OCP recall notices list the batch number and show where to find it on the label.7 Keep the package so you can match it. See OCP’s recalls and advisories .8

Medical cannabis is not tested the same way

Medical cannabis in Maine does not have to be tested for contaminants.9 OCP suggests asking to see the lab report (Certificate of Analysis). Check that it is recent and matches the batch you are buying.5

In September 2026, OCP warned patients about a medical concentrate after its tests found too much butane, a solvent.10

Hemp and CBD shops are different

A hemp or CBD shop that isn’t in OCP’s search is not a licensed cannabis store. Its products don’t go through Maine’s adult use testing. A federal law passed in 2025 tightens the hemp definition starting November 12, 2026, including a limit on total THC per container.11

If something doesn’t look right

You can report a problem at a licensed business, or a bad reaction to medical or adult use cannabis, with OCP’s online form. You don’t have to give your name. Add photos of the package and label. OCP won’t send you updates.12

You can also call OCP at 207-287-3282 .13

Report a problem to OCP · How to report a problem

Official source

Maine’s cannabis regulator: Office of Cannabis Policy (OCP)

These links go to the regulator’s own website. CHSA does not copy or host license records, so you always see the official, current version.

Sources

  1. Adult Use Applicant, Licensee, and Entity Search Maine Office of Cannabis Policy (OCP) · Retrieved
  2. ALMS License Information: Search State of Maine, Regulatory Licensing and Permitting · Retrieved
  3. Maine Revised Statutes, Title 28-B, section 509 (license to be conspicuously displayed) Maine Legislature, Office of the Revisor of Statutes · Retrieved
  4. Maine Revised Statutes, Title 28-B, section 504 (operation of cannabis stores) Maine Legislature, Office of the Revisor of Statutes · Retrieved
  5. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) Maine Office of Cannabis Policy (OCP) · Retrieved
  6. Compliance Rules for Adult Use Cannabis Establishments, 18-691 CMR ch. 30 Maine Office of Cannabis Policy (OCP) · Published · Retrieved
  7. Adult use flower recall notice, June 9, 2026 Maine Office of Cannabis Policy (OCP) · Published · Retrieved
  8. Cannabis Recalls & Advisories Maine Office of Cannabis Policy (OCP) · Retrieved
  9. Maine Medical Use of Cannabis Program Maine Office of Cannabis Policy (OCP) · Retrieved
  10. Medical cannabis patient advisory: concentrate, September 18, 2026 Maine Office of Cannabis Policy (OCP) · Published · Retrieved
  11. Public Law 119-37, Division B, § 781 (amends 7 U.S.C. 1639o, the hemp definition) U.S. Government Publishing Office (govinfo) · Published · Retrieved
  12. File a Complaint Maine Office of Cannabis Policy (OCP) · Retrieved
  13. Office of Cannabis Policy (home page) Maine Office of Cannabis Policy (OCP), Department of Administrative and Financial Services · Retrieved

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