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How to check a Michigan cannabis license

Look the store up in the Cannabis Regulatory Agency’s (CRA) Verify a License search before you buy. A store should show a retailer or microbusiness 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 CRA’s license list

CRA has separate searches for adult-use stores, medical marijuana facilities and tribal marijuana businesses.1 For a store that sells to adults 21 and older, use the adult-use search.

  1. Go to CRA’s Verify a License search .
  2. Search by license number, business name, street, city or ZIP code. The name field searches the name on the store’s sign, not its legal company name.2
  3. Check the license type. A store should show Marihuana Retailer, Marihuana Microbusiness or Class A Marihuana Microbusiness.3
  4. Check the record status. It should say Active.2
  5. Check that the address matches the store, and look at the expiration date.

CRA says that if you search several ways and still can’t find a business, it likely is not licensed.2 If a record says Public Documents Available, CRA has taken disciplinary action against that business.2

What each status in CRA’s adult-use search means
Status What it means
Active The business holds a valid adult-use license.2
Active – Main Prequalified The business has prequalification status. That is not the same as an active store license, so don’t buy there.
License Void The license is no longer valid.
Suspended The license is suspended because of disciplinary action.
Closed A temporary marijuana event that has ended.

2. If you order delivery or curbside pickup

  • A store may deliver only after CRA gives it permission.4 In the search results, the record’s notes say when a retailer or microbusiness may do home delivery.2
  • The driver must work for the store, check your photo ID and deliver only to a home address or a licensed consumption lounge.4
  • Delivery has the same limit as the store: no more than 2.5 ounces in one sale, with no more than 15 grams as concentrate.4
  • For curbside or drive-through pickup, the order must be handed over in an opaque bag.4

3. Check the label and keep the package

Licensed products carry the state package tag number, the THC and CBD amounts from lab tests, the testing lab and test date, the universal symbol, and the warning “It is illegal to drive a motor vehicle while under the influence of marihuana.”4

Adult-use edibles may have up to 10 mg of THC per serving and 200 mg per package.5 Edibles must come in opaque, child-resistant packages.4

CRA recall notices list the product, the stores that sold it, expiration dates and the package tag numbers.7 Keep the package so you can match it. See CRA’s bulletins and recall notices .6

Delta-8 and hemp shops are different

Michigan law treats delta-8 THC as marijuana. Since October 11, 2021, a business needs a state marijuana license to sell it. CRA warns that most delta-8 is made by a chemical process and is often untested.8

If something doesn’t look right

You can report a licensed store or facility with CRA’s online complaint system. You don’t have to give your name.9

If a product made you sick, tell your health care provider. You can also report it to CRA with its adverse reaction form or by phone at 517-284-8599 .7 The form asks for the package tag number, so keep the package.10

Report a problem to CRA · How to report a problem

Official source

Michigan’s cannabis regulator: Cannabis Regulatory Agency (CRA)

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. Verify a License Michigan Cannabis Regulatory Agency (CRA) · Retrieved
  2. How to Use Verify a License for Adult-Use Establishments Michigan Cannabis Regulatory Agency (CRA) · Retrieved
  3. Verify a License: adult-use establishment search (Accela) Michigan Cannabis Regulatory Agency (CRA) · Retrieved
  4. Michigan Administrative Code, Marihuana Rules, R 420.1 to R 420.1004 Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (Administrative Rules) · Retrieved
  5. Technical bulletin: Maximum THC Concentrations for Marijuana-Infused Products (April 24, 2025) Michigan Cannabis Regulatory Agency (CRA) · Published · Retrieved
  6. Bulletins (including Public Health and Safety Advisory Bulletins and recalls) Michigan Cannabis Regulatory Agency (CRA) · Retrieved
  7. Public Health and Safety Advisory: voluntary product recall (September 18, 2026) Michigan Cannabis Regulatory Agency (CRA) · Published · Retrieved
  8. Delta-8 Information Michigan Cannabis Regulatory Agency (CRA) · Retrieved
  9. File a Complaint Michigan Cannabis Regulatory Agency (CRA) · Retrieved
  10. Adverse Reaction Reporting Form Michigan Cannabis Regulatory Agency (CRA) · Retrieved

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