License Renewal
You will first need to make an Okta Account, before you can pay for your license(s) online.
The EHFS office is unable to help with setting up your Okta account or resetting your password. If you have any questions about this new process, please read the FAQs: https://okta.mt.gov/Help.
If you click the “I am a citizen, how do I sign in?” option, it will provide you with a video on how to make your account.
Once you have made your Okta account, return to this page and continue scrolling to make the payment for your 2025 license(s) below.
To Renew Your License You Will Need:
The Renewal Notice/Courtesy Reminder, or a copy of your current license(s)
Banking information – either a credit/debit card or your bank routing number (found on the bottom of your checks).
Before continuing, please ensure you are renewing one of the following license types:
(This information may be found on your renewal notice, or on your existing license.)
- Retail Food
- Food Large(FL) - $115.00
- Food Small(F) - $85.00
- Food Manufacturing(M) - $115.00
- Trailer Court or Campground (includes youth camps, work camps)
- Trailer Court Large (TL) - $120.00
- Trailer Court Medium (TM) - $60.00
- Trailer Court Small (T) - $40.00
- Body Art (includes tattooing, piercing, cosmetic tattooing, microblading)
- Tattooing(TT) - $135.00
- Body Piercing(BP) - $135.00
- Public Accommodation (includes hotels, motels, tourist homes, bed and breakfasts, etc)
- Hotel Large(HL) - $160.00
- Hotel Medium(HM) - $80.00
- Hotel Small(H) - $40.00
- Pool or Spa (includes water features, wading pools, splash decks)
- Pool(4,000 gallons or more)(P) - $200.00
- Spa(Less than 4,000 gallons)(S) - $75.00
Conditions for Online Renewal:
- Accepted methods of payment:
- Visa
- MasterCard
- Discover
- AmEx
- Electronic check
- Multiple licenses may be paid for on a single transaction.
- Transactions returned for insufficient funds will be charged a $10 return fee.
- A non-refundable transaction fee will be applied during the “Transaction Summary,” when ‘Payment Type’ is selected. This non-refundable transaction fee is calculated as follows:
- Credit/Debit Cards - $1.19 per transaction + 3% of License fee(s).
- Electronic Checks - $1.19 per transaction
TIPS for Online Renewal:
- There will be an option to print a receipt when the process is complete, and a copy will be sent to the email you provided in Customer Information.
- If a receipt does not appear at completion of payment, then the renewal process may not have been successful.
- Please email hhsfcs@mt.gov after seven (7) business days if you didn't get a receipt. While EHFS cannot reprint receipts, we may be able confirm payment was received.
- Do not use the '&' (ampersand) symbol in the 'ESTABLISHMENT NAME', just leave a blank space.
- Items marked with an * are required information.
- Under 'FIRST NAME' and 'LAST NAME' in the 'Customer Information' section, you may enter the name of the owner, the name of the manager, or the name of the person entering the information.
- Update Contact Information for Licensees. Use this form to update your contact information or mailing address ONLY.
- New Owners or location changes must contact the Local Environmental Health Department.
Disclaimer and Disclosures:
- This online service is provided by a third party working in partnership with the State of Montana.
- EHFS does not retain customer credit card numbers.
- EHFS does not take payment over the phone.
- EHFS does not update any contact information or mailing addresses based on the information given at the time of payment. Please use this form to officially submit any updates.
- License fee overpayments will be refunded by check, however, the transaction fee will NOT be refunded.
- Late fees cannot be waived.
If you have any questions, please call EHFS at
Thank you!
