Floral dealer permit

Definition

A per location permit to sell cut flowers, which by law cannot be gated behind an exam.

Why It Matters

Louisiana repealed its examination gated retail florist license in 2024, and the permit left standing is expressly barred from carrying a test: the statute directs the commission to keep the floral dealer permit free of examination or testing requirements so that barriers to entry stay low. Read that as a competitive fact before reading it as a compliance one, because no credential protects this shop from the next one opening down the road. The permit costs about $100 per location each year and expires at the end of January. The moat is the standing orders, the wire relationships and the funeral homes that call first, so diligence belongs on the account list.