Estimated total
$3,049
- Government feesPaid to Cleared, which pays the state and the city
- $2,250
- Cleared service feeCleared's own fee
- $799
Government fees are passed on at the published amounts, with no markup, and refunded in full if you cancel before we file.
Start my application
No charge to start. Before we file, Cleared invoices its fee and the government fees together, and pays the agencies for you.
Government fees, line by line
- State application fee
- $1,100
- Denver application fee (transfer of ownership)
- $750
- State license fee
- $351.25
- Local license fee
- $48.75
- Total
- $2,250
Optional, only if they apply to you
- Temporary permit while the transfer is pending (if requested) — $100
C.R.S. 44-3-303(2), (3)(c); Denver Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection, transfer of ownership page
Not priced by any published source
- Fingerprint vendor charge (IdentoGO liquor code 25YQHT, or Colorado Fingerprinting C030LIQI) — not published, set by the vendor
Published processing windows
The agencies' own published figures — not a prediction of your outcome or a promised date.
- Zoning round-trip before filing: Up to 20 business days, run as two sequential steps of up to 10 business days each: CPD Records, then Zoning.
Denver process (denvergov.org) - A hearing on a transfer, if one is held: Denver holds a public hearing on a transfer only "if issues related to unsatisfactory character, record or reputation are uncovered in the application or investigation." Before a hearing, the applicant is notified at least ten days ahead and the premises are posted for at least ten consecutive days (C.R.S. 44-3-303(1)(c)(III)); Denver's page also describes a sign posted for at least 20 days.
Denver Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection, transfer of ownership page; C.R.S. 44-3-303(1)(c)(III) - Temporary permit, if requested and granted: Issued "within five working days after the receipt of the application", and valid until the transfer is granted or denied "or for one hundred twenty days, whichever occurs first". For good cause Denver may extend it "for an additional period not to exceed sixty days".
C.R.S. 44-3-303(4) - Fingerprint background check: CBI reports fingerprint results in 10 to 15 days.
Colorado Bureau of Investigation - Denver city review target: Denver targets 7 business days for city review.
denvergov.org - State approval: State approval is required before the city license issues.
Colorado Liquor and Tobacco Enforcement Division - Idle-application closure: Denver closes an application after 12 months of inactivity.
Denver requirements guide
About the transfer-of-ownership path
- Denver's own local renewal fee is charged separately and is not published on DR 8400, so no figure for it appears here.
- The Beer & Wine license fee is DR 8500's city column, which C.R.S. 44-3-505(1)(c)(I) applies to premises in a city and county.
- A transfer of ownership adds a DR 8004 wholesaler affidavit from each wholesaler that sold alcohol to the seller in the preceding 180 days (1 CCR 203-2 Reg 47-305(A)).
- The temporary permit is asked for by a signed and dated letter filed with the transfer application, no later than 30 days after it (C.R.S. 44-3-303(3)(c)). Denver records its decision on the permit in its own section of DR 8404, page 14.
- Concurrent review is for a new license only, so it is not offered on a transfer.
Republished public information plus arithmetic. Source: Colorado DR 8500 Retail Liquor / Beer Fee Schedule, dated 2026-08-14 (rules fees_dr8500_2026-12). Fee schedules change; every estimate records the version it used. We confirm the current figures with the agencies before we invoice them and file.