Know What Documentation You Require
Along with your Application for an Agent's Licence (LCLB034), criminal records search forms, non-refundable application fee and annual licence fee to March 31th of $220, you will need to attach a photo-copy of your driver's licence, passport or any other government-issued photo-ID as proof of identity, and a letter(s) of authorization from the manufacturer(s) you will be representing.
You will also need to contact the Liquor Distribution Branch (LDB) to register the products you want to promote, market and take wholesale orders. Before approving your licence, we will contact the Liquor Distribution Branch to confirm that you are authorized to market those products.
And:
• If you are a private corporation, you will need to attach copies of your:
- Certificate of Incorporation
- Extra-provincial registration (if your business is located outside of British Columbia)
- Central Securities Register
- Notice of Articles, and
- Special Rights and Restrictions within the articles which detail the classes and types of shares and whether or not each class or type of share has voting privileges (if this information is not already included in the Notice of Articles).
AND, if one of the shareholders is a private corporation, a public corporation, a registered partnership or society, submit all documents listed on this page for the business type.
• If you are a public corporation, you will need to indicate the stock exchange where your shares are publicly traded, your stock exchange company’s initials, and attach copies of your:
- Certificate of Incorporation
- Extra-provincial registration (if applicable)
- Notice of Directors (voting and non-voting), and your
- List of Executive Directors.
• If you are part of a registered partnership or joint venture, you will need to attach copies of your:
- Registration of Partnership, or
- Partnership Agreement or Joint Venture Agreement.
• If you are a society, you will need to attach copies of your:
- Certificate of Incorporation under the Society Act
- Constitution and By-Laws
- Current List of Officers and Directors, and
- Membership List.
