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Create an account 

1. Go to the MDH Licensing System.
2. Select “Login” in the upper right of the page.
3. Select the “Sign up using Secure Portal” button.
4. Select the “Sign Up” tab.
5. Enter your email address.
6. Enter a password.
7. Select “Sign Up.”
8. You will receive an email from the “Minnesota Department of Health.” Follow instructions in the email to log in.

Apply online

1. Go to the MDH Licensing System.
2. Select “Login” in the upper right of the page.
3. Go to Wells and Borings tile. Choose the license type you would like to apply for.
4. Follow the process to submit your online application and make an electronic payment.
5. You'll receive email notifications from the online system when your application has been reviewed and/or approved.

For help, please email welllicensingsystem.mdh@state.mn.us.

Claim your code

If you have not used the new online system, you will need to claim your code.

• MDH Licensing System Help and FAQ

Step 1: Log in at the MDH Licensing System.
Step 2: Copy the claim code that you received in an email or in a letter with your renewal packet. This is unique to you and should not be shared with others.
Step 3: In the lower right area of the MDH Health Licensing System, click on the link "Claim a Record."
Step 4: In the window that opens, paste the claim code you copied in step 2.

Congratulations, you have claimed your record. When it’s time for you to renew, a reminder email will be sent to the email address you used to login.

Create an account

1. Go to the MDH Licensing System.
2. Select “Login” in the upper right of the page.
3. Select the “Sign up using Secure Portal” button.
4. Select the “Sign Up” tab.
5. Enter your email address.
6. Enter a password.
7. Select “Sign Up.”
8. You will receive an email from the “Minnesota Department of Health.” Follow instructions in the email to log in.

For help, please email welllicensingsystem.mdh@state.mn.us.

• Life of a Well in the MDH Licensing System (PDF)
• Licensing Reference Guide (PDF)
• Notification, Permit and Records Reference Guide (PDF)
• Licensing System Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) (PDF)

• Licensing System Overview and Demo for Licensed Well and Boring Contractors (YouTube)

If you are submitting a notification, record, or permit for a well that is within a Delegated Well Program area, please contact that program to determine the process within their jurisdiction.

Yes, you can still send in the paper notification with a check payment.

Check payments received without a notification form or an online system IWB Minnesota Unique Well and Boring Number Initialization) and WCNR/WSNR (Well Construction Notification and Record/Well/Boring Sealing Notification and Record) record will be returned.

Wells that do not have a unique well number (pre-code wells) will be assigned a 3-billion series number by MDH staff or Delegated Well Program staff.

For well sealing notifications submitted to MDH, you will need to create the “Minnesota Unique Well and Boring Number Initialization” (IWB) in the MDH Licensing System before completing the sealing notification and record. You can enter the IWB number into the UWN search bar when filling out the sealing notification (WSNR), instead of the UWN.

Yes, you can use the online system to submit the notification data and still pay for your notification or application fees with a check.

Please indicate the WCNR notification number or UWN when you send in the check(s) and verify you are mailing in the correct amount. Payments received with incorrect amounts will be returned. Payments can be mailed to the address below.

Minnesota Department of Health
Well Management Section
PO Box 64502
St. Paul, MN 55164-0502

Minnesota Statutes, chapter 103I and Minnesota Rules, chapter 4725 allows certain fee payments to be refunded under specific conditions. Refund requests are processed in the order they are received and require at least 60 days to complete.

Please complete this online form to request a refund, Refund Request. You can find this form on our webpage, Request and Look-up Services.

Effective May 1, 2023, credit card payments automatically include a 2.15% convenience fee charged and collected by US Bank.

This is in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.626 (d).

Yes, you can still send in the paper construction or sealing record as long as we've received a notification form and notification fee, either through the online system or through the mail. 

Records received without a notification form or online submittal and fee will not be processed.

Yes. Notifications and permits submitted within 18 months of April 2026 have been entered into the new online system. You should be able to search for Unique Well Numbers (UWN) associated with these notifications in the Unique Well Number Search.

Please contact welllicensingsystem.mdh@state.mn.us if there is a UWN that needs to be added to your online account so that you can submit your records.

Most browsers and PDF viewing tools have a built in ‘sketch’ feature, including Microsoft Edge, Chrome, and Firefox. 

When you open the PDF, you can use the ‘draw’ or ‘sketch’ tools at the top of the page to draw a quick sketch with your mouse, then save the PDF with the sketch. If you prefer, the document can always be printed and filled out by hand.

Please complete the Order Well Tags or Exploratory Boring Reports form to request additional well tags. We will continue mailing metal well tags so that new wells can be assigned a unique well number.

Once MDH staff have reviewed the notification, you should get a message that the record is ready for renewal. You will get an email message, and will see a Renew Now button next to the record number in your Dashboard. Click on the Renew Now button to add the construction/sealing record data and form.

Once you submit a record in the online system, you will be unable to make edits or changes to that notification or record.

Please send us an email at welllicensingsystem.mdh@state.mn.us with the UWN and any other assigned numbers, and the data that needs to be updated.

Go to your account in the MDH Licensing System. Go to Applications, and click on the WCNR number associated with that record. Once you open that record, you should be able to view the record(s) under Attachments.

We no longer have carbon copy records available. The fillable PDF construction/sealing records are available on this page under Record/Notification fillable forms.

You can fill out the records electronically, then save the record and upload it as an Attachment to your online record submittal. You can also print off a blank record and fill it out by hand. The record will need to be uploaded through the renewal process in our online system or it will need to be mailed to MDH. Our staff will add any mailed records to your account.

Yes. All sealing records 25ft or deeper are required to submit a notification and payment.