Minnesota Certificate of Exemption, Form ST3
A completed Form ST3 is provided by colleges, universities, and the Office of the Chancellor to vendors to exempt most official expenditures from Minnesota sales tax. The exemption does not apply to purchases of meals, lodging, waste disposal services, and motor vehicles.
The Minnesota Department of Revenue recommends that certificates be updated every three to five years to ensure that they are current. Institutions wishing to update their exemption certificate or that have sales tax questions, please contact Tax Services.
In order for purchases to qualify for exemption, the purchases must be made by Minnesota State Colleges & Universities directly (accompanied by Form ST3, Certificate of Exemption); employee purchases are not exempt from sales tax if paid for with individual funds.
Caution: Individuals may be subject to penalty if they use Minnesota State Colleges & Universities certificate of exemption incorrectly for personal purchases.
Certificate of Exemption, form ST3, for authorized employee use:
- Alexandria Technical College(.pdf)
- Anoka-Ramsey Community College(.pdf)
- Anoka Technical College(.pdf)
- Bemidji State University(.pdf)
- Central Lakes Community College(.pdf)
- Century College(.pdf)
- Dakota County Technical College(.pdf)
- Fond Du Lac Tribal and Community College(.pdf)
- Hennepin Technical College(.pdf)
- Hibbing Community College(.pdf)
- Inver Hills Community College(.pdf)
- Itasca Community College(.pdf)
- Lake Superior College(.pdf)
- Mesabi Range Community and Technical College(.pdf)
- Metropolitan State University(.pdf)
- Minneapolis Community and Technical College(.pdf)
- Minnesota State College - Southeast Technical(.pdf)
- Minnesota State Community and Technical College(.pdf)
- Minnesota State University, Mankato(.pdf)
- Minnesota State University Moorhead(.pdf)
- Minnesota West Community and Technical College(.pdf)
- Normandale Community College(.pdf)
- North Hennepin Community College(.pdf)
- Northeast Service Unit(.pdf)
- Northland Community and Technical College(.pdf)
- Northwest Technical College(.pdf)
- Northwest Technical College - Bemidji(.pdf)
- Office of the Chancellor(.pdf)
- Pine Technical College(.pdf)
- Rainy River Community College(.pdf)
- Ridgewater College(.pdf)
- Riverland Community College(.pdf)
- Rochester Community and Technical College(.pdf)
- St. Cloud State University(.pdf)
- St. Cloud Technical College(.pdf)
- Saint Paul College(.pdf)
- South Central College(.pdf)
- Southwest Minnesota State University(.pdf)
- Vermilion Community College(.pdf)
- Winona State University(.pdf)
