N.D. Cent. Code § 10-33-140
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10-33-140. Secretary of state - Fees and charges
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10-33-140. Secretary of state - Fees and charges
1. The secretary of state shall charge and collect for:
a. Filing articles of incorporation and issuing a certificate of incorporation, forty
dollars.
b. Filing articles of amendment, twenty dollars.
c. Filing statement of correction, twenty dollars.
d. Filing restated articles of incorporation, thirty dollars.
e. Filing articles of merger or consolidation and issuing a certificate of merger or
consolidation, fifty dollars.
f. Filing an intent to dissolve, ten dollars.
g. Filing articles of dissolution, twenty dollars.
h. Filing a statement of change of address of registered office or change of
registered agent, or both, the fee provided in section 10-01.1-03.
i. Filing an application to reserve a corporate name, ten dollars.
j. Filing a notice of transfer of a reserved corporate name, ten dollars.
k. Filing a cancellation of reserved corporate name, ten dollars.
l. Filing a consent to use a name, ten dollars.
m. Filing an application of a foreign corporation for a certificate of authority to
conduct affairs in this state and issuing a certificate of authority, fifty dollars.
n. Filing an application of a foreign corporation for an amended certificate of
authority, forty dollars.
o. Filing a certified statement of merger of a foreign corporation holding a certificate
of authority to conduct activities in this state, fifty dollars.
p. Filing an application for withdrawal of a foreign corporation and issuing a
certificate of withdrawal, twenty dollars.
q. Filing an annual report of a domestic or foreign corporation, ten dollars.
(1) The secretary of state shall charge and collect additional fees for late filing
of the annual report:
(a) After the date provided in subsection 3 of section 10-33-139, five
dollars; and
(b) After the dissolution of a corporation, or the revocation of the
certificate of authority of a foreign corporation, the reinstatement fee of
forty dollars.
(2) Fees paid to the secretary of state according to this subdivision are not
refundable if an annual report submitted to the secretary of state cannot be
filed because it lacks information required by section 10-33-139, or the
annual report lacks sufficient payment as required by this subdivision.
r. Submitting any record for approval before the actual time of submission for filing,
one-half of the fee provided in this subsection for filing the record.
s. Filing any other statement of a domestic or foreign corporation, ten dollars.
2. The secretary of state shall charge and collect:
a. For furnishing a certified copy of any record, instrument, or paper relating to a
corporation, the fee provided in section 54-09-04 for copying a record and fifteen
dollars for the certificate and affixing the seal to the certificate.
b. At the time of any service of process on the secretary of state as resident agent
of a corporation, twenty-five dollars, which may be recovered as taxable costs by
the party to the claim for relief causing the service to be made if that party
prevails in the suit or action.
1. The secretary of state shall charge and collect for:
a. Filing articles of incorporation and issuing a certificate of incorporation, forty
dollars.
b. Filing articles of amendment, twenty dollars.
c. Filing statement of correction, twenty dollars.
d. Filing restated articles of incorporation, thirty dollars.
e. Filing articles of merger or consolidation and issuing a certificate of merger or
consolidation, fifty dollars.
f. Filing an intent to dissolve, ten dollars.
g. Filing articles of dissolution, twenty dollars.
h. Filing a statement of change of address of registered office or change of
registered agent, or both, the fee provided in section 10-01.1-03.
i. Filing an application to reserve a corporate name, ten dollars.
j. Filing a notice of transfer of a reserved corporate name, ten dollars.
k. Filing a cancellation of reserved corporate name, ten dollars.
l. Filing a consent to use a name, ten dollars.
m. Filing an application of a foreign corporation for a certificate of authority to
conduct affairs in this state and issuing a certificate of authority, fifty dollars.
n. Filing an application of a foreign corporation for an amended certificate of
authority, forty dollars.
o. Filing a certified statement of merger of a foreign corporation holding a certificate
of authority to conduct activities in this state, fifty dollars.
p. Filing an application for withdrawal of a foreign corporation and issuing a
certificate of withdrawal, twenty dollars.
q. Filing an annual report of a domestic or foreign corporation, ten dollars.
(1) The secretary of state shall charge and collect additional fees for late filing
of the annual report:
(a) After the date provided in subsection 3 of section 10-33-139, five
dollars; and
(b) After the dissolution of a corporation, or the revocation of the
certificate of authority of a foreign corporation, the reinstatement fee of
forty dollars.
(2) Fees paid to the secretary of state according to this subdivision are not
refundable if an annual report submitted to the secretary of state cannot be
filed because it lacks information required by section 10-33-139, or the
annual report lacks sufficient payment as required by this subdivision.
r. Submitting any record for approval before the actual time of submission for filing,
one-half of the fee provided in this subsection for filing the record.
s. Filing any other statement of a domestic or foreign corporation, ten dollars.
2. The secretary of state shall charge and collect:
a. For furnishing a certified copy of any record, instrument, or paper relating to a
corporation, the fee provided in section 54-09-04 for copying a record and fifteen
dollars for the certificate and affixing the seal to the certificate.
b. At the time of any service of process on the secretary of state as resident agent
of a corporation, twenty-five dollars, which may be recovered as taxable costs by
the party to the claim for relief causing the service to be made if that party
prevails in the suit or action.
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