N.D. Cent. Code § 11-18-05

11-18-05. Fees of recorder

The recorder shall charge and collect the following fees:

1. For recording an instrument affecting title to real estate:

a. Deeds, mortgages, and all other instruments not specifically provided for in this

subsection, twenty dollars for documents containing one to six pages and

sixty-five dollars for documents containing more than six pages plus three dollars

for each additional page after the first twenty-five pages. In addition, for all

documents recorded under this section that list more than ten sections of land, a

fee of one dollar for each additional section listed which is to be recorded in the

tract index. Three dollars of the fee collected for each instrument recorded under

this subdivision must be placed in the document preservation fund.

(1) "Page" means one side of a single legal size sheet of paper not exceeding

eight and one-half inches [21.59 centimeters] in width and fourteen inches

[35.56 centimeters] in length.

(2) The printed, written, or typed words must be considered legible by the

recorder before the page will be accepted for recording and, unless the form

was issued by a government agency, must have a font size equal to or

larger than ten point calibri.

(3) Each real estate instrument must have a legal description considered to be

adequate by the recorder before such instrument will be accepted for

recording.

(4) A space of at least three inches [7.62 centimeters] must be provided across

the top of the first page of each instrument for the recorder's recording

information. If a space of at least three inches [7.62 centimeters] is not

provided across the top of the first page, the recorder shall add a page, and

an additional page charge must be levied in accordance with the fee

structure.

b. Instruments satisfying, releasing, assigning, subordinating, continuing, amending,

or extending more than ten instruments previously recorded in the county in

which recording is requested, a fee of twenty dollars for documents containing

one to six pages, sixty-five dollars for documents containing more than six pages

plus three dollars for each additional page after the first twenty-five pages, and

three dollars for each additional document number or book and page after the

first ten referenced instruments. In addition, for all documents recorded under this

section which list more than ten separate sections of land, a fee of one dollar for

each additional section listed which is to be recorded in the tract index. Three

dollars of the fee collected for each instrument recorded under this subdivision

must be placed in the document preservation fund.

c. Plats, twenty dollars for twenty lots or fewer and fifty dollars for more than twenty

lots.

d. All instruments presented for recording after June 30, 2001, must contain a

one-inch [2.54-centimeter] top, bottom, or side margin on each page of the

instrument for the placement of computerized recording labels. An instrument that

does not conform to this margin requirement may be recorded upon payment of

an additional fee of ten dollars.

2. For filing any instrument, ten dollars.

3. For making certified copies of any recorded instrument or filed instrument, the charge

is five dollars for the first page and two dollars for each additional page. For making a

noncertified copy of any recorded instrument or filed instrument, a fee of not more than

one dollar per instrument page. For providing any electronic data extracted from the

recorded instrument, a fee of not more than fifty cents per instrument.

4. The recorder may establish procedures for providing access for duplicating records

under the recorder's control. Such records include paper, photostat, microfilm,

microfiche, and electronic or computer-generated instruments created by

governmental employees.

5. Duplicate recorders' records stored offsite as a security measure are not accessible for

reproduction.