N.D. Cent. Code § 4.1-58-55
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4.1-58-55. Filing fees and court costs - Expenses
Official statutory text
4.1-58-55. Filing fees and court costs - Expenses
1. In any action in a state court in this state, the commissioner may not be required to
pay any filing fee or other court costs or disbursements if the fees accrue to the county
or to the state.
2. The attorney general may employ outside legal services to assist the commissioner in
the prosecution of such action as in the attorney general's judgment may be necessary
and the commissioner shall deduct the expenses of the legal services from the trust
fund and the credit-sale contract indemnity fund as appropriate.
3. All other necessary expenses incurred by the commissioner in carrying out this
chapter, including adequate insurance to protect the commissioner, the
commissioner's employees, and others engaged in carrying out this chapter, must be
reimbursed to the commissioner from the trust fund and credit-sale indemnity funds as
appropriate.
1. In any action in a state court in this state, the commissioner may not be required to
pay any filing fee or other court costs or disbursements if the fees accrue to the county
or to the state.
2. The attorney general may employ outside legal services to assist the commissioner in
the prosecution of such action as in the attorney general's judgment may be necessary
and the commissioner shall deduct the expenses of the legal services from the trust
fund and the credit-sale contract indemnity fund as appropriate.
3. All other necessary expenses incurred by the commissioner in carrying out this
chapter, including adequate insurance to protect the commissioner, the
commissioner's employees, and others engaged in carrying out this chapter, must be
reimbursed to the commissioner from the trust fund and credit-sale indemnity funds as
appropriate.
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