North Dakota Century Code Title 26.1. Insurance § 26.1-26-04. Commissions

1. An insurance company or insurance producer may not pay a commission, service fee, brokerage, or other valuable consideration to a person for selling, soliciting, or negotiating insurance in this state if that person is required to be licensed under this chapter and is not licensed.

2. A person may not accept a commission, service fee, brokerage, or other valuable consideration for selling, soliciting, or negotiating insurance in this state if that person is required to be licensed under this chapter and is not licensed.

3. Renewal or other deferred compensation may be paid to a person for selling, soliciting, or negotiating insurance in this state if that person was required to be licensed under this chapter at the time of the sale, solicitation, or negotiation and was licensed at that time.

4. An insurer or insurance producer may pay or assign commissions, service fees, brokerages, or other valuable consideration to an insurance agency or to persons that do not sell, solicit, or negotiate insurance in this state, unless the payment violates section 26.1-04-06.