North Dakota Century Code Title 43. Occupations and Professions § 43-07-11.1. Contracts with state

1. A contractor, resident or nonresident, is not eligible to enter a public contract with any department of the state of North Dakota, or any political or governmental subdivision of the state until satisfactory showing is made that the contractor has paid all delinquent income, sales or use taxes, if any, owed to the state pursuant to the provisions of the income, sales or use tax laws, and which have been assessed either by the filing of an income or sales and use tax return by the contractor, or by an assessment of additional income, sales or use taxes against the contractor by the commissioner which has become finally and irrevocably fixed, before the date that the contract was executed by the parties to the contract.

2. A certificate from and by the tax commissioner satisfies the requirement of subsection 1. Upon failure to file such a certificate, the department or political or governmental subdivision shall refuse to execute the public contract.

3. The provisions of this section apply to contracts executed after July 1, 1965.