North Dakota Century Code Title 54. State Government § 54-09-11. Fees

1. The secretary of state shall establish fees for any programming charges specifically incurred to provide information requested by persons which is related to the central indexing system and for other services provided through the computerized system.

2. A fee may not be required for furnishing information on a verbal request pursuant to subsection 3 of section 54-09-10, and the fee for furnishing a certificate under subsection 3 of section 54-09-10 is fifteen dollars.

3. For preparing a listing or compilation of any information recorded or filed in the office of the secretary of state, the secretary of state may charge a fee of forty dollars for each record requested. The secretary of state shall provide the requested information in an electronic format, unless the secretary of state agrees to a request to provide the information in a different format. If the secretary of state provides the requested information in a paper format, the secretary of state may charge an additional fee of fifty cents per page.

4. Fees collected by the secretary of state under this section, under subsection 4 of section 41-09-94, and subsection 5 of section 41-09-96, and twenty dollars from each filing entered into the central indexing system must be deposited in the secretary of state's general services operating fund. Fees collected by the secretary of state under this section may be used for the programming and maintenance of information technology systems administered by the secretary of state.