§ 10-36-08 — Secretary of state - Fees and charges (Contingent effective date - See note)

1. The secretary of state shall charge and collect for:
a. Filing articles of organization and issuing a certificate of organization, forty
dollars.
b. Filing articles of amendment, twenty dollars.
c. Filing articles of correction, twenty dollars.
d. Filing restated articles of organization, thirty dollars.
e. Filing articles of merger or consolidation and issuing a certificate of merger or
consolidation, fifty dollars.
f. Filing a notice of dissolution, ten dollars.
g. Filing articles of dissolution and termination, twenty dollars.
h. Filing a statement of change of address of registered office or change of
registered agent, or both, the fee provided in section 10-01.1-03.
i. Filing an application to reserve a name, ten dollars.
j. Filing a notice of transfer of a reserved name, ten dollars.
k. Filing a cancellation of reserved name, ten dollars.
l. Filing a consent to use of a deceptively similar name, ten dollars.
m. Filing an application of a foreign nonprofit limited liability company for a certificate
of authority to conduct affairs in this state and issuing a certificate of authority,
forty dollars.
n. Filing an application of a foreign nonprofit limited liability company for an
amended certificate of authority, forty dollars.
o. Filing a certified statement of merger of a foreign nonprofit limited liability
company holding a certificate of authority to conduct activities in this state, fifty
dollars.
p. Filing an application for withdrawal of a foreign nonprofit limited liability company
and issuing a certificate of withdrawal, twenty dollars.
q. Filing an annual report of a domestic or foreign nonprofit limited liability company,
ten dollars.
(1) The secretary of state shall charge and collect additional fees for late filing
of the annual report:
(a) After the date provided in subsection 3 of section 10-36-07, five
dollars; and
(b) After the dissolution of a nonprofit limited liability company, or the
revocation of the certificate of authority of a foreign nonprofit limited
liability company, the reinstatement fee of forty dollars.
(2) Fees paid to the secretary of state according to this subdivision are not
refundable if an annual report submitted to the secretary of state cannot be

filed because it lacks information required by section 10-36-07, or the
annual report lacks sufficient payment as required by this subdivision.
r. Submitting any record for approval before the actual time of submission for filing,
one-half of the fee provided in this subsection for filing the record.
s. Filing any other statement of a domestic or foreign nonprofit limited liability
company, ten dollars.
2. The secretary of state shall charge and collect:
a. For furnishing a certified copy of any record, instrument, or paper relating to a
nonprofit limited liability company, the fee provided in section 54-09-04 for
copying a record and fifteen dollars for the certificate and affixing the seal to the
certificate.
b. At the time of any service of process on the secretary of state as resident agent
of a nonprofit limited liability company, twenty-five dollars, which may be
recovered as taxable costs by the party to the claim for relief causing the service
to be made if that party prevails in the suit or action.
Secretary of state - Fees and charges. (Contingent effective date - See note)
1. The secretary of state shall charge and collect for:
a. Filing articles of organization and issuing a certificate of organization, forty
dollars.
b. Filing articles of amendment, twenty dollars.
c. Filing articles of correction, twenty dollars.
d. Filing restated articles of organization, thirty dollars.
e. Filing articles of merger or consolidation and issuing a certificate of merger or
consolidation, fifty dollars.
f. Filing a notice of dissolution, ten dollars.
g. Filing articles of dissolution and termination, twenty dollars.
h. Filing a statement of change of address of registered office or change of
registered agent, or both, the fee provided in section 10-01.1-03.
i. Filing an application to reserve a name, ten dollars.
j. Filing a notice of transfer of a reserved name, ten dollars.
k. Filing a cancellation of reserved name, ten dollars.
l. Filing a consent to use a name, ten dollars.
m. Filing an application of a foreign nonprofit limited liability company for a certificate
of authority to conduct affairs in this state and issuing a certificate of authority,
forty dollars.
n. Filing an application of a foreign nonprofit limited liability company for an
amended certificate of authority, forty dollars.
o. Filing a certified statement of merger of a foreign nonprofit limited liability
company holding a certificate of authority to conduct activities in this state, fifty
dollars.
p. Filing an application for withdrawal of a foreign nonprofit limited liability company
and issuing a certificate of withdrawal, twenty dollars.
q. Filing an annual report of a domestic or foreign nonprofit limited liability company,
ten dollars.
(1) The secretary of state shall charge and collect additional fees for late filing
of the annual report:
(a) After the date provided in subsection 3 of section 10-36-07, five
dollars; and
(b) After the dissolution of a nonprofit limited liability company, or the
revocation of the certificate of authority of a foreign nonprofit limited
liability company, the reinstatement fee of forty dollars.
(2) Fees paid to the secretary of state according to this subdivision are not
refundable if an annual report submitted to the secretary of state cannot be
filed because it lacks information required by section 10-36-07, or the
annual report lacks sufficient payment as required by this subdivision.

r. Submitting any record for approval before the actual time of submission for filing,
one-half of the fee provided in this subsection for filing the record.
s. Filing any other statement of a domestic or foreign nonprofit limited liability
company, ten dollars.
2. The secretary of state shall charge and collect:
a. For furnishing a certified copy of any record, instrument, or paper relating to a
nonprofit limited liability company, the fee provided in section 54-09-04 for
copying a record and fifteen dollars for the certificate and affixing the seal to the
certificate.
b. At the time of any service of process on the secretary of state as resident agent
of a nonprofit limited liability company, twenty-five dollars, which may be
recovered as taxable costs by the party to the claim for relief causing the service
to be made if that party prevails in the suit or action.