North Dakota § 26.1-01-03 Duties of commissioner

North Dakota Statutes

§ 26.1-01-03 — Duties of commissioner

North Dakota § 26.1-01-03

Title 26.1Insurance

Ch. 26.1-01Insurance Commissioner

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N.D. Cent. Code § 26.1-01-03 (2026).

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The commissioner shall:

1.See that all the laws of this state respecting insurance companies and benevolent societies are executed faithfully.

2.Report in detail to the attorney general any violation of law relative to insurance companies and their officers or agents.

3.File the articles of incorporation of all insurance companies organized or doing business in this state, and on application furnish a certified copy thereof.

4.Furnish the insurance companies required to make reports to the commissioner and the benevolent societies the necessary blank forms for required statements and reports. The commissioner is not required to send blank forms to those insurance companies which submit their reports on printed forms conforming to those furnished by the commissioner.

5.Preserve in perm

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The commissioner shall:
1. See that all the laws of this state respecting insurance companies and benevolent
societies are executed faithfully.
2. Report in detail to the attorney general any violation of law relative to insurance
companies and their officers or agents.
3. File the articles of incorporation of all insurance companies organized or doing
business in this state, and on application furnish a certified copy thereof.
4. Furnish the insurance companies required to make reports to the commissioner and
the benevolent societies the necessary blank forms for required statements and
reports. The commissioner is not required to send blank forms to those insurance
companies which submit their reports on printed forms conforming to those furnished
by the commissioner.
5. Preserve in permanent form a full record of the commissioner's proceedings and a
concise statement of each company or agency visited or examined.
6. Furnish at the request of any person, upon the payment of the required fee, certified
copies of any record or paper in the commissioner's office, if the commissioner deems
it not prejudicial to the public interests to do so, and give such other certificates as may
be provided by law.
7. Submit a biennial report as prescribed by section 54-06-04 to the governor and the
secretary of state. In addition to the requirements of section 54-06-04, the report must
contain an abstract only of the reports of the various insurance companies doing
business in this state showing the condition of the companies.
8. Upon request, send a copy of the commissioner's annual report to the insurance
commissioner, or other similar officer, of every other state and to each company doing
business in this state.
9. Communicate, on request, to the insurance commissioner of any other state any facts
that by law it is the commissioner's duty to ascertain respecting companies of this state
doing business within that state.
10. Manage, control, and supervise the state fire marshal.