§ 4.1-25-03 — Financial records release authorization with application for licensure

A purchaser of milk in North Dakota shall file with the license application a release
authorizing the commissioner to access the applicant's financial records held by financial
institutions, accountants, and others. The release must be in a form approved by the
commissioner. The commissioner may use the release in the course of licensing or relicensing
the applicant, conducting an investigation of a complaint against the applicant due to a

complaint, or when evidence is obtained establishing probable cause of a violation of this
chapter. Information gained through the use of a release is confidential. The commissioner may
furnish information obtained through the use of the records release to any state agency and to
any prosecutorial official requiring the information for use in performing official duties.