§ 43-07-10 — Renewal of license - Grounds for nonrenewal - Time requirements - Invalidity of license for failure to renew

Invalidity of license for failure to renew.
1. Any license issued under this chapter may be renewed for each successive contractor
year by obtaining from the registrar a certificate for the current contractor year. To
obtain a certificate for the current contractor year, the licensee shall file with the
registrar an application that includes a listing of each project, contract, or subcontract

completed by the licensee during the preceding calendar year in this state over the
amount of fifty thousand dollars and the nature of the work of each project, contract, or
subcontract. The registrar, within a reasonable time, shall forward a copy of the list to
the state tax commissioner. The applicant shall include with the application a copy of a
certificate of liability insurance naming the registrar as the certificate holder unless the
registrar has a current valid certificate of insurance on file, and a certification that the
applicant has submitted all payroll taxes, including North Dakota income tax, workforce
safety and insurance premiums, and unemployment insurance premiums due at the
time of renewal, which documents need not be notarized.
2. The registrar may refuse to renew a license if the registrar determines the application
contains false, misleading, or incomplete information or if the contractor's license is not
in good standing for any of the reasons listed in subsection 3 of section 43-07-04. The
registrar shall notify the applicant in writing if the registrar does not grant the license
and shall provide the applicant an opportunity to respond to or cure the defect in the
application for a period of ten days from the date of the written notification. An
applicant aggrieved by a decision of the registrar not to grant the license may appeal
the decision to the district court of the applicant's county of residence or Burleigh
County.
3. The application for a certificate for the current contractor year must be made to the
registrar before March second of each year, except as provided otherwise under this
chapter. At the time of filing the application for a certificate for the current contractor
year, the applicant shall pay to the registrar the renewal fee established in section
43-07-07. If any contractor applies for a renewal under a class different from the
license previously issued, the new class license may be issued upon the payment of
the fee required for the issuance of the license of the class applied for. If any
contractor fails to file an application for a certificate for the current contractor year by
the March first deadline, the contractor's license is not in good standing and the
contractor is deemed to be unlicensed within the meaning of section 43-07-02. Within
sixty days after March first, the registrar shall notify the contractor by mail that the
contractor's license is not in good standing. The contractor then has until June first to
renew by paying a penalty fee of fifty dollars, filing an application for a certificate for
the current contractor year, and paying the renewal fee. A contractor who applies for a
certificate for the current contractor year before or within ninety days of the filing
deadline is not subject to the investigation authorized in section 43-07-09. After the
June first deadline any licenses not renewed are expired. Any application for a
certificate for the current contractor year must be fully completed within sixty days of
the date the application is received by the registrar or the registrar shall return the
application to the contractor who then is subject to section 43-07-09. The registrar may
destroy all renewals provided for in this section after the renewals have been on file for
six years.