(Contingent effective date – See note) The secretary of state shall charge and collect for:

Terms Used In North Dakota Code 45-10.2-109

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Organization: includes a foreign or domestic association, business trust, corporation, enterprise, estate, joint venture, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, limited partnership, partnership, trust, or any legal or commercial entity. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • paper: means any flexible material upon which it is usual to write. See North Dakota Code 1-01-27
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Partnership: includes a limited liability partnership registered under chapter 45-22. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • seal: includes an impression of such seal upon the paper alone as well as upon wax or a wafer affixed thereto. See North Dakota Code 1-01-38
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49

1.    Filing a certificate of limited partnership, one hundred ten dollars.

2.    Filing a limited partnership amendment, forty dollars.

3.    Filing articles of conversion of a limited partnership, fifty dollars and:

a.    If the organization resulting from the conversion will be a domestic organization governed by the laws of this state, then the fees provided by the governing laws to establish or register a new organization like the organization resulting from the conversion; or

b.    If the organization resulting from the conversion will be a foreign organization that will transact business in this state, then the fees provided by the governing laws to obtain a certificate of authority or register an organization like the organization resulting from the conversion.

4.    Filing abandonment of conversion, fifty dollars.

5.    Filing limited partnership articles of merger, fifty dollars.

6.    Filing abandonment of merger or exchange, fifty dollars.

7.    Filing a limited partnership statement of correction, forty dollars.

8.    Filing a limited partnership dissolution, twenty-five dollars.

9.    Filing a limited partnership cancellation, twenty-five dollars.

10.    Filing a reservation of name, ten dollars.

11.    Filing a notice of transfer of a reserved limited partnership name, ten dollars.

12.    Filing a cancellation of a reserved limited partnership name, ten dollars.

13.    Filing a consent to use a deceptively similar name, ten dollars.

14.    Filing a statement of change of address of registered office or change of registered agent, or both, or a change of address of registered office by registered agent, the fee provided by section 10-01.1-03.

15.    Filing a certificate of authority of foreign limited partnership, one hundred ten dollars.

16.    Filing a certified statement of amendment of foreign limited partnership, forty dollars.

17.    Filing a certified statement of dissolution of foreign limited partnership, twenty-five dollars.

18.    Filing a certified statement of cancellation of foreign limited partnership, twenty-five dollars.

19.    Filing a certified statement of merger of foreign limited partnership, fifty dollars.

20.    Filing a certified statement of conversion of foreign limited partnership, fifty dollars and: a.    If the organization resulting from the conversion will be a domestic organization governed by the laws of this state, then the fees provided by the governing laws to establish or register a new organization like the organization resulting from the conversion; or

b.    If the organization resulting from the conversion will be a foreign organization that will transact business in this state, then the fees provided by the governing laws to obtain a certificate of authority or register an organization like the organization resulting from the conversion.

21.    Filing a statement of withdrawal of foreign limited partnership, twenty-five dollars.

    22.    Filing an annual report of a limited partnership or foreign limited partnership, twenty-five dollars.

a.    The secretary of state shall charge and collect additional fees for late filing of an annual report as follows:

(1) After the date provided in subsection 3 of section 45-10.2-108, twenty dollars; and

(2) After the dissolution of the limited partnership or the revocation of the certificate of authority of a foreign limited partnership, the reinstatement fee of one hundred dollars.

b.    Fees paid to the secretary of state according to this subsection are not refundable if an annual report submitted to the secretary of state cannot be filed because it lacks information required by section 45-10.2-108, or the annual report lacks sufficient payment as required by this subsection.

23.    Any record submitted for approval before the actual time of submission for filing, one-half of the fee provided in this section for filing the record.

24.    Filing any process, notice, or demand for service, the fee provided in section 10-01.1-03.

25.    Furnishing a certificate of existence or authorization:

a.    Fifteen dollars; and

b.    Five dollars for a search of records.

26.    Furnishing a certified copy of any record, or paper relating to a limited partnership or foreign limited partnership:

a.    The fee provided in section 54-09-04 for copying a record; b.    Fifteen dollars for the certificate and affixing the seal thereto; and c.    Five dollars for a search of records.

Secretary of state – Fees for filing records. (Contingent effective date – See note) The secretary of state shall charge and collect for:

1.    Filing a certificate of limited partnership, one hundred ten dollars.

2.    Filing a limited partnership amendment, forty dollars.

3.    Filing articles of conversion of a limited partnership, fifty dollars and:

a.    If the organization resulting from the conversion will be a domestic organization governed by the laws of this state, then the fees provided by the governing laws to establish or register a new organization like the organization resulting from the conversion; or

b.    If the organization resulting from the conversion will be a foreign organization that will transact business in this state, then the fees provided by the governing laws to obtain a certificate of authority or register an organization like the organization resulting from the conversion.

4.    Filing abandonment of conversion, fifty dollars.

5.    Filing limited partnership articles of merger, fifty dollars.

6.    Filing abandonment of merger or exchange, fifty dollars.

7.    Filing a limited partnership statement of correction, forty dollars.

8.    Filing a limited partnership dissolution, twenty-five dollars.

9.    Filing a limited partnership cancellation, twenty-five dollars.

10.    Filing a reservation of name, ten dollars.

11.    Filing a notice of transfer of a reserved limited partnership name, ten dollars.

12.    Filing a cancellation of a reserved limited partnership name, ten dollars.

13.    Filing a consent to use a name, ten dollars.

14.    Filing a statement of change of address of registered office or change of registered agent, or both, or a change of address of registered office by registered agent, the fee provided by section 10-01.1-03.

15.    Filing a certificate of authority of foreign limited partnership, one hundred ten dollars.

16.    Filing a certified statement of amendment of foreign limited partnership, forty dollars.

17.    Filing a certified statement of dissolution of foreign limited partnership, twenty-five dollars.

    18.    Filing a certified statement of cancellation of foreign limited partnership, twenty-five dollars.

19.    Filing a certified statement of merger of foreign limited partnership, fifty dollars.

20.    Filing a certified statement of conversion of foreign limited partnership, fifty dollars and: a.    If the organization resulting from the conversion will be a domestic organization governed by the laws of this state, then the fees provided by the governing laws to establish or register a new organization like the organization resulting from the conversion; or

b.    If the organization resulting from the conversion will be a foreign organization that will transact business in this state, then the fees provided by the governing laws to obtain a certificate of authority or register an organization like the organization resulting from the conversion.

21.    Filing a statement of withdrawal of foreign limited partnership, twenty-five dollars.

22.    Filing an annual report of a limited partnership or foreign limited partnership, twenty-five dollars.

a.    The secretary of state shall charge and collect additional fees for late filing of an annual report as follows:

(1) After the date provided in subsection 3 of section 45-10.2-108, twenty dollars; and

(2) After the dissolution of the limited partnership or the revocation of the certificate of authority of a foreign limited partnership, the reinstatement fee of one hundred dollars.

b.    Fees paid to the secretary of state according to this subsection are not refundable if an annual report submitted to the secretary of state cannot be filed because it lacks information required by section 45-10.2-108, or the annual report lacks sufficient payment as required by this subsection.

23.    Any record submitted for approval before the actual time of submission for filing, one-half of the fee provided in this section for filing the record.

24.    Filing any process, notice, or demand for service, the fee provided in section 10-01.1-03.

25.    Furnishing a certificate of existence or authorization:

a.    Fifteen dollars; and

b.    Five dollars for a search of records.

26.    Furnishing a certified copy of any record, or paper relating to a limited partnership or foreign limited partnership:

a.    The fee provided in section 54-09-04 for copying a record; b.    Fifteen dollars for the certificate and affixing the seal thereto; and c.    Five dollars for a search of records.