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<![CDATA[CHAPTER 43-07CONTRACTORS43-07-01. Definitions. In this chapter, unless the context or subject matter otherwiserequires:1."Contractor" means any person engaged in the business of construction, repair,<br>alteration, dismantling, or demolition of bridges, highways, roads, streets, buildings,<br>airports, dams, drainage or irrigation ditches, sewers, water or gas mains, water<br>filters, tanks, towers, oil, gas, or water pipelines, and every other type of structure,<br>project, development, or improvement coming within the definition of real or personal<br>property, including the construction, alteration, or repair of property to be held either<br>for sale or rental, and shall include subcontractor, public contractor, and nonresident<br>contractor.2."Nonresident contractor" means any contractor who has not an established and<br>maintained place of business within this state, or who has not made reports to North<br>Dakota workforce safety and insurance within the previous year of employees within<br>this state, and who has not made contributions to the North Dakota workforce safety<br>and insurance fund accordingly, or who, during a like period has not made an<br>income tax return in this state.3."Person" includes any individual, firm, copartnership, association, corporation,<br>limited liability company, or other group or combination thereof acting as a unit, and<br>the plural as well as the singular number, unless the intent to give a more limited<br>meaning is disclosed clearly by the context thereof.4."Public contract" means a contract with the state of North Dakota or any board,<br>commission, or department thereof, or with any board of county commissioners, or<br>with any city council or board of city commissioners, board of township supervisors,<br>school board, or with any state or municipal agency, or with any other public board,<br>body, commission, or agency authorized to let or award contracts for the<br>construction or reconstruction of public work when the contract cost, value, or price<br>exceeds the sum of two thousand dollars and includes subcontracts undertaken to<br>perform work covered by the original contract or any part thereof when the contract<br>cost, value, or price of the work included in such subcontract exceeds the sum of<br>two thousand dollars.5."Registrar" means the secretary of state of the state of North Dakota.43-07-02. License required. A person may not engage in the business nor act in thecapacity of a contractor within this state when the cost, value, or price per job exceeds the sum of<br>two thousand dollars nor may that person maintain any claim, action, suit, or proceeding in any<br>court of this state related to the person's business or capacity as a contractor without first having<br>a license as provided in this chapter.43-07-03. Registrar designated. The secretary of state as registrar has authority toemploy such assistance and procure such records, supplies, and equipment as may be<br>necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.43-07-04. License - How obtained - Failure to grant - Revocation.1.To obtain a license under this chapter, an applicant who is eighteen years of age or<br>older shall submit, on forms the registrar prescribes, an application under oath<br>containing a statement of the applicant's experience and qualifications as a<br>contractor.A copy of a certificate of liability insurance must be filed with theapplication and the contractor shall submit a statement from North Dakota workforce<br>safety and insurance that the contractor has secured workforce safety and insurancePage No. 1coverage satisfactory to workforce safety and insurance. If the registrar deems it<br>appropriate or necessary, the registrar may also require any other information to<br>assist the registrar in determining the applicant's fitness to act in the capacity of a<br>contractor, including, at the expense of the applicant, criminal history record<br>information of the applicant or the officers, members, or partners of the applicant<br>which is held or maintained by the bureau of criminal investigation or a similar entity<br>in another state. The application must contain a statement that the applicant desires<br>the issuance of a license under this chapter and must specify the class of license<br>sought.2.The registrar may refuse to grant a license if the registrar determines the application<br>contains false, misleading, or incomplete information; the applicant fails or refuses to<br>authorize or pay for criminal history information requested by the registrar; or as<br>otherwise provided in sections 12.1-33-02.1 and 43-07-04.1.The registrar shallnotify the applicant in writing if the registrar does not grant the license and shall<br>provide the applicant an opportunity to respond to or cure the defect in the<br>application for a period of ten days from the date of the written notification. An<br>applicant aggrieved by a decision of the registrar not to grant the license may appeal<br>the decision to the district court of the applicant's county of residence or Burleigh<br>County.3.No sooner than twenty days after sending written notice to a contractor at the<br>contractor's last-known address, the registrar shall classify as not in good standing<br>the license of any contractor who fails to:a.Maintain liability insurance coverage required by this section or by section<br>43-07-10;b.File, renew, or properly amend any fictitious name certificate required by<br>chapter 45-11;c.Maintain an active status of a corporation or registration as a foreign<br>corporation;d.Maintain an active status of a limited liability company or registration as a<br>foreign limited liability company;e.File or renew a trade name registration as required by chapter 47-25;f.Maintain a limited liability partnership registration or foreign limited liability<br>partnership registration as required by chapter 45-22; org.Maintain a limited partnership certificate of limited partnership or foreign limited<br>partnership certificate of authority.4.Any contractor who has been notified by the registrar that the contractor's license is<br>not in good standing shall cease soliciting or entering new contract projects. If the<br>contractor fails to correct the deficiency specified in the notice by evidence<br>satisfactory to the registrar within thirty days of the date of the notice or if the<br>contractor solicits or enters new contract projects while the contractor's license is not<br>in good standing, the registrar shall use the procedures of chapter 28-32 to revoke<br>the license of the contractor.43-07-04.1. Conviction not bar to licensure - Exceptions. Conviction of an offensedoes not disqualify a person from licensure under this chapter unless the secretary of state<br>determines that the offense has a direct bearing upon a person's ability to serve the public as a<br>contractor or that, following conviction of any offense, the person is not sufficiently rehabilitated<br>under section 12.1-33-02.1.Page No. 243-07-05. Classes of licenses. Four classes of licenses must be issued under thischapter, which must be designated as class A, B, C, and D licenses.The holders of suchlicenses are entitled to engage in the contracting business within this state subject to the<br>following limitations:1.The holder of a class A license is subject to no limitation as to the value of any single<br>contract project.2.The holder of a class B license is not entitled to engage in the construction of any<br>single contract project of a value in excess of two hundred fifty thousand dollars.3.The holder of a class C license is not entitled to engage in the construction of any<br>single contract project of a value in excess of one hundred twenty thousand dollars.4.The holder of a class D license is not entitled to engage in the construction of any<br>single contract project of a value in excess of fifty thousand dollars.43-07-06. Administrative and governing bodies may impose requirements. Anyadministrative body or governing body, agency, or commission having power to enter into public<br>contracts may impose reasonable requirements and conditions as conditions precedent to the<br>awarding of a contract for the construction or reconstruction of public works in addition to the<br>requirements imposed by this chapter.43-07-07. License fees. At the time of making application for a license as described andrequired in this chapter, the applicant shall pay to the registrar the following fees:1.For a class A license, the sum of three hundred dollars.2.For a class B license, the sum of two hundred dollars.3.For a class C license, the sum of one hundred fifty dollars.4.For a class D license, the sum of fifty dollars.All moneys collected by the registrar under this chapter must be deposited by the registrar with<br>the state treasurer, who shall credit them to the general fund of the state.43-07-08. Exceptions. This chapter does not apply to:1.Any authorized representative or representatives of the United States government,<br>the state of North Dakota, or any county, municipality, irrigation district, reclamation<br>district, or other political corporation.2.Any person who furnishes any fabricated or finished product, material, or article of<br>merchandise which is not incorporated into or attached to real property by such<br>person so as to become affixed thereto.43-07-09. Duty of registrar - Expiration of license. Within fifteen days from the date ofapplication, the registrar may investigate and determine each applicant's fitness to act in the<br>capacity of contractor as defined in this chapter, and no license may be issued to such applicant<br>until the registrar receives all documentation necessary to obtain a license and the appropriate<br>fee. The license issued on an original application entitles the licensee to act as a contractor<br>within this state, subject to the limitations of such license, until the expiration of the then current<br>fiscal year ending March first, except that an initial license issued to a licensee in January or<br>February is valid until March first of the subsequent year.43-07-09.1. Name changes. Not later than ten days after the date of a change in acontractor's name, the licensee must notify the registrar of the name change on a form provided<br>by the registrar. A name change must be accompanied by a ten dollar fee. A licensee may notPage No. 3change its name if the change is associated with a change in the legal status other than a<br>change in marital status. A corporation, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, or<br>limited partnership registered with the secretary of state is not subject to this section.43-07-10.Renewal of license - Grounds for nonrenewal - Time requirements -Invalidity of license for failure to renew.1.Any license issued under this chapter may be renewed for each successive fiscal<br>year by obtaining from the registrar a certificate of renewal. To obtain a certificate of<br>renewal, the licensee shall file with the registrar an application that includes a listing<br>of each project, contract, or subcontract completed by the licensee during the<br>preceding calendar year in this state over the amount of twenty-five thousand dollars<br>and the nature of the work of each project, contract, or subcontract. The registrar<br>shall within a reasonable time forward a copy of the list to the state tax<br>commissioner. The applicant shall include with the application a copy of a certificate<br>of liability insurance unless the registrar has a current valid certificate of insurance<br>on file, and a certification that the applicant has submitted all payroll taxes, including<br>North Dakota income tax, workforce safety and insurance premiums, and<br>unemployment insurance premiums due at the time of renewal, which documents<br>need not be notarized.2.The registrar may refuse to renew a license if the registrar determines the<br>application contains false, misleading, or incomplete information or if the contractor's<br>license is not in good standing for any of the reasons listed in subsection 3 of section<br>43-07-04. The registrar shall notify the applicant in writing if the registrar does not<br>grant the license and shall provide the applicant an opportunity to respond to or cure<br>the defect in the application for a period of ten days from the date of the written<br>notification. An applicant aggrieved by a decision of the registrar not to grant the<br>license may appeal the decision to the district court of the applicant's county of<br>residence or Burleigh County.3.The application for a certificate of renewal must be made to the registrar on or<br>before the first day of March of each year. At the time of filing the application for a<br>certificate of renewal, the applicant shall pay to the registrar a renewal fee equal to<br>twenty percent of the license fee established in section 43-07-07. If any contractor<br>applies for a renewal under a class different from the license previously issued, the<br>new class license may be issued upon the payment of the fee required for the<br>issuance of the license of the class applied for. If any contractor fails to file an<br>application for a certificate of renewal by the March first deadline, the contractor's<br>license is not in good standing and the contractor must be deemed to be unlicensed<br>within the meaning of sections 43-07-02 and 43-07-18.Within sixty days afterMarch first, the contractor must be notified by mail that the contractor's license is not<br>in good standing.The contractor then has until June first to renew by paying apenalty fee of seventy-five percent of the renewal fee, filing an application for a<br>certificate of renewal, and paying the renewal fee. A contractor who applies for a<br>certificate of renewal before or within ninety days of the filing deadline is not subject<br>to the investigation authorized in section 43-07-09. After the June first deadline any<br>licenses not renewed are revoked. Any application for a certificate of renewal must<br>be fully completed within sixty days of the date the application is received by the<br>registrar or the registrar shall return the application to the contractor who then is<br>subject to section 43-07-09. The registrar may destroy all renewals provided for in<br>this section after they have been on file for six years.43-07-11. Contractor's bond - Requirements. Repealed by S.L. 1995, ch. 397, <meta property="og:url" content="https://statutes.laws.com/test/" />
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<a href='https://statutes.laws.com/'>Statutes</a> > <a href='https://statutes.laws.com/north-dakota'>North-dakota</a> > <a href='https://statutes.laws.com/north-dakota/t43'>T43</a> > <a href='https://statutes.laws.com/north-dakota/t43/t43c07'>T43c07</a><br><br><a href="https://law.justia.com/codes/north-dakota/2009/t43/pdf/t43c07.pdf">Download pdf</a><br><div id="embed_document" style="width:625px; height:815px; text-align:center;">Loading PDF...</div><script type="text/javascript"> var pdf_url = 'https://law.justia.com/codes/north-dakota/2009/t43/pdf/t43c07.pdf'; $(document).ready(function() { var embedwindow = $("#embed_document"); if ($.browser.msie){ embedwindow.html('<embed src="'+pdf_url+'" width="100%" height="100%"></embed>'); } else { embedwindow.html('<iframe style="width:100%; height:100%;" src="https://docs.google.com/gview?url='+window.escape(pdf_url)+'&embedded=true" frameborder="0"></iframe>'); } });</script><br><br><noframes>CHAPTER 43-07CONTRACTORS43-07-01. Definitions. In this chapter, unless the context or subject matter otherwiserequires:1."Contractor" means any person engaged in the business of construction, repair,<br>alteration, dismantling, or demolition of bridges, highways, roads, streets, buildings,<br>airports, dams, drainage or irrigation ditches, sewers, water or gas mains, water<br>filters, tanks, towers, oil, gas, or water pipelines, and every other type of structure,<br>project, development, or improvement coming within the definition of real or personal<br>property, including the construction, alteration, or repair of property to be held either<br>for sale or rental, and shall include subcontractor, public contractor, and nonresident<br>contractor.2."Nonresident contractor" means any contractor who has not an established and<br>maintained place of business within this state, or who has not made reports to North<br>Dakota workforce safety and insurance within the previous year of employees within<br>this state, and who has not made contributions to the North Dakota workforce safety<br>and insurance fund accordingly, or who, during a like period has not made an<br>income tax return in this state.3."Person" includes any individual, firm, copartnership, association, corporation,<br>limited liability company, or other group or combination thereof acting as a unit, and<br>the plural as well as the singular number, unless the intent to give a more limited<br>meaning is disclosed clearly by the context thereof.4."Public contract" means a contract with the state of North Dakota or any board,<br>commission, or department thereof, or with any board of county commissioners, or<br>with any city council or board of city commissioners, board of township supervisors,<br>school board, or with any state or municipal agency, or with any other public board,<br>body, commission, or agency authorized to let or award contracts for the<br>construction or reconstruction of public work when the contract cost, value, or price<br>exceeds the sum of two thousand dollars and includes subcontracts undertaken to<br>perform work covered by the original contract or any part thereof when the contract<br>cost, value, or price of the work included in such subcontract exceeds the sum of<br>two thousand dollars.5."Registrar" means the secretary of state of the state of North Dakota.43-07-02. License required. A person may not engage in the business nor act in thecapacity of a contractor within this state when the cost, value, or price per job exceeds the sum of<br>two thousand dollars nor may that person maintain any claim, action, suit, or proceeding in any<br>court of this state related to the person's business or capacity as a contractor without first having<br>a license as provided in this chapter.43-07-03. Registrar designated. The secretary of state as registrar has authority toemploy such assistance and procure such records, supplies, and equipment as may be<br>necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.43-07-04. License - How obtained - Failure to grant - Revocation.1.To obtain a license under this chapter, an applicant who is eighteen years of age or<br>older shall submit, on forms the registrar prescribes, an application under oath<br>containing a statement of the applicant's experience and qualifications as a<br>contractor.A copy of a certificate of liability insurance must be filed with theapplication and the contractor shall submit a statement from North Dakota workforce<br>safety and insurance that the contractor has secured workforce safety and insurancePage No. 1coverage satisfactory to workforce safety and insurance. If the registrar deems it<br>appropriate or necessary, the registrar may also require any other information to<br>assist the registrar in determining the applicant's fitness to act in the capacity of a<br>contractor, including, at the expense of the applicant, criminal history record<br>information of the applicant or the officers, members, or partners of the applicant<br>which is held or maintained by the bureau of criminal investigation or a similar entity<br>in another state. The application must contain a statement that the applicant desires<br>the issuance of a license under this chapter and must specify the class of license<br>sought.2.The registrar may refuse to grant a license if the registrar determines the application<br>contains false, misleading, or incomplete information; the applicant fails or refuses to<br>authorize or pay for criminal history information requested by the registrar; or as<br>otherwise provided in sections 12.1-33-02.1 and 43-07-04.1.The registrar shallnotify the applicant in writing if the registrar does not grant the license and shall<br>provide the applicant an opportunity to respond to or cure the defect in the<br>application for a period of ten days from the date of the written notification. An<br>applicant aggrieved by a decision of the registrar not to grant the license may appeal<br>the decision to the district court of the applicant's county of residence or Burleigh<br>County.3.No sooner than twenty days after sending written notice to a contractor at the<br>contractor's last-known address, the registrar shall classify as not in good standing<br>the license of any contractor who fails to:a.Maintain liability insurance coverage required by this section or by section<br>43-07-10;b.File, renew, or properly amend any fictitious name certificate required by<br>chapter 45-11;c.Maintain an active status of a corporation or registration as a foreign<br>corporation;d.Maintain an active status of a limited liability company or registration as a<br>foreign limited liability company;e.File or renew a trade name registration as required by chapter 47-25;f.Maintain a limited liability partnership registration or foreign limited liability<br>partnership registration as required by chapter 45-22; org.Maintain a limited partnership certificate of limited partnership or foreign limited<br>partnership certificate of authority.4.Any contractor who has been notified by the registrar that the contractor's license is<br>not in good standing shall cease soliciting or entering new contract projects. If the<br>contractor fails to correct the deficiency specified in the notice by evidence<br>satisfactory to the registrar within thirty days of the date of the notice or if the<br>contractor solicits or enters new contract projects while the contractor's license is not<br>in good standing, the registrar shall use the procedures of chapter 28-32 to revoke<br>the license of the contractor.43-07-04.1. Conviction not bar to licensure - Exceptions. Conviction of an offensedoes not disqualify a person from licensure under this chapter unless the secretary of state<br>determines that the offense has a direct bearing upon a person's ability to serve the public as a<br>contractor or that, following conviction of any offense, the person is not sufficiently rehabilitated<br>under section 12.1-33-02.1.Page No. 243-07-05. Classes of licenses. Four classes of licenses must be issued under thischapter, which must be designated as class A, B, C, and D licenses.The holders of suchlicenses are entitled to engage in the contracting business within this state subject to the<br>following limitations:1.The holder of a class A license is subject to no limitation as to the value of any single<br>contract project.2.The holder of a class B license is not entitled to engage in the construction of any<br>single contract project of a value in excess of two hundred fifty thousand dollars.3.The holder of a class C license is not entitled to engage in the construction of any<br>single contract project of a value in excess of one hundred twenty thousand dollars.4.The holder of a class D license is not entitled to engage in the construction of any<br>single contract project of a value in excess of fifty thousand dollars.43-07-06. Administrative and governing bodies may impose requirements. Anyadministrative body or governing body, agency, or commission having power to enter into public<br>contracts may impose reasonable requirements and conditions as conditions precedent to the<br>awarding of a contract for the construction or reconstruction of public works in addition to the<br>requirements imposed by this chapter.43-07-07. License fees. At the time of making application for a license as described andrequired in this chapter, the applicant shall pay to the registrar the following fees:1.For a class A license, the sum of three hundred dollars.2.For a class B license, the sum of two hundred dollars.3.For a class C license, the sum of one hundred fifty dollars.4.For a class D license, the sum of fifty dollars.All moneys collected by the registrar under this chapter must be deposited by the registrar with<br>the state treasurer, who shall credit them to the general fund of the state.43-07-08. Exceptions. This chapter does not apply to:1.Any authorized representative or representatives of the United States government,<br>the state of North Dakota, or any county, municipality, irrigation district, reclamation<br>district, or other political corporation.2.Any person who furnishes any fabricated or finished product, material, or article of<br>merchandise which is not incorporated into or attached to real property by such<br>person so as to become affixed thereto.43-07-09. Duty of registrar - Expiration of license. Within fifteen days from the date ofapplication, the registrar may investigate and determine each applicant's fitness to act in the<br>capacity of contractor as defined in this chapter, and no license may be issued to such applicant<br>until the registrar receives all documentation necessary to obtain a license and the appropriate<br>fee. The license issued on an original application entitles the licensee to act as a contractor<br>within this state, subject to the limitations of such license, until the expiration of the then current<br>fiscal year ending March first, except that an initial license issued to a licensee in January or<br>February is valid until March first of the subsequent year.43-07-09.1. Name changes. Not later than ten days after the date of a change in acontractor's name, the licensee must notify the registrar of the name change on a form provided<br>by the registrar. A name change must be accompanied by a ten dollar fee. A licensee may notPage No. 3change its name if the change is associated with a change in the legal status other than a<br>change in marital status. A corporation, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, or<br>limited partnership registered with the secretary of state is not subject to this section.43-07-10.Renewal of license - Grounds for nonrenewal - Time requirements -Invalidity of license for failure to renew.1.Any license issued under this chapter may be renewed for each successive fiscal<br>year by obtaining from the registrar a certificate of renewal. To obtain a certificate of<br>renewal, the licensee shall file with the registrar an application that includes a listing<br>of each project, contract, or subcontract completed by the licensee during the<br>preceding calendar year in this state over the amount of twenty-five thousand dollars<br>and the nature of the work of each project, contract, or subcontract. The registrar<br>shall within a reasonable time forward a copy of the list to the state tax<br>commissioner. The applicant shall include with the application a copy of a certificate<br>of liability insurance unless the registrar has a current valid certificate of insurance<br>on file, and a certification that the applicant has submitted all payroll taxes, including<br>North Dakota income tax, workforce safety and insurance premiums, and<br>unemployment insurance premiums due at the time of renewal, which documents<br>need not be notarized.2.The registrar may refuse to renew a license if the registrar determines the<br>application contains false, misleading, or incomplete information or if the contractor's<br>license is not in good standing for any of the reasons listed in subsection 3 of section<br>43-07-04. The registrar shall notify the applicant in writing if the registrar does not<br>grant the license and shall provide the applicant an opportunity to respond to or cure<br>the defect in the application for a period of ten days from the date of the written<br>notification. An applicant aggrieved by a decision of the registrar not to grant the<br>license may appeal the decision to the district court of the applicant's county of<br>residence or Burleigh County.3.The application for a certificate of renewal must be made to the registrar on or<br>before the first day of March of each year. At the time of filing the application for a<br>certificate of renewal, the applicant shall pay to the registrar a renewal fee equal to<br>twenty percent of the license fee established in section 43-07-07. If any contractor<br>applies for a renewal under a class different from the license previously issued, the<br>new class license may be issued upon the payment of the fee required for the<br>issuance of the license of the class applied for. If any contractor fails to file an<br>application for a certificate of renewal by the March first deadline, the contractor's<br>license is not in good standing and the contractor must be deemed to be unlicensed<br>within the meaning of sections 43-07-02 and 43-07-18.Within sixty days afterMarch first, the contractor must be notified by mail that the contractor's license is not<br>in good standing.The contractor then has until June first to renew by paying apenalty fee of seventy-five percent of the renewal fee, filing an application for a<br>certificate of renewal, and paying the renewal fee. A contractor who applies for a<br>certificate of renewal before or within ninety days of the filing deadline is not subject<br>to the investigation authorized in section 43-07-09. After the June first deadline any<br>licenses not renewed are revoked. Any application for a certificate of renewal must<br>be fully completed within sixty days of the date the application is received by the<br>registrar or the registrar shall return the application to the contractor who then is<br>subject to section 43-07-09. The registrar may destroy all renewals provided for in<br>this section after they have been on file for six years.43-07-11. Contractor's bond - Requirements. 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<a href='https://statutes.laws.com/'>Statutes</a> > <a href='https://statutes.laws.com/north-dakota'>North-dakota</a> > <a href='https://statutes.laws.com/north-dakota/t43'>T43</a> > <a href='https://statutes.laws.com/north-dakota/t43/t43c07'>T43c07</a><br><br><a href="https://law.justia.com/codes/north-dakota/2009/t43/pdf/t43c07.pdf">Download pdf</a><br><div id="embed_document" style="width:625px; height:815px; text-align:center;">Loading PDF...</div><script type="text/javascript"> var pdf_url = 'https://law.justia.com/codes/north-dakota/2009/t43/pdf/t43c07.pdf'; $(document).ready(function() { var embedwindow = $("#embed_document"); if ($.browser.msie){ embedwindow.html('<embed src="'+pdf_url+'" width="100%" height="100%"></embed>'); } else { embedwindow.html('<iframe style="width:100%; height:100%;" src="https://docs.google.com/gview?url='+window.escape(pdf_url)+'&embedded=true" frameborder="0"></iframe>'); } });</script><br><br><noframes>CHAPTER 43-07CONTRACTORS43-07-01. Definitions. In this chapter, unless the context or subject matter otherwiserequires:1."Contractor" means any person engaged in the business of construction, repair,<br>alteration, dismantling, or demolition of bridges, highways, roads, streets, buildings,<br>airports, dams, drainage or irrigation ditches, sewers, water or gas mains, water<br>filters, tanks, towers, oil, gas, or water pipelines, and every other type of structure,<br>project, development, or improvement coming within the definition of real or personal<br>property, including the construction, alteration, or repair of property to be held either<br>for sale or rental, and shall include subcontractor, public contractor, and nonresident<br>contractor.2."Nonresident contractor" means any contractor who has not an established and<br>maintained place of business within this state, or who has not made reports to North<br>Dakota workforce safety and insurance within the previous year of employees within<br>this state, and who has not made contributions to the North Dakota workforce safety<br>and insurance fund accordingly, or who, during a like period has not made an<br>income tax return in this state.3."Person" includes any individual, firm, copartnership, association, corporation,<br>limited liability company, or other group or combination thereof acting as a unit, and<br>the plural as well as the singular number, unless the intent to give a more limited<br>meaning is disclosed clearly by the context thereof.4."Public contract" means a contract with the state of North Dakota or any board,<br>commission, or department thereof, or with any board of county commissioners, or<br>with any city council or board of city commissioners, board of township supervisors,<br>school board, or with any state or municipal agency, or with any other public board,<br>body, commission, or agency authorized to let or award contracts for the<br>construction or reconstruction of public work when the contract cost, value, or price<br>exceeds the sum of two thousand dollars and includes subcontracts undertaken to<br>perform work covered by the original contract or any part thereof when the contract<br>cost, value, or price of the work included in such subcontract exceeds the sum of<br>two thousand dollars.5."Registrar" means the secretary of state of the state of North Dakota.43-07-02. License required. A person may not engage in the business nor act in thecapacity of a contractor within this state when the cost, value, or price per job exceeds the sum of<br>two thousand dollars nor may that person maintain any claim, action, suit, or proceeding in any<br>court of this state related to the person's business or capacity as a contractor without first having<br>a license as provided in this chapter.43-07-03. Registrar designated. The secretary of state as registrar has authority toemploy such assistance and procure such records, supplies, and equipment as may be<br>necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.43-07-04. License - How obtained - Failure to grant - Revocation.1.To obtain a license under this chapter, an applicant who is eighteen years of age or<br>older shall submit, on forms the registrar prescribes, an application under oath<br>containing a statement of the applicant's experience and qualifications as a<br>contractor.A copy of a certificate of liability insurance must be filed with theapplication and the contractor shall submit a statement from North Dakota workforce<br>safety and insurance that the contractor has secured workforce safety and insurancePage No. 1coverage satisfactory to workforce safety and insurance. If the registrar deems it<br>appropriate or necessary, the registrar may also require any other information to<br>assist the registrar in determining the applicant's fitness to act in the capacity of a<br>contractor, including, at the expense of the applicant, criminal history record<br>information of the applicant or the officers, members, or partners of the applicant<br>which is held or maintained by the bureau of criminal investigation or a similar entity<br>in another state. The application must contain a statement that the applicant desires<br>the issuance of a license under this chapter and must specify the class of license<br>sought.2.The registrar may refuse to grant a license if the registrar determines the application<br>contains false, misleading, or incomplete information; the applicant fails or refuses to<br>authorize or pay for criminal history information requested by the registrar; or as<br>otherwise provided in sections 12.1-33-02.1 and 43-07-04.1.The registrar shallnotify the applicant in writing if the registrar does not grant the license and shall<br>provide the applicant an opportunity to respond to or cure the defect in the<br>application for a period of ten days from the date of the written notification. An<br>applicant aggrieved by a decision of the registrar not to grant the license may appeal<br>the decision to the district court of the applicant's county of residence or Burleigh<br>County.3.No sooner than twenty days after sending written notice to a contractor at the<br>contractor's last-known address, the registrar shall classify as not in good standing<br>the license of any contractor who fails to:a.Maintain liability insurance coverage required by this section or by section<br>43-07-10;b.File, renew, or properly amend any fictitious name certificate required by<br>chapter 45-11;c.Maintain an active status of a corporation or registration as a foreign<br>corporation;d.Maintain an active status of a limited liability company or registration as a<br>foreign limited liability company;e.File or renew a trade name registration as required by chapter 47-25;f.Maintain a limited liability partnership registration or foreign limited liability<br>partnership registration as required by chapter 45-22; org.Maintain a limited partnership certificate of limited partnership or foreign limited<br>partnership certificate of authority.4.Any contractor who has been notified by the registrar that the contractor's license is<br>not in good standing shall cease soliciting or entering new contract projects. If the<br>contractor fails to correct the deficiency specified in the notice by evidence<br>satisfactory to the registrar within thirty days of the date of the notice or if the<br>contractor solicits or enters new contract projects while the contractor's license is not<br>in good standing, the registrar shall use the procedures of chapter 28-32 to revoke<br>the license of the contractor.43-07-04.1. Conviction not bar to licensure - Exceptions. Conviction of an offensedoes not disqualify a person from licensure under this chapter unless the secretary of state<br>determines that the offense has a direct bearing upon a person's ability to serve the public as a<br>contractor or that, following conviction of any offense, the person is not sufficiently rehabilitated<br>under section 12.1-33-02.1.Page No. 243-07-05. Classes of licenses. Four classes of licenses must be issued under thischapter, which must be designated as class A, B, C, and D licenses.The holders of suchlicenses are entitled to engage in the contracting business within this state subject to the<br>following limitations:1.The holder of a class A license is subject to no limitation as to the value of any single<br>contract project.2.The holder of a class B license is not entitled to engage in the construction of any<br>single contract project of a value in excess of two hundred fifty thousand dollars.3.The holder of a class C license is not entitled to engage in the construction of any<br>single contract project of a value in excess of one hundred twenty thousand dollars.4.The holder of a class D license is not entitled to engage in the construction of any<br>single contract project of a value in excess of fifty thousand dollars.43-07-06. Administrative and governing bodies may impose requirements. Anyadministrative body or governing body, agency, or commission having power to enter into public<br>contracts may impose reasonable requirements and conditions as conditions precedent to the<br>awarding of a contract for the construction or reconstruction of public works in addition to the<br>requirements imposed by this chapter.43-07-07. License fees. At the time of making application for a license as described andrequired in this chapter, the applicant shall pay to the registrar the following fees:1.For a class A license, the sum of three hundred dollars.2.For a class B license, the sum of two hundred dollars.3.For a class C license, the sum of one hundred fifty dollars.4.For a class D license, the sum of fifty dollars.All moneys collected by the registrar under this chapter must be deposited by the registrar with<br>the state treasurer, who shall credit them to the general fund of the state.43-07-08. Exceptions. This chapter does not apply to:1.Any authorized representative or representatives of the United States government,<br>the state of North Dakota, or any county, municipality, irrigation district, reclamation<br>district, or other political corporation.2.Any person who furnishes any fabricated or finished product, material, or article of<br>merchandise which is not incorporated into or attached to real property by such<br>person so as to become affixed thereto.43-07-09. Duty of registrar - Expiration of license. Within fifteen days from the date ofapplication, the registrar may investigate and determine each applicant's fitness to act in the<br>capacity of contractor as defined in this chapter, and no license may be issued to such applicant<br>until the registrar receives all documentation necessary to obtain a license and the appropriate<br>fee. The license issued on an original application entitles the licensee to act as a contractor<br>within this state, subject to the limitations of such license, until the expiration of the then current<br>fiscal year ending March first, except that an initial license issued to a licensee in January or<br>February is valid until March first of the subsequent year.43-07-09.1. Name changes. Not later than ten days after the date of a change in acontractor's name, the licensee must notify the registrar of the name change on a form provided<br>by the registrar. A name change must be accompanied by a ten dollar fee. A licensee may notPage No. 3change its name if the change is associated with a change in the legal status other than a<br>change in marital status. A corporation, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, or<br>limited partnership registered with the secretary of state is not subject to this section.43-07-10.Renewal of license - Grounds for nonrenewal - Time requirements -Invalidity of license for failure to renew.1.Any license issued under this chapter may be renewed for each successive fiscal<br>year by obtaining from the registrar a certificate of renewal. To obtain a certificate of<br>renewal, the licensee shall file with the registrar an application that includes a listing<br>of each project, contract, or subcontract completed by the licensee during the<br>preceding calendar year in this state over the amount of twenty-five thousand dollars<br>and the nature of the work of each project, contract, or subcontract. The registrar<br>shall within a reasonable time forward a copy of the list to the state tax<br>commissioner. The applicant shall include with the application a copy of a certificate<br>of liability insurance unless the registrar has a current valid certificate of insurance<br>on file, and a certification that the applicant has submitted all payroll taxes, including<br>North Dakota income tax, workforce safety and insurance premiums, and<br>unemployment insurance premiums due at the time of renewal, which documents<br>need not be notarized.2.The registrar may refuse to renew a license if the registrar determines the<br>application contains false, misleading, or incomplete information or if the contractor's<br>license is not in good standing for any of the reasons listed in subsection 3 of section<br>43-07-04. The registrar shall notify the applicant in writing if the registrar does not<br>grant the license and shall provide the applicant an opportunity to respond to or cure<br>the defect in the application for a period of ten days from the date of the written<br>notification. An applicant aggrieved by a decision of the registrar not to grant the<br>license may appeal the decision to the district court of the applicant's county of<br>residence or Burleigh County.3.The application for a certificate of renewal must be made to the registrar on or<br>before the first day of March of each year. At the time of filing the application for a<br>certificate of renewal, the applicant shall pay to the registrar a renewal fee equal to<br>twenty percent of the license fee established in section 43-07-07. If any contractor<br>applies for a renewal under a class different from the license previously issued, the<br>new class license may be issued upon the payment of the fee required for the<br>issuance of the license of the class applied for. If any contractor fails to file an<br>application for a certificate of renewal by the March first deadline, the contractor's<br>license is not in good standing and the contractor must be deemed to be unlicensed<br>within the meaning of sections 43-07-02 and 43-07-18.Within sixty days afterMarch first, the contractor must be notified by mail that the contractor's license is not<br>in good standing.The contractor then has until June first to renew by paying apenalty fee of seventy-five percent of the renewal fee, filing an application for a<br>certificate of renewal, and paying the renewal fee. A contractor who applies for a<br>certificate of renewal before or within ninety days of the filing deadline is not subject<br>to the investigation authorized in section 43-07-09. After the June first deadline any<br>licenses not renewed are revoked. Any application for a certificate of renewal must<br>be fully completed within sixty days of the date the application is received by the<br>registrar or the registrar shall return the application to the contractor who then is<br>subject to section 43-07-09. The registrar may destroy all renewals provided for in<br>this section after they have been on file for six years.43-07-11. Contractor's bond - Requirements. Repealed by S.L. 1995, ch. 397, <!-- END .shortcode-content -->
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