No document may be filed or recorded nor any certificate issued until all fees therefor have been paid. Any fee or penalty due under this chapter may be recovered in a suit brought by the attorney general in the name of the state. The secretary of state shall charge and collect from any association for:
1. Filing articles of association and issuing a certificate of association, thirty dollars.2. Filing articles of amendment and issuing a certificate of amendment, twenty dollars.3. Filing restated articles of association, thirty dollars.4. Filing articles of merger or consolidation and issuing a certificate of merger or consolidation, fifty dollars.5. Filing articles or decree of dissolution, twenty dollars.6. Receiving service of any process, notice, or demand, the fee provided in section 10-01.1-03.7. Filing an application of a foreign cooperative for a certificate of authority to do business in this state and issuing a certificate therefor, forty dollars.8. For filing a name reservation, a transfer of name reservation, a cancellation of name reservation, or a consent to use of name, ten dollars.9. For filing a change of registered office or change of registered agent, or both, the fees provided in section 10-01.1-03.10. Filing an annual report of a cooperative or foreign cooperative, twenty dollars.a. The secretary of state shall charge and collect additional fees for late filing of the annual report as follows:(1) After the date provided in subsection 4 of section 10-15-53.1, five dollars.(2) After the notice provided in subsection 5 of section 10-15-53.1, ten dollars.(3) After the dissolution of a cooperative or the revocation of the certificate of authority of a foreign cooperative, a reinstatement fee of thirty dollars.b. Fees paid to the secretary of state under this subsection are not refundable if an annual report submitted to the secretary of state cannot be filed because the report lacks information required by section 10-15-53.1, or the annual report lacks sufficient payment as required by this subsection.11. Filing any other document or statement, or issuing any other certificate, ten dollars.12. Filing a statement of correction, twenty dollars.13. Any document submitted for approval before the actual time of submission for filing, one-half of the fee provided in this section for filing the document.14. Furnishing a copy of any record, or paper relating to a cooperative or a foreign cooperative: a. The fee provided in section 54-09-04 for copying a record; andb. Five dollars for a search of records.15. Furnishing a certificate of good standing, existence, authorization, or certifying any copy: b. Five dollars for a search of records.Amended by S.L. 2015, ch. 86 (HB 1335),§ 9, eff. 7/1/2015.Amended by S.L. 2011, ch. 87 (SB 2174),§ 6, eff. 7/1/2011.