Section 43-01-09 - Requirements of abstracter of title - Records - Certificate of registration bond or liability policyBefore any person, firm, corporation, or limited liability company may engage in the business of making and compiling abstracts of title to real estate within this state, the person or it shall:
1. Have and maintain in such business a complete tract index and all instruments of record in the office of the recorder in and for the county in which the person or it is engaged in business, or shall have been engaged in good faith in the preparation of such records for not less than six months;2. Obtain a certificate of authority as is required by this chapter;3. File the bond or abstracter's liability policy required under section 43-01-11; and4. Have in charge of such business a registered abstracter, as defined by this chapter.