N.D. Cent. Code § 38-24-06: Penalties

1.A person that violates this chapter, or a rule, regulation, or order of the commission adopted under this chapter is subject to a civil penalty of not more than twelve thousand five hundred dollars for each violation and for each day the violation occurred.

2.It is a class C felony for a person, for the purpose of evading this chapter, or a rule, regulation, or order of the commission to:

a.Make or cause a false entry or statement in a report required by this chapter or by a rule, regulation, or order issued or adopted by the commission;

b.Make or cause a false entry in a record, account, or memorandum required by this chapter, or by any rule, regulation, or order of the commission;

c.Omit, or cause to be omitted, from a record, account, or memorandum, full, true, and correct entries as required by this chapter or by any rule, regulation, or order of the commission; or

d.Remove from this state or destroy, mutilate, alter, or falsify a record, account, or memorandum.

3.The civil penalties provided in subsection 1 are recoverable by civil action filed by the attorney general on behalf of the commission. The civil action must commence in the district court of the county in which:

a.The defendant resides;

b.Any defendant resides, if there is more than one defendant; or

c.The violation occurred.

4.The payment of penalties does not relieve a person on whom the penalty is imposed from liability to any other person for damages arising out of the violation.