N.D. Cent. Code § 51-04-06: Evidence

When it appears that any stock of goods, wares, and merchandise has been brought into any county of this state by a person not a resident of the county, and that it is claimed, represented, or advertised that such stock is to be closed out at reduced prices, such facts are prima facie evidence that the person, copartnership, corporation, limited liability company, or agency so offering the goods, wares, and merchandise for sale is a transient merchant.