No organization may operate as a perpetual care cemetery unless licensed on forms provided by the department of health and human services by the recorder of the county within which the cemetery is located, unless the board of county commissioners designates a different official. The license must be renewed by or before July first of each year. Prior to issuance or renewal of a license, the recorder, or designated official, shall determine if the applicant is in full compliance with the provisions of this chapter. When applying for a license renewal, the applicant shall report to the recorder, or designated official, the number of spaces sold, the gross amount of receipts from the sale of spaces, and the amount of money transferred to the perpetual care trust fund during the organization's previous fiscal year. The license fee must be five dollars per year, except that any perpetual care cemetery which has sold less than ten spaces during the previous fiscal year may not be required to pay a license fee.
23-21.1-02.2. Revocation or nonrenewal of license to operate a perpetual care cemetery. The recorder, or designated official, shall revoke or refuse to renew a license to operate a perpetual care cemetery if such organization fails to comply with the provisions of this chapter. When the recorder, or designated official, revokes or refuses to renew a license to operate a perpetual care cemetery, a notice of the action must be published in the official county newspaper of the county wherein the cemetery is located. When an organization's license to operate a perpetual care cemetery is not current or has been revoked, the organization shall cease to make sales or transfers of burial spaces.