The board shall keep a register wherein it shall enter the name of each applicant for registration under the provisions of this chapter, with the applicant's place of residence and such other information as may be appropriate, and the board shall cause to be entered therein the action taken upon the application and the date upon which a certificate of registration was issued or the application denied.
43-01-09. Requirements of abstracter of title - Records - Certificate of registration bond or liability policy. Before 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; and 4. Have in charge of such business a registered abstracter, as defined by this chapter.