Title 43 — Occupations and Professions

In this chapter, unless the context or subject matter otherwise requires: 1. "Contractor" means any person engaged in the business of construction, repair, alteration, dismantling, or demolition of bridges, highways, roads, streets, buildings, airports, dams, drainage or irrigati…

1. A person may not engage in the business nor act in the capacity of a contractor within this state when the cost, value, or price per job exceeds the sum of four thousand dollars nor may that person maintain any claim, action, suit, or proceeding in any court of this state rela…

The registrar may employ assistance and procure records, supplies, and equipment as necessary to carry out this chapter. 43-07-04. License - How obtained - Failure to grant - Revocation for not in good standing. 1. To obtain a license under this chapter, an applicant who is eight…

1. The registrar may deny any application for license, deny any application for renewal of license, or suspend or revoke any license, based on the applicant's or licensee's lack of eligibility to act in the capacity of a contractor, upon proof of one or more of the following: a. …

Repealed by S.L. 2015, ch. 291, § 7.

Any administrative body or governing body, agency, or commission having power to enter into public contracts may impose reasonable requirements and conditions as conditions precedent to the awarding of a contract for the construction or reconstruction of public works in addition …

1. Four classes of licenses may be issued under this chapter, which must be designated as class A, B, C, and D licenses. A holder of a license may engage in the contracting business within this state subject to the following limitations: a. The holder of a class A license is subj…

This chapter does not apply to: 1. Any authorized representative of the United States government, the state of North Dakota, or any county, municipality, irrigation district, reclamation district, or other political corporation. 2. Any person that furnishes any fabricated or fini…

Within fifteen days from the date of application, the registrar may investigate and determine each applicant's eligibility to act in the capacity of a contractor as provided in section 43-07-04.1, and no license may be issued to such applicant until the registrar receives all doc…

Not later than ten days after the date of a change in a contractor's name, the licensee shall notify the registrar of the name change on a form provided by the registrar. A name change must be accompanied by a ten dollar fee. A licensee may not change the name of the licensee if …

Repealed by S.L. 1995, ch. 397, § 9.

1. A contractor, resident or nonresident, is not eligible to enter a public contract with any department of the state of North Dakota, or any political or governmental subdivision of the state until satisfactory showing is made that the contractor has paid all delinquent income, …

1. All bids and proposals for the construction of any public contract project subject to this chapter must contain a copy of the license or certificate for the current contractor year of the license issued by the registrar, enclosed in the required bid bond envelope. A contract m…

The registrar shall maintain in the registrar's office, open to public inspection during office hours, a complete indexed record of all applications, licenses, certificates for the current contractor year, revocations, expirations, and other information maintained on contractors.…

1. Any person may file a duly verified complaint with the registrar charging that the licensee is guilty of any of the following acts or omissions: a. Abandonment of any contract without legal excuse after a deposit of money or other consideration has been provided to the license…

Repealed by S.L. 1963, ch. 304, § 16.

A licensee whose license has been revoked may not be relicensed for a period of up to five years.

Repealed by S.L. 2015, ch. 290, § 3.

Every applicant for a contractor's license who is not a resident of the state of North Dakota, by signing and filing the application, appoints the registrar as the applicant's true and lawful agent upon whom may be served all lawful process in any action or proceeding against suc…

In all contracts, except those which involve federal-aid funds and when a preference or discrimination would be contrary to a federal law or regulation, hereafter let for state, county, city, school district, or township construction, repair, or maintenance work under any laws of…

Any person violating any provisions of section 43-07-20 is guilty of a class B misdemeanor. A repeated violation constitutes legal grounds for a court, on proper application by the labor commissioner, to grant an injunction without requiring the posting of a bond or undertaking.

The labor commissioner has the primary responsibility of enforcing sections 43-07-20 and 43-07-21 and may make reciprocal agreements or arrangements with any other state or territory exempting the application of sections 43-07-20 through 43-07-22, and may examine records of emplo…

Contracts entered between persons for the performance of work to be done by a contractor, except those contracts subject to section 40-22-37 or 48-01.2-13, or contracts governed by federal statutes or regulations which require other provisions with respect to retention, are subje…

On request, the registrar shall provide city and county enforcement officials with a list of contractors licensed under this chapter. The registrar shall also provide similar information to persons governed by section 43-07-24. Whenever the registrar obtains information on the ac…

Before undertaking any repair, other than emergency repair, or instituting any action for breach of warranty in the construction of a one-family or two-family dwelling, or an improvement with a value exceeding two thousand dollars to a dwelling, the purchaser or owner shall give …