Title 57, Taxation

The payment of the taxes under this chapter must be in full and in lieu of all ad valorem taxes by the state, counties, cities, school districts, and other taxing districts upon any property rights attached to or inherent in the right to producing potash and potash byproducts; up…

The tax commissioner shall deposit promptly with the state treasurer all moneys collected under this chapter and accompany each remittance, when possible, with a certificate showing the county where the potash and byproducts were processed. The state treasurer, no less than month…

The tax collected as provided in this chapter is appropriated and must be apportioned as determined by the sixty-third legislative assembly.

1. Any person engaged in the production, within this state, of potash or byproducts shall before the twenty-sixth day of the next succeeding month after production, file with the tax commissioner a statement upon forms prescribed by the tax commissioner. 2. The tax under this cha…

1. The tax commissioner may determine whether a return required to be filed with the tax commissioner under this chapter is a true and correct return of gross production, and of the value, of the potash and byproducts. If a return required by this chapter is not filed, or if a re…

1. Reports from the taxpayer are delinquent after the last day fixed for their filing, and every person required to file a report is subject to a penalty of twenty-five dollars per day of delinquency for each property upon which the person fails or refuses to file the reports. Th…

1. A taxpayer may file a claim for credit or refund of an overpayment of tax within three years of the due date of the return or three years after the return was filed. However, if there is a change in tax liability on any return by an amount in excess of twenty-five percent of t…

1. A refund may not be made by the tax commissioner to any taxpayer unless the amount to be refunded, including interest, is at least five dollars. The tax commissioner shall transfer any amount that is not refunded to a taxpayer under this subsection to the state treasurer for d…

1. If upon audit the tax commissioner finds additional tax due or disallows a credit or a claim for refund, the tax commissioner shall notify the person of that finding. The notice must inform the person of the reasons for assessment of additional tax or the change in refund or c…

1. The tax, penalty, and interest assessed under this chapter is, at all times, a first and paramount lien against the taxpayer's property, both real and personal. The provisions of this chapter requiring the taxpayer to pay the tax do not release the taxpayer from that liability…

When any tax provided for in this chapter becomes delinquent, the tax commissioner shall issue warrants directed to the sheriff of any county where the tax is due, or any part of the tax accrued, for the collection of the tax, interest, and penalty. The sheriff to whom the warran…

1. The tax commissioner may require a sufficient bond from any person charged with the making and filing of reports and the payment of the taxes imposed under this chapter. The bond must run to the state of North Dakota and must be conditioned upon the making and filing of report…

Any person intentionally violating this chapter is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.

The tax commissioner is charged with the administration of this chapter and shall enforce the assessment, levy, and collection of taxes imposed under this chapter. The tax commissioner may require any person engaged in the production of subsurface minerals or byproducts to furnis…

It is the intention of the legislative assembly that potash mining, environmental protection, and reclamation rules, at a minimum, must establish a high degree of protection for surface owners, surface and underground water, productive capacity of soils, and public health and saf…