N.D. Cent. Code § 26.1-03-18
Before a surety company or an insurance company, other than a life insurance company, may be authorized to transact business in this state, the commissioner may require it to file with the commissioner a sworn statement and other proof that it has not written, or caused to be written, any surety bond or insurance contract on any person, firm, or corporation, or on property in this state, at any time prior to filing its application for a certificate of authority to do business in this state. If it appears that the company has written, or caused to be written, any such surety bond or insurance contract while it was not authorized to do business in this state, it shall file a statement of all such bonds and contracts written by it, and the company shall pay the premium tax due thereon before a certificate of authority is issued to it.
N.D.C.C. § 26.1-03-18