N.D. Cent. Code § 29-12-14
Whenever a sheriff or other officer returns a summons issued as is provided in section 29-12-13 with the officer's certificate showing due service thereof, the corporation or limited liability company, if it does not appear on and after the day appointed in such summons for its appearance, must be considered in default and the court shall order the clerk to enter a plea of not guilty for said corporation or limited liability company in the minutes of the court, and all further proceedings must be had in said action as if the corporation or limited liability company had appeared and pleaded not guilty to the information or indictment. If upon the trial the corporation or limited liability company is found guilty, the court shall impose a fine upon it as prescribed by law and shall enter judgment for the amount of such fine and the costs of said action in the same manner as on a judgment in a civil action.
N.D.C.C. § 29-12-14