N.D. Cent. Code § 6-03-13.6
Notwithstanding section 6-03-13.1, any bank organized under chapter 6-02, any national bank doing business in this state, or any bank established in this state by any bank holding company doing business in this state as of January 1, 1995, may convert a branch of a federal savings and loan association located in this state which was in existence as of March 1, 1995, purchased by the bank between January 1, 1995, and August 1, 1996, into a facility of the bank to be maintained at the same branch location if the acquisition and conversion does not violate the deposit limitations provisions contained in sections 6-08-30 and 6-08.3-03.1 and the acquisition and conversion of the branch is approved by the appropriate regulatory agencies.
N.D.C.C. § 6-03-13.6