Billing Questions

All invoices are due within 30-days of invoice date. Invoices that are not paid in that time will be charge a late fee of $10 a month for each month that the invoice is not paid. Our invoices are considered final and we normally don’t send out monthly statements in order to keep our costs low. Special arrangements can be made for each clients unique needs.

Our company is able able to keep its prices low by accepting cash, checks, and money orders. All prices on this website and those quoted over the phone assume payment will be made within 30-days and will consist of either cash, check, or money order.

Credit Card Service: This service is being provided because of our customers requests for it. All credit card transactions will include a handling fee to cover the expenses associated with credit card processing and so that we don’t have to raise our rates for the other customers that want to pay with cash, check, or money orders. In order to apply with regulations we will NOT be handling any credit cards. It will be up to each of our clients to click on the following link to pay there invoices as they receive them.

To pay with credit card please use the following link: https://searchcompanynd.com/pay-now/

If you have any further questions use the contact us page and we will promptly answer your questions.

Service Fees

Secretary of State Services

ServiceOur FeesAgency Fees
Registered Agent – Search Company of North Dakota LLC  (Commercial Registered Agent)$35/per year/per entity representedFee Varies
Registered Agent – North Dakota Registered Agents LLC (Commercial Registered Agent)$40/per year/per entity representedFee Varies
Registered Agent – North Dakota Registered Agent Services LLC (Non-Commercial Registered Agent)$40/per year/per entity representedFee Varies
   
Annual Reports$20 a documentFee Varies
Apostille$20 a documentFee Varies
Certificate of Good Standing or Certificate of Fact$20 a document$15 + $5 search fee
Certified Copies Of Any Type$20 a document$15 Certification fee + $5 search fee + $.50 a page
Plain Copies Of Any Type$20 a document$5 search fee + $.50 a page
Charitable Organization$20 a documentFee Varies
Contractor Licensing$20 a documentFee Varies
Name Reservation$20 a documentFee Varies
Qualification$20 a documentFee Varies
   
Central Indexing – All 6 indexes$120 a name + $1 page for listing & copies in order of listingFee Varies
Central Indexing – Uniform Commercial Code (UCC)$20 a name + $1 page for listing & copies in order of listingFee Varies
Central Indexing – Statutory Lien Index$20 a name + $1 page for listing & copies in order of listingFee Varies
Central Indexing – Federal Lien Index$20 a name + $1 page for listing & copies in order of listingFee Varies
Central Indexing – State Tax Lien Index$20 a name + $1 page for listing & copies in order of listingFee Varies
Central Indexing – Farm Products Central Notice$20 a name + $1 page for listing & copies in order of listingFee Varies
Central Indexing – Agricultural Statutory Notice$20 a name + $1 page for listing & copies in order of listingFee Varies
   
UCC-1 Origination Filing (debtor FEID or SSN is required)$20 a document$40
UCC-3 Amendment Filing$20 a document$30
UCC-3 Assignment Filing$20 a document$40
UCC-3 Continuation Filing$20 a document$30
UCC-3 Termination Filing$20 a document$0
UCC-5 Information Statement Filing$20 a document $40
   
Other$20 a document and/or $60 a hourFee Varies

County Services

ServiceOur FeesAgency Fees
Document Search For: Fixture Filings By Name (aka UCC-1 and UCC-3 tied to Property)$20 a name + $1 page for listing & copies in order of listingFees Varies
Document Search For: Fixture Filings By Legal Land Description Only (aka UCC-1 and UCC-3 tied to Property)$30 a name + $1 page for listing & copies in order of listingFee Varies
Document Search For: ERISA$20 a name + $1 page for listing & copies in order of listingFee Varies
Document Search For: EPA$20 a name + $1 page for listing & copies in order of listingFee Varies
Document Search For: Judgement Liens Recorded with County Recorder$20 a name + $1 page for listing & copies in order of listingFee Varies
Document Search For: Federal Tax Liens$20 a name + $1 page for listing & copies in order of listingFee Varies (See Note 1)
Document Search For: State Tax Liens$20 a name + $1 page for listing & copies in order of listingFee Varies (See Note 1)
   
Other$20 a document and/or $60 a hourFee Varies

Note 1: State and Federal Tax Liens should no longer be recorded and/or stored at the county level. They should only be in the index at the North Dakota Secretary of State’s office. We have determined that this is not always the case as we have found STL and FTL recorded at the county level in our searches.

Note 2: Listings at the County Level are manually created in Microsoft Excel.  By default listings are not provided.  If more than 5 items are found, time to compile copies and/or listings will be billed in 30-minute increments at $60 per hour.  More than one hour will need to be pre-approved by client.

Note 3:  The following counties have a search fee that is included in “Agency Fees”

  • Grand Forks County $15
  • McKenzie County $15
  • Mountrail County $15
  • Williams County $15
  • All other counties $7

Court Services

ServiceOur FeesAgency Fees
Document Search For: Federal U.S. District Court For North Dakota – Civil$20 a name + $1 a pageFee Varies
Document Search For: Federal U.S. District Court For North Dakota – Criminal$20 a name + $1 a pageFee Varies
Document Search For: Federal U.S. District Court For North Dakota – Bankruptcy$20 a name + $1 a pageFee Varies
Document Search For: State (Bureau of Criminal Investigation) Felony and Misdemeanor$20 a name + $1 a page$15 a name
Document Search For: City/County – Criminal$20 a name + $1 a pageFee Varies
Document Search For: City/County – Civil$20 a name + $1 a pageFee Varies
Document Search For: City/County – Judgements recorded with the court$20 a name + $1 a pageFee Varies
   
Other$20 a document and/or $60 a hourFee Varies

Real Estate Services

ServiceOur FeesAgency Fees
Legal and Vesting (Current Vesting Deed, Legal Information, Taxes reported at the county)$40Fee Varies
One owner search (aka Current Owner Search)$110Fee Varies
Two owner search$220Fee Varies
Update/Datedown (We must have done previously in the past year and/or prior package provided)$40Fee Varies
Full or # number of years search$110 plus $60 a hourFee Varies
Document Retrieval$40 a documentFee Varies
STL/FTL/JUDG at Court/JUDG at County/UCC Fixtures$20 per index + $1 a pageFee Varies
   
Other$20 a document and/or $60 a hourFee Varies

Other State Agency Services

ServiceOur FeesAgency Fees
ND Department of Transportation – Title Work$60 per transactionFee Varies
ND Workforce Safety & Insurance$20 to $60 varies Fee Varies
ND Tax Department – Tax Compliance Certificate$20 per documentFee Varies
ND Job Service – Report to Determine Liability$20 per documentFee Varies
ND Attorney Generals Office – Transient Merchant Licensing$60 a hourFee Varies
ND Tax Department – Income Tax Withholding & Sales and Use Tax Permit$20 per documentFee Varies
ND Insurance Department – Rate, Rules, and Form Retrieval$60 a hourFee Varies
   
Other$20 a document and/or $60 a hourFee Varies

Other Services

ServiceOur FeesAgency Fees
Floor Plan Inspections$60 a hour 
   
Notary Public Services – At office, during business hours$5 
Notary Public Services – At office, after business hours$5 plus travel fee of $30 in Bismarck/Mandan Area. 
Notary Public Services – At your location$5 plus travel fee of $30 in Bismarck/Mandan Area. 
Notary Public Services – Outside of Bismarck/Mandan$5 plus travel fee (IRS mileage rate plus $60 per hour roundtrip) 
   
Service of Process – Bismarck/Mandan within 3-5 business days – 2 attempts$35.00 
Service of Process – Outside of Bismarck/Mandan – Per attempt$20 plus travel fee ($5 a mile from Bismarck location to destination location) 
Service of Process – Certified Mail$40 plus USPS Fees 
   
Other$20 a document and/or $60 a hourFee Varies
Copies – Black and White$.10 per page 
Rush Servicesminimum $100 plus actual cost of service 

Delivery Services

ServiceOur FeesAgency Fees
Scanned and E-Mailed Results (Default – Free)Colored Certificates will be scanned in color all others will be black and white.Included in fees aboveN/A
Federal Express (Billed to your FedEx account per your instructions)Included in fees aboveFee Varies
United Parcel Service (Billed to your UPS account per your instruction)Included in fees aboveFee Varies
USPS – Regular Mail$10 plus postage costs; Fee Varies

 

*Fee Varies – Every agency and/or county may have a different fee schedule.   For the most part we tell our customers to expect $1 a page, $3-20 search fee if they have to go into the archives as the document is not available in the electronic system.   Certified copies adds between $15-20 onto the request.