N.D.C.C. § 57-06-09 — Penalty for failure to furnish report

If any company refuses or neglects to make the report required by this chapter , or refuses
or neglects to furnish any information requested, the tax commissioner shall obtain the best
information available on the facts necessary to be known in order to discharge the tax
commissioner's duties with respect to the valuation and assessment of the property of the
company. If any company fails to make the report required under this chapter on or before the
first day of May of any year, the state board of equalization shall add twenty percent to the
assessed value of the property of the company for that year . If any company fails to make the
report required under this chapter on or before the first day of June of any year, the state board
of equalization shall add an additional ten percent to the assessed value of the property of the
company for that year. On or before the first day of June, for good cause shown, the tax
commissioner may waive all or any part of the penalty that attached under this section.