N.D. Cent. Code § 35-29-02
35-29-02. Place of filing
35-29-02. Place of filing
1. Notices of liens, certificates, and other notices affecting federal tax liens or other
federal liens must be filed in accordance with this chapter.
2. Notices of liens upon real property for obligations payable to the United States and
certificates and notices affecting the liens must be filed in the central indexing system
and associated to the county in which the real property subject to the liens is situated.
3. Notices of federal liens upon personal property, whether tangible or intangible, for
obligations payable to the United States and certificates and notices affecting the liens
must be filed as follows:
a. If the person against whose interest the lien applies is a corporation, limited
liability company, or a partnership whose principal executive office is in this state,
as these entities are defined in the internal revenue laws of the United States, in
the office of the secretary of state.
b. If the person against whose interest the lien applies is a trust that is not covered
by subdivision a, in the office of the secretary of state.
c. If the person against whose interest the lien applies is the estate of a decedent, in
the office of the secretary of state.
d. In all other cases, in the office of the recorder of the county where the person
against whose interest the lien applies resides at the time of filing of the notice of
lien.
4. The secretary of state shall provide a means for the United States to file any
documentation according to this chapter.