N.D. Cent. Code § 43-23.5-17
43-23.5-17. Requirement of appraisal management company's payment to appraiser
43-23.5-17. Requirement of appraisal management company's payment to appraiser
1.
An appraisal management company shall, except in bona fide cases of breach of
contract or substandard performance of services, make payment to an independent
appraiser for the completion of an appraisal or valuation assignment within forty-five
days of the date on which the appraiser transmits or otherwise provides the completed
appraisal or valuation assignment to the company or its assignee unless a mutually
agreed-upon alternate arrangement has been previously established.
2.
An appraisal management company seeking to be registered or to renew an existing
registration in this state shall certify that the company will require appraisals to be
conducted independently as required by the appraisal independence standards under
section 129E of the Truth in Lending Act, including the requirements of payment or a
reasonable and customary fee to independent appraisers when the appraisal
management company is providing services for a consumer credit transaction secured
by the principal dwelling of a consumer.