65-04-13. Books, records, and payrolls of employers subject to audit and inspection - Penalty for refusal to permit inspection

65-04-13. Books, records, and payrolls of employers subject to audit and inspection - Penalty for refusal to permit inspection. All books, records, and payrolls of the employers of the state, showing or reflecting in any way upon the amount of wage expenditure of the employers, are open always for inspection by the organization or any of its traveling auditors, inspectors, or assistants for the purpose of ascertaining the correctness of the reports, wage expenditures, the number of employees, and any other information necessary for the organization to administer this title. An employer who refuses to submit the employer's books, records, and payrolls for inspection by the organization, or its auditor, inspector, or assistant presenting written authority from the organization, is subject to a penalty of five hundred dollars for each offense. The organization shall collect the penalty by civil action in the name of the state and shall deposit a penalty collected under this section to the credit of the fund.