North Dakota Code § 26.1-05-34

Reciprocal states - Restrictions on domestic companies - Exceptions
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As used in this section, "reciprocal state" means a state the laws of which prohibit an 
insurance company domiciled therein from insuring the lives or persons of residents of, or 
property or operations located in, the state of North Dakota unless it holds a valid and subsisting 

certificate of authority issued by the insurance commissioner of this state. The prohibition may 
be subject to the exceptions to this section.
A domestic insurance company may not enter into an insurance contract upon the life or 
person of a resident of, or property or operations located in, a reciprocal state unless it is 
authorized pursuant to the laws of that state to transact such insurance therein. The 
commissioner shall annually mail notice to every domestic insurance company, specifying the 
reciprocal states.
The exceptions to this section are:
1. Contracts entered into when the prospective insurant is personally present in the state 
in which the insurance company is authorized to transact insurance when the insurant 
signs the application.
2. The issuance of certificates under a lawfully transacted group life or group disability 
policy, when the master policy was entered into a state in which the insurance 
company was then authorized to transact insurance.
3. The removal or continuance in force, with or without modification, of contracts 
otherwise lawful and which were not originally executed in violation of this section.

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