North Dakota Code § 41-09-117

vvv. "Public organic record" means a record that is available to the public for
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inspection and which is:
(1) A record consisting of the record initially filed with or issued by a state or the 
United States to form or organize an organization and any record filed with 
or issued by the state or the United States which amends or restates the 
initial record;
(2) An organic record of a business trust consisting of the record initially filed 
with a state and any record filed with the state which amends or restates the 
initial record, if a statute of the state governing business trusts requires that 
the record be filed with the state; or
(3) A record consisting of legislation enacted by the legislature of a state or the 
Congress of the United States which forms or organizes an organization, 
any record amending the legislation, and any record filed with or issued by 
the state or United States which amends or restates the name of the 
organization.
www. "Pursuant to commitment", with respect to an advance made or other value given 
by a secured party, means pursuant to the secured party's obligation, regardless 
of whether a subsequent event of default or other event not within the secured 
party's control has relieved or may relieve the secured party from the secured 
party's obligation.
xxx. "Record", except as used in "for record", "of record", "record or legal title", and 
"record owner", means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or 
which is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable 
form.
yyy. "Registered organization" means an organization formed or organized solely 
under the law of a single state or the United States by the filing of a public organic 
record with, the issuance of a public organic record by, or the enactment of 
legislation by the state or United States. The term includes a business trust that is 
formed or organized under the law of a single state if a statute of the state 
governing business trusts requires that the business trust's organic record be 
filed with the state.
zzz. "Secondary obligor" means an obligor to the extent that:
(1) The obligor's obligation is secondary; or
(2) The obligor has a right of recourse with respect to an obligation secured by 
collateral against the debtor, another obligor, or property of either.
aaaa. "Secured party" means:
(1) A person in whose favor a security interest is created or provided for under a 
security agreement, regardless of whether any obligation to be secured is 
outstanding;
(2) A person that holds an agricultural lien;
(3) A consignor;

(4) A person to which accounts, chattel paper, payment intangibles, or 
promissory notes have been sold;
(5) A trustee, indenture trustee, agent, collateral agent, or other representative 
in whose favor a security interest or agricultural lien is created or provided 
for; or
(6) A person that holds a security interest arising under section 41 -02-46, 
section 41-02-53, subsection 3 of section 41 -02-90, subsection 5 of section 
41-02.1-56, section 41-04-22, or section 41-05-18.
bbbb. "Security agreement" means an agreement that creates or provides for a security 
interest.
cccc. "Software" means a computer program and any supporting information provided 
in connection with a transaction relating to the program. The term does not 
include a computer program that is included in the definition of goods.
dddd. "State" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory 
or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.
eeee. "Supporting obligation" means a letter -of-credit right or secondary obligation that 
supports the payment or performance of an account, chattel paper, a document, a 
general intangible, an instrument, or investment property.
ffff. "Tangible money" means money in a tangible form.
gggg. "Termination statement" means an amendment of a financing statement which:
(1) Identifies, by the amendment's file number, the initial financing statement to 
which it relates; and
(2) Indicates either that the amendment is a termination statement or that the 
identified financing statement is no longer effective.
hhhh. "Transmitting utility" means a person primarily engaged in the business of:
(1) Operating a railroad, subway, street railway, or trolley bus;
(2) Transmitting communications electrically, electromagnetically, or by light;
(3) Transmitting goods by pipeline or sewer; or
(4) Transmitting or producing and transmitting electricity, steam, gas, or water.
iiii. "Uncertificated certificate of deposit" means an obligation of a bank to repay a 
sum of money that it has received which is not represented by a certificate, but 
only by an entry on the books of the bank and any documentation given to the 
customer by the bank. The term does not include a deposit account.
2. "Control" as provided under section 41 -07-06 and the following definitions in other 
chapters apply to this chapter:
a. "Applicant". Section 41-05-02.
b. "Beneficiary". Section 41-05-02.
c. "Broker". Section 41-08-02.
d. "Certificated security". Section 41-08-02.
e. "Check". Section 41-03-04.
f. "Clearing corporation". Section 41-08-02.
g. "Contract for sale". Section 41-02-06.
h. "Controllable electronic record". Section 41-12-02.
i. "Customer". Section 41-04-04.
j. "Entitlement holder". Section 41-08-02.
k. "Financial asset". Section 41-08-02.
l. "Holder in due course". Section 41-03-28.
m. "Issuer" (with respect to a letter of credit or letter -of-credit right). Section 
41-05-02.
n. "Issuer" (with respect to a security). Section 41-08-17.
o. "Issuer" (with respect to documents of title). Section 41-07-02.
p. "Lease". Section 41-02.1-03.
q. "Lease agreement". Section 41-02.1-03.
r. "Lease contract". Section 41-02.1-03.
s. "Leasehold interest". Section 41-02.1-03.

t. "Lessee". Section 41-02.1-03.
u. "Lessee in ordinary course of business". Section 41-02.1-03.
v. "Lessor". Section 41-02.1-03.
w. "Lessor's residual interest". Section 41-02.1-03.
x. "Letter of credit". Section 41-05-02.
y. "Merchant". Section 41-02-04.
z. "Negotiable instrument". Section 41-03-04.
aa. "Nominated person". Section 41-05-02.
bb. "Note". Section 41-03-04.
cc. "Proceeds of a letter of credit". Section 41-05-14.
dd. "Protected purchaser". Section 41-08-29.
ee. "Prove". Section 41-03-03.
ff. "Qualifying purchaser". Section 41-12-02.
gg. "Sale". Section 41-02-06.
hh. "Securities account". Section 41-08-41.
ii. "Securities intermediary". Section 41-08-02.
jj. "Security". Section 41-08-02.
kk. "Security certificate". Section 41-08-02.
ll. "Security entitlement". Section 41-08-02.
mm. "Uncertificated security". Section 41-08-02.
3. Chapter 41 -01 contains general definitions and principles of construction and 
interpretation applicable throughout this chapter.

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