Compassion centers - Cannabis plants
N.D. Cent. Code § 19-24.1-24
in effect19-24.1-24. Compassion centers - Cannabis plants
1. A manufacturing facility shall grow an amount of marijuana sufficient to meet the
qualifying patient population demands. For every five hundred plants in excess of one
thousand plants a manufacturing facility possesses, the manufacturing facility shall
pay the department an additional certification fee not to exceed seven thousand five
hundred dollars. This fee is due at the time of increase and again at renewal of the
compassion center registration certificate under section 19-24.1-16.
2. A dispensary may not possess more than three thousand five hundred ounces
[99.22 kilograms] of usable marijuana at any time, regardless of formulation.
3. The department shall adopt rules to allow a manufacturing facility to possess no more
than an additional fifty plants for the exclusive purpose of department-authorized
research and development related to production and processing. These plants are not
counted in a manufacturing facility possession amount and are not subject to an
additional fee.
Source: Open US Law by Vaquill AI (CC BY 4.0)URL: https://ndlegis.gov/cencode/t19c24-1.pdf#nameddest=19-24p1-24Fetched: 10/16/2026