N.D. Cent. Code § 11-10-09 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-10 / Section 11-10-09
11-10-09. Oath of county officers
Status: in_force

11-10-09. Oath of county officers

Every county officer, before entering upon the discharge of the officer's duties, shall take

and subscribe the oath prescribed for civil officers.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-19.1-16 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-19.1 / Section 11-19.1-16
11-19.1-16. Coroner's fees paid out of county treasury - Fees to be charged by coroner - Duty of county auditor - Certain expenses paid by the state
Status: in_force

11-19.1-16. Coroner's fees paid out of county treasury - Fees to be charged by

coroner - Duty of county auditor - Certain expenses paid by the state.

1. The fees and mileage as provided by section 11-10-15 allowed to the coroner shall be

paid out of the county treasury of the county of residence of the deceased person and

the coroner's bill shall be presented to the county auditor and shall be paid upon

approval and order of the board of county commissioners.

2. The department of health and human services shall audit, and if found correct, certify

for payment by the state treasurer duly itemized and verified claims of the coroner, the

coroner's medical deputy, and pathologist for the necessary expenses incurred or paid

in the performance of an autopsy of a child whose cause of death was suspected to

have been the unexplained sudden death in infant or child with or without intrinsic or

extrinsic factors, or both.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-33-17.1 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-33 / Section 11-33-17.1
11-33-17.1. Zoning - Nonconforming structure
Status: in_force

11-33-17.1. Zoning - Nonconforming structure

1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law or zoning ordinance, a nonconforming

structure devoted to residential use and located in a residential zoning district may be

repaired, replaced, improved, maintained, restored, or rebuilt in its entirety even

though the structure is damaged beyond fifty percent of its value if:

a. An application for a building permit is submitted within six months of the date the

damage occurs;

b. Restoration begins within one year of the date the damage occurred;

c. The lot or parcel upon which the structure dedicated to residential use is located

abuts a public right of way; and

d. The new structure will not:

(1) Occupy a portion of the lot which was not occupied by the damaged

structure;

(2) Have more square footage than the damaged structure;

(3) Exceed the height or number of stories of the damaged structure;

(4) Diminish the number of off-street parking spaces located on the property

from the number of spaces before the damage;

(5) Violate existing building and fire codes;

(6) Violate existing sanitary or health standards imposed by the local health

district;

(7) Pose a risk to public health or safety;

(8) Encroach upon a public right of way; or

(9) Encroach upon any neighboring property.

2. Under subsection 1, expansion of a nonconforming structure is prohibited unless the

expansion is in compliance with applicable zoning ordinances and state laws and

rules. The zoning authority shall determine whether a proposed expansion is in

compliance.

3. Under subsection 1, a nonconforming structure may not be moved unless the

movement or relocation will bring the structure into compliance with all applicable

zoning ordinances.

4. Notwithstanding subsection 1, the zoning authority shall regulate the repair,

replacement, improvement, maintenance, restoration, rebuilding, or expansion of

nonconforming uses and structures in floodplain areas to the extent necessary to

maintain eligibility in the national flood insurance program and adhere fully to all

applicable floodplain management ordinances without increasing flood damage

potential or increasing the degree of obstruction to floodflows in the floodway.

5. Notwithstanding subsections 1, 2, and 3, the zoning authority may create a less

restrictive ordinance or regulation.

6. Unless the county determines the repair, replacement, improvement, maintenance,

restoration, or rebuilding of a nonconforming structure will violate subdivision d of

subsection 1, the county shall issue a building permit to a property owner that meets

the qualifications under subsection 1.

7. For purposes of this section, "nonconforming structure" means a structure that was

legal before a change in ordinance made the structure nonconforming.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-07-03.1 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-07 / Section 11-07-03.1
11-07-03.1. Optional method of redistricting - Board of county commissioners may exercise option - Combination of districts - Election at large of candidates from districts
Status: repealed

11-07-03.1. Optional method of redistricting - Board of county commissioners may

exercise option - Combination of districts - Election at large of candidates from districts.

Repealed by S.L. 2009, ch. 110, § 5.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-03-11 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-03 / Section 11-03-11
11-03-11. Indebtedness of new county to original county - How and when determined
Status: in_force

11-03-11. Indebtedness of new county to original county - How and when determined

A county organized under this chapter shall assume and pay a just proportion of the

indebtedness of the county from which it is segregated, based upon the last assessed valuation

of the original county and in the proportion that the valuation within the segregated portion bears

to the aggregate of the valuation within the whole of the original county. The boards of county

commissioners of the county organized under this chapter and of the county from which the

latter segregates shall meet at the county seat of the original county on the third Monday in the

sixth month following the appointment of the county commissioners of the new county by the

governor. They shall ascertain, as near as may be, the total outstanding indebtedness of the

original county on the first of January or July, as the case may require, next preceding the date

of the joint session and from such total, they shall make the following deductions:

1. The amount of rents due and payable to the original county.

2. The present value of all public property owned by and remaining within the limits of the

original county. Such present value in all events shall be deemed equal at least to the

amount of any outstanding bonds issued for the payment of such property.

3. The amount of public funds on hand and belonging to the original county on the day

for which its outstanding indebtedness is ascertained which do not belong to the

special funds hereinafter mentioned.

The amount remaining after such deductions, for the purpose of the settlement herein provided

for, shall be the amount of which the county organized under this chapter shall pay a portion in

the proportion hereinbefore specified. The new county shall be charged with the value of county

real property within the boundaries thereof. The boards of county commissioners shall ascertain

and fix the amount the new county shall assume and pay to the county from which it

segregates. The provisions of this section shall be followed even though the new county is

organized from parts of two or more organized counties except that the boards of county

commissioners of all counties involved shall participate in the proceedings herein described.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-11-49 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-11 / Section 11-11-49
11-11-49. Board may offer reward
Status: in_force

11-11-49. Board may offer reward

The board of county commissioners may offer a reward for the apprehension and conviction

of each individual violating any of the provisions of chapters 12.1-21 and 12.1-23.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-09-09 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-09 / Section 11-09-09
11-09-09. Powers of board of county commissioners - Failure of witness to obey order of board is a misdemeanor
Status: in_force

11-09-09. Powers of board of county commissioners - Failure of witness to obey order

of board is a misdemeanor.

The board of county commissioners of a county which has adopted any form of county

managership shall be the policy-determining body of the county and shall have the following

powers:

1. To exercise all of the powers of the county as a body politic and corporate in the

manner provided in this chapter.

2. To levy taxes and to appropriate county funds.

3. To inquire into the official conduct of any officer or office under its control and to

investigate the accounts, disbursements, bills, and receipts of any county officer. For

these purposes, it may subpoena witnesses, administer oaths, and require the

production of books, papers, and other evidence. If a witness fails or refuses to obey

any lawful order of the board, the witness shall be deemed guilty of a class A

misdemeanor.

4. To preserve order in its sessions and enforce obedience for this purpose by fines not

exceeding five dollars or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than

twenty-four hours.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-30-08 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-30 / Section 11-30-08
11-30-08. Governor to designate county to which unorganized county attached - Purposes of attachment
Status: in_force

11-30-08. Governor to designate county to which unorganized county attached -

Purposes of attachment.

After the result of the election is proclaimed, but not before December fifteenth nor later

than December thirty-first following, the governor, by proclamation, shall designate an adjoining

organized county to which the unorganized county shall be attached for judicial, record, and

taxation purposes, and all purposes of county government, and such proclamation shall become

effective on January first following. If, before such December fifteenth, the board of county

commissioners of the unorganized county designates, by resolution, the organized county to

which the unorganized county desires to be attached, and if the organized county, before such

date, agrees to such attachment, by resolution, the governor, by proclamation, shall declare that

the unorganized county is attached to such organized county, effective on January first following

the proclamation.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-11-13 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-11 / Section 11-11-13
11-11-13. Board to ascertain amount of satisfaction of tax lien money
Status: in_force

11-11-13. Board to ascertain amount of satisfaction of tax lien money

The board of county commissioners, at the first meeting of the board each year, shall

examine the county treasurer's satisfaction of tax lien book and stub receipts and ascertain the

amount of satisfaction of tax lien money in the treasury, and shall require the treasurer to

account for the same.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-21-06 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-21 / Section 11-21-06
11-21-06. May act as general and special administrator, guardian, and conservator
Status: in_force

11-21-06. May act as general and special administrator, guardian, and conservator

The public administrator shall have the same powers as are conferred upon special

administrators, guardians, and conservators, and shall be subject to the same duties, penalties,

provisions, and proceedings as are enjoined upon or authorized against special administrators,

guardians, and conservators by the laws of this state so far as the same may be applicable. The

public administrator may be appointed in proper cases as general administrator without giving

additional bond, except that the court may require additional security, and when so appointed,

the public administrator shall continue the administration until it is finally settled unless the

public administrator resigns, dies, is discharged in the ordinary course of law as the

administrator, or is removed for cause as public administrator or as administrator of such estate.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-38-04 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-38 / Section 11-38-04
11-38-04. Extension agent selection
Status: in_force

11-38-04. Extension agent selection

When a majority of the votes are cast to authorize a tax levy for extension work, by the

following July first the North Dakota state university extension service shall conduct interviews

and select a candidate for extension agent.

If a vacancy occurs in the extension agent position, the North Dakota state university

extension service, with approval of the board of county commissioners, shall conduct interviews

and select a candidate for extension agent.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-15-33 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-15 / Section 11-15-33
11-15-33. County law enforcement officer - Jurisdiction - Fresh pursuit
Status: in_force

11-15-33. County law enforcement officer - Jurisdiction - Fresh pursuit

1. A county law enforcement officer employed by a county has jurisdiction within that

county and up to one thousand five hundred feet [457.2 meters] outside the county.

2. A county law enforcement officer in fresh pursuit may enter another county and may

continue within that county in fresh pursuit to make an arrest, in compliance with a

warrant or without a warrant under the conditions of section 29-06-15, if obtaining the

aid of law enforcement officers having jurisdiction in that county would cause a delay

permitting escape. As used in this section, "fresh pursuit" means fresh pursuit as

defined in section 29-06-07.

3. The jurisdiction limits in subsection 1 do not apply to a county law enforcement officer

acting pursuant to a joint powers agreement with another jurisdiction.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-14-18 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-14 / Section 11-14-18
11-14-18. Failure of treasurer to make settlement - Auditor to start suit
Status: in_force

11-14-18. Failure of treasurer to make settlement - Auditor to start suit

If a county treasurer fails to make return and settlement, or fails to pay over all money with

which the treasurer stands charged, at the time and in the manner prescribed by law, the county

auditor, on receiving instructions for that purpose from the board of county commissioners of the

treasurer's county, shall cause suit to be instituted against the treasurer and the treasurer's

sureties, or any of them.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-03-23 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-03 / Section 11-03-23
11-03-23. Original county cannot collect revenue in new county
Status: in_force

11-03-23. Original county cannot collect revenue in new county

The authority of a county, from which a portion segregates under the provisions of this

chapter, to collect revenue within the boundaries of the new county shall cease on the date

upon which the two boards of county commissioners base the settlement between their

counties. All assessments and levies lawfully made by the original county prior to such date

affecting any of the territory embraced in the boundaries of the new county shall remain the

same and shall be payable to and collectible by the lawful authorities of the new county.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-18-05.1 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-18 / Section 11-18-05.1
11-18-05.1. Additional recording fees - Severed mineral interests
Status: repealed

11-18-05.1. Additional recording fees - Severed mineral interests

Repealed by S.L. 1977, ch. 101, § 10.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-03-17 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-03 / Section 11-03-17
11-03-17. Tax collected for payment of bonds must be used for that purpose - Use of surplus
Status: in_force

11-03-17. Tax collected for payment of bonds must be used for that purpose - Use of

surplus.

The money collected for the payment of the interest or principal of the bonds issued under

the provisions of this chapter shall not be used for any other purpose until the bonds are

redeemed. Any surplus shall be placed in the county general fund.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-09-25 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-09 / Section 11-09-25
11-09-25. Recorder - Who to act
Status: in_force

11-09-25. Recorder - Who to act

In counties adopting a short form of county managership, the functions imposed on the

recorder shall be performed, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, by or under the

direction of the county manager. In counties adopting a county manager form of government,

such functions, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, shall be performed by or under the

direction of the director of finance.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-30-01 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-30 / Section 11-30-01
11-30-01. Counties may disorganize - Petition
Status: in_force

11-30-01. Counties may disorganize - Petition

Whenever the board of county commissioners of any county having a population of less

than four thousand inhabitants is petitioned so to do by twenty percent of the qualified electors

of such county, as determined by the vote cast for the office of governor at the last preceding

general election, such board shall submit to the qualified electors of the county the question of

disorganization of the county. The question shall be submitted at the next statewide election

occurring more than ninety days after the filing of such petition.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-15-21 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-15 / Section 11-15-21
11-15-21. Service of papers other than process on sheriff
Status: in_force

11-15-21. Service of papers other than process on sheriff

Service of a paper, other than a process, may be made upon the sheriff by delivering it to

the sheriff, to one of the sheriff's deputies, or to a person in charge of the office during office

hours, or, if no such person is there, by leaving it in a conspicuous place in the office.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-20-02 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-20 / Section 11-20-02
11-20-02. Deputies - Appointment - Removal
Status: in_force

11-20-02. Deputies - Appointment - Removal

The county surveyor may appoint one or more deputies and may revoke any such

appointment at pleasure. An appointment or revocation shall be in writing, signed by the

surveyor, and filed with the recorder, unless the board of county commissioners designates a

different official. Each deputy shall take the constitutional oath of office and may perform any

duties imposed by law upon the county surveyor. The surveyor and the surveyor's sureties shall

be responsible for the faithful performance of the duties of the surveyor's office by any deputy.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-38-01 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-38 / Section 11-38-01
11-38-01. County extension agent - Petition to authorize or discontinue levy - Election - Levy limitations
Status: in_force

11-38-01. County extension agent - Petition to authorize or discontinue levy - Election

- Levy limitations.

1. Upon the filing with the county auditor at least sixty-four days before the date of a

general election of a petition to authorize or discontinue a tax levy for extension work,

containing the names of twenty percent of the qualified electors of the county as

determined by the votes cast for governor in the county in the most recent

gubernatorial election, the board of county commissioners shall submit to the qualified

electors at the next general election the question of authorizing or discontinuing a tax

levy for extension work. Upon approval by a majority of qualified electors of the county

voting on the question of authorizing a tax levy for extension work, the board of county

commissioners may levy a tax of up to two mills as provided in subsection 2 of section
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-28.1-04 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-28.1 / Section 11-28.1-04
11-28.1-04. Protest against establishing service district - Hearing to determine sufficiency - When protest a bar to proceeding
Status: in_force

11-28.1-04. Protest against establishing service district - Hearing to determine

sufficiency - When protest a bar to proceeding.

If, within thirty days after the hearing provided for in section 11-28.1-03, written protests

signed by the owners of more than half of the area of the property included within the service

district are filed in the offices of the county auditor, the protests shall be a bar against

proceeding further with the project described in the specifications. The board of county park

commissioners, at its next meeting after the expiration of the time for filing such protests, shall

consider and determine the sufficiency of any protests filed. If no protests are filed or the

protests are found to be insufficient or invalid, the board of county park commissioners may

initiate and carry on the project.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-12-04 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-12 / Section 11-12-04
11-12-04. Increase in number of commissioners authorized - New districts formed
Status: in_force

11-12-04. Increase in number of commissioners authorized - New districts formed

When the returns of an election to pass on the question of increasing the number of county

commissioners in a county show that a majority of the votes cast on the question favored such

increase, the board of county commissioners, within ten days after the votes have been

canvassed, shall divide the county into five commissioners' districts. Such districts shall be

numbered from one to five.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-33-10 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-33 / Section 11-33-10
11-33-10. Separate hearings
Status: in_force

11-33-10. Separate hearings

Any person aggrieved by any provision of a resolution adopted hereunder, or any

amendment thereto may, within thirty days after the first publication of such resolution or

amendment, petition for a separate hearing thereon before the board of county commissioners.

The petition shall be in writing and shall specify in detail the ground of the objections. The

petition shall be filed with the county auditor. A hearing thereon shall be held by the board no

sooner than seven days, nor later than thirty days after the filing of the petition with the county

auditor, who shall notify the petitioner of the time and place of the hearing. At this hearing, the

board of county commissioners shall consider the matter complained of and shall notify the

petitioner, by registered or certified mail, what action, if any, it proposes to take thereon. The

board of county commissioners, at its next regular meeting, shall either rescind or affirm such

resolution or amendment. The provisions of this section shall not operate to curtail or exclude

the exercise of any other rights or powers of the board of county commissioners or any citizen.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-08-13 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-08 / Section 11-08-13
11-08-13. Powers and duties of other officers
Status: in_force

11-08-13. Powers and duties of other officers

The sheriff, state's attorney, and coroner elected or appointed under this chapter shall

perform the duties and exercise the powers conferred by law upon them.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-11-17 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-11 / Section 11-11-17
11-11-17. Board of county commissioners may supervise the building or repairing of roads, bridges, and property of the county - Compensation
Status: in_force

11-11-17. Board of county commissioners may supervise the building or repairing of

roads, bridges, and property of the county - Compensation.

Whenever the board of county commissioners of any county is required by law to lay out,

oversee, and supervise the building or repairing of roads and bridges, including the appointment

of a district overseer of highways' duties in unorganized territory, or the building or repairing of

any property owned by the county, the board may appoint or designate one or more members of

the board personally to lay out, oversee, or supervise the building or repairing of any such

roads, bridges, or property. Each commissioner is entitled to receive as compensation for

services the sum of five dollars per day and the mileage provided by law for members of the

board of county commissioners.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-18-21 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-18 / Section 11-18-21
11-18-21. Alteration of existing boundary lines by court or arbitrator - Filing of plat required
Status: in_force

11-18-21. Alteration of existing boundary lines by court or arbitrator - Filing of plat

required.

Within thirty days of the issuance of any judgment or final decision in a court action or

arbitration proceeding which establishes a boundary for real property that deviates from the

existing boundaries established by the United States public land surveys, surveys using the

North Dakota coordinate system, or any other official survey depicting the boundaries of real

property, a plat must be filed in the office of the recorder in the county where the property is

located, containing a diagrammatic depiction of the boundary as it existed prior to the judgment

or final decision, and as established by the judgment or final decision. The plat must be

prepared by a land surveyor registered pursuant to chapter 43-19.1. The plat must be filed in

the same manner as provided in section 47-20.1-06 and must clearly indicate that it depicts

changes in existing boundaries ordered by the judgment of a court or the final decision of an

arbitrator. Specific reference to the property affected must appear prominently in the title of the

plat. Liability for the costs and responsibility for filing of the plat must be set by the court or

arbitrator issuing the judgment or final decision. The requirements of this section are in addition

to any other filing or recordation otherwise required in this state.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-05.1-01 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-05.1 / Section 11-05.1-01
11-05.1-01. County consolidation committee
Status: in_force

11-05.1-01. County consolidation committee

1. Any two or more counties may create a county consolidation committee:

a. By entering into a joint powers agreement or by joint resolution pursuant to

separate majority votes of the participating boards of county commissioners; or

b. By direct initiative through petitions signed by ten percent or more of the total

number of qualified electors of each county voting for governor at the most recent

gubernatorial election.

2. The composition of the committee is as prescribed in the joint powers agreement or

joint resolution, or as the composition or manner for determining the composition is

prescribed in the petition. However, the committee membership must include at least

one resident of each incorporated city in each county.

3. Any vacancy may be filled as prescribed in the agreement or resolution or, if not

prescribed, by the board of county commissioners of the county that was represented

by the person vacating the position.

4. The committee has at least one hundred twenty days in which to consider and file its

final report. After one hundred twenty days, the committee may be discharged by

motion of either board of county commissioners.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-28.3-11 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-28.3 / Section 11-28.3-11
11-28.3-11. Funds collected to be deposited
Status: in_force

11-28.3-11. Funds collected to be deposited

All funds collected on behalf of the district through the levy of taxes, all donations,

contributions, bequests, or annuities, and all borrowed money received by or on behalf of the

district shall be deposited in a state or national bank to the credit of the district account and shall

be drawn out only by warrant.

Claim vouchers shall be authorized by the board of directors and shall bear the signature of

the secretary-treasurer and the countersignature of the president. The secretary-treasurer of the

district shall, at each annual public meeting of the district, present a financial report concerning

the affairs of the district.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-05.1-04 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-05.1 / Section 11-05.1-04
11-05.1-04. Approval of consolidation plan
Status: in_force

11-05.1-04. Approval of consolidation plan

If the committee approves a consolidation plan, it must submit a report and a map showing

the boundaries of the proposed county consolidation or change in county lines to the board of

county commissioners of each affected county. The report may also be made available to all

interested persons. When the report and map have been received by the respective boards of

county commissioners, the boards of county commissioners of each county shall act pursuant to

chapter 11-05 or 11-06.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-27-11 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-27 / Section 11-27-11
11-27-11. County may exchange lands on Indian reservation for lands of federal government
Status: in_force

11-27-11. County may exchange lands on Indian reservation for lands of federal

government.

Any county of the state, through its board of county commissioners, may exchange tracts of

land belonging to such county within any Indian reservation in said county, for lands of like

character and value belonging to the United States government on Indian reservations within

the state. The county may execute and deliver proper conveyances of such lands in the manner

and form provided by law, but without the necessity of complying with any statute requiring

notice of exchange or competitive bidding, and may accept in return therefor a proper

instrument of conveyance to the county of the lands of the federal government for which such

county lands are exchanged. Such lands exchanged by the county shall be appraised in the

manner provided for the sale of real property acquired by the county for delinquent taxes, and

the exchange shall be subject to the approval of the appropriate department of the federal

government.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-11-34 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-11 / Section 11-11-34
11-11-34. Auditing building accounts of board of county commissioners
Status: in_force

11-11-34. Auditing building accounts of board of county commissioners

The county auditor, county treasurer, and some qualified elector and freeholder of the

county appointed by the board of county commissioners from outside of its own number shall

act as a board of auditors to audit accounts of the board of county commissioners in connection

with the erection of county buildings. The members of such board of auditors shall receive for

their services the sum of three dollars each for every day actually and necessarily employed in

such capacity, to be paid upon the warrant of such board of county commissioners.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-16-07 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-16 / Section 11-16-07
11-16-07. District judge may appoint special counsel to assist state's attorney - Compensation
Status: in_force

11-16-07. District judge may appoint special counsel to assist state's attorney -

Compensation.

The judge of the district court may appoint special counsel to assist the state's attorney in

any important case. The county for which the services were rendered shall pay such special

counsel a reasonable fee therefor to be approved by the court.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-03-15 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-03 / Section 11-03-15
11-03-15. Commissioners of new county to issue bonds in denominations required by original county - Exception - Delivery
Status: in_force

11-03-15. Commissioners of new county to issue bonds in denominations required by

original county - Exception - Delivery.

The board of county commissioners of a county organized under this chapter shall issue the

liquidating bonds in such denominations, not to exceed one thousand dollars each, as may be

required by the original county. It shall deliver the same to the county auditor of the original

county. The county auditor shall receipt therefor and affix the seal of the county auditor's office

to such receipts. The county auditor of the county organized under this chapter shall enter such

receipts at large upon the records of the board of county commissioners and note the same in

the bond register of that county.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-28-09 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-28 / Section 11-28-09
11-28-09. Violation of any rule or regulation - Penalty - Injunction
Status: in_force

11-28-09. Violation of any rule or regulation - Penalty - Injunction

Violation of any rule or regulation of the board of county park commissioners shall be an

infraction, and in addition, the board of county park commissioners shall have remedy by

injunction to enjoin the operation or maintenance of any establishment, concession, or activity

prohibited by the rules and regulations of the board.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-38-06 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-38 / Section 11-38-06
11-38-06. Budgeting for extension work
Status: in_force

11-38-06. Budgeting for extension work

1. When the board of county commissioners is authorized to make a levy for the

employment of an extension agent, the board shall provide an annual budget that

stipulates the salary of the agent, field and office expenses, and allowance for staff.

2. The budget must be revised annually to account for changes in agent and staff

salaries and operating expenses. The board of county commissioners annually shall

provide the North Dakota state university extension service input on the extension

agent's performance. The extension agent's annual salary adjustment must be agreed

upon by the board of county commissioners and the extension service based on the

agent's annual performance and consideration of county and extension service budget

limitations.

3. After agreeing upon a budget and after deducting the amount of funds contributed

from federal and state funds, the board of county commissioners shall levy within the

authorization under this chapter or appropriate funds out of the county general fund, or

both, to cover the county's share of the budget.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-01-22 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-01 / Section 11-01-22
11-01-22. Hettinger County
Status: in_force

11-01-22. Hettinger County

Beginning at the southwest corner of township one hundred thirty-three north, range

ninety-seven west of the fifth principal meridian, a point on the eighth standard parallel; thence

east along the eighth standard parallel to the northwest corner of township one hundred

thirty-two north, range ninety-four west; thence south along the line between ranges ninety-four

and ninety-five west to the southwest corner of township one hundred thirty-two north, range

ninety-four west; thence east along the line between townships one hundred thirty-one and one

hundred thirty-two north to the southeast corner of township one hundred thirty-two north, range

ninety-one west; thence north along the line between ranges ninety and ninety-one west to the

northeast corner of township one hundred thirty-two north, range ninety-one west, a point on the

eighth standard parallel; thence west along the eighth standard parallel to the southeast corner

of township one hundred thirty-three north, range ninety-one west; thence continuing north

along the line between ranges ninety and ninety-one west to the northeast corner of township

one hundred thirty-six north, range ninety-one west, a point on the ninth standard parallel;

thence west along the ninth standard parallel to the northwest corner of township one hundred

thirty-six north, range ninety-seven west; thence south along the line between ranges

ninety-seven and ninety-eight west to the point of beginning.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-11-53 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-11 / Section 11-11-53
11-11-53. Appropriation for historical works - Authorization of tax levy - Approval of state historical society and attorney general
Status: in_force

11-11-53. Appropriation for historical works - Authorization of tax levy - Approval of

state historical society and attorney general.

1. The board of county commissioners of any county may appropriate out of the general

fund of the county a sum, not exceeding five thousand dollars annually, to be paid to

the historical society of the county and used for the promotion of historical work within

the borders of the county, including the collection, preservation, and publication of

historical material, and to disseminate historical information of the county, and in

general to defray the expense of carrying on historical work in the county.

2. The board of county commissioners may levy a tax, not exceeding the limitation in

subsection 3 of section 57-15-06.7, for the promotion of historical works within the

borders of the county and in general, defray the expense of carrying on historical work

in the county, including the maintenance of any historical room or building, and

furthering the work of the historical society of the county. The levy is in addition to any

moneys appropriated from the general fund of the county for historical work as

provided in subsection 1.

The board of county commissioners may, by resolution, submit the question of a

voter-approved tax levy to the qualified electors of the county at the next countywide

general, primary, or special election. If sixty percent of the qualified electors voting on

the question approve, a tax may be levied not exceeding the limitation in subsection 3

of section 57-15-06.7, which tax may be expended as provided in this section.

Voter-approved levy authority under this section authorized by electors of a county

before January 1, 2015, remains in effect through taxable year 2024 or for the time

period authorized by the electors, whichever expires first. After January 1, 2015,

approval or reauthorization by electors of voter-approved levy authority under this

section may not be effective for more than ten taxable years.

3. The appropriation and levy authorized by this section may not be used to defray any

expenses of a county historical society until it is incorporated under the laws of this

state as a nonprofit corporation, is affiliated with and has its articles of incorporation

and bylaws approved by the state historical society and the attorney general, and has

contracted with the board of county commissioners in regard to the manner in which

the funds received will be expended and the services to be provided. Historical

societies that qualified for county funds under subsection 1 before July 1, 1965, are

not required to have articles of incorporation and bylaws approved by the attorney

general to receive funds under subsection 1.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-09-19 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-09 / Section 11-09-19
11-09-19. Sheriff - Election - Duties - Powers
Status: in_force

11-09-19. Sheriff - Election - Duties - Powers

The sheriff of a county adopting any form of county managership must be elected in the

manner prescribed by general statutes and must perform the duties and be subject to the

restrictions contained in the general statutes. The sheriff of an adjoining county may run for

election in a county that has adopted a short form of county managership. The compensation of

the sheriff of an adjoining county must be that agreed upon by the sheriff so elected, the county

manager, and the boards of county commissioners of the counties affected.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-28.1-16 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-28.1 / Section 11-28.1-16
11-28.1-16. Service assessment funds and the disbursements thereof
Status: in_force

11-28.1-16. Service assessment funds and the disbursements thereof

The provisions of chapter 40-24 shall be followed in the collection and disbursement of the

funds to be collected to cover the cost of operating a service district; provided, however, that

nothing in chapter 40-24 shall limit the length of time for which assessments for police protection

and garbage removal services may be levied. Such assessments may be levied so long as the

service is rendered.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-11-66 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-11 / Section 11-11-66
11-11-66. Board may establish centennial coordinating committee
Status: repealed

11-11-66. Board may establish centennial coordinating committee

Repealed by omission from this code.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-31-01.1 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-31 / Section 11-31-01.1
11-31-01.1. Election for creation or termination of office of county highway engineer
Status: in_force

11-31-01.1. Election for creation or termination of office of county highway engineer

Upon the filing with the county auditor of a petition signed by not less than five percent of

the qualified electors of the county as determined by the total number of votes cast in the last

election, representing not less than seven percent of the voting precincts of the county, asking

that an election be held on the question of the creation of the office of county highway engineer,

the board of county commissioners shall submit the question at the next regular primary or

general election. Notice of the election shall be given in the manner prescribed by law for the

submission of questions to the qualified electors of a county under the general election law. If a

majority of the votes cast on the question are in favor thereof, the office of county highway

engineer shall be established and the board of county commissioners shall fill such office by

appointment. The office so created shall not be terminated except upon the instruction of a

majority of the qualified electors voting on the question in an election similarly held but any

engineer appointed to fill such office may be removed from office by action of the board.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-11-65 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-11 / Section 11-11-65
11-11-65. Programs and activities for handicapped persons - Expenditure of funds
Status: in_force

11-11-65. Programs and activities for handicapped persons - Expenditure of funds

The board of county commissioners may establish or maintain programs and activities for

handicapped persons, including recreational and other leisure-time activities and informational,

health, welfare, transportation, counseling, and referral services. The board may expend funds

received from state, federal, or private sources or provide funding from revenues derived from

its general fund levy authority for the public purposes provided for in this section. No

expenditure may be made to defray any expenses of any organization or agency until the

organization or agency is incorporated under the laws of this state as a nonprofit corporation

and has contracted with the board in regard to the manner in which the funds will be expended

and the services will be provided. An organization or agency that receives the funds must be

reviewed or approved annually by the board to determine its eligibility to receive funds under

this section.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-11-26 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-11 / Section 11-11-26
11-11-26. When board shall advertise for bids for fuel
Status: in_force

11-11-26. When board shall advertise for bids for fuel

For the purchase of fuel when the amount exceeds four thousand dollars, the board of

county commissioners shall seek bids either by telephone solicitation from at least two

suppliers, or by an advertisement for bids to be published at least once each week for two

successive weeks in the official newspaper of the county and in other newspapers as the board

deems advisable.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-10-06 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-10 / Section 11-10-06
11-10-06. Bonds of county officers
Status: repealed

11-10-06. Bonds of county officers

Before entering upon the duties of their respective offices, the following county officers must

be bonded for the faithful discharge of their respective duties in the same manner as other civil

officers are bonded and in the following amounts:

1. The county auditor, recorder, and sheriff, fifteen thousand dollars, except in counties

having a population of less than ten thousand, where the amount must be ten

thousand dollars.

2. A county commissioner, two thousand dollars.

3. The county coroner, five hundred dollars.

4. The state's attorney, three thousand dollars.

5. The county surveyor, an amount, not to exceed two thousand dollars, as may be

determined by the board of county commissioners.

6. The public administrator, not less than ten thousand dollars.

7. The county treasurer, an amount fixed by the board of county commissioners of not

less than seventy-five thousand dollars, except in counties having a population of less

than ten thousand, an amount of not less than forty thousand dollars. When the total

amount of taxes to be collected by the county treasurer in any one year is less than

the minimum amount of bond specified in this subsection, the bond may be in a sum

equal to the amount of taxes to be collected.

8. Repealed by S.L. 1989, ch. 137, § 10.

When the amount of any bond required under this section is dependent upon the population of a

county, the population must be determined as provided in section 11-10-10.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-12-05 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-12 / Section 11-12-05
11-12-05. Commissioners for new districts appointed
Status: in_force

11-12-05. Commissioners for new districts appointed

The members of the board of county commissioners and the county auditor shall meet

immediately after the county has been redistricted and shall appoint one commissioner for each

of the new districts. The commissioners hold office until their successors are elected and

qualified.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-08-12 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-08 / Section 11-08-12
11-08-12. Powers and duties of board of county commissioners
Status: in_force

11-08-12. Powers and duties of board of county commissioners

The board of county commissioners shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as

are provided by law except as such powers or duties are modified specifically or enlarged by

this chapter.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-09.1-08 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-09.1 / Section 11-09.1-08
11-09.1-08. Restriction on proposals to amend or repeal
Status: repealed

11-09.1-08. Restriction on proposals to amend or repeal

Repealed by S.L. 1993, ch. 401, § 53.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-09-23 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-09 / Section 11-09-23
11-09-23. Clerk of the district court - Who shall act
Status: repealed

11-09-23. Clerk of the district court - Who shall act

Repealed by S.L. 1991, ch. 326, § 203.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-09-36 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-09 / Section 11-09-36
11-09-36. Salary of subordinates - Fees paid over to treasurer
Status: in_force

11-09-36. Salary of subordinates - Fees paid over to treasurer

The salary of any subordinate, employee, or officer shall be set by the county manager with

the approval of the board of county commissioners. Every subordinate, employee, or officer

shall account for and pay into the county treasury all fees and compensation received for any

act or service rendered in an official capacity.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-11-20 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-11 / Section 11-11-20
11-11-20. Notice of election on question of extraordinary expenditure
Status: repealed

11-11-20. Notice of election on question of extraordinary expenditure

Repealed by S.L. 2015, ch. 439, § 104.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-15-06 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-15 / Section 11-15-06
11-15-06. Duty of sheriff to serve papers in civil action - When coroner to perform duties of sheriff
Status: in_force

11-15-06. Duty of sheriff to serve papers in civil action - When coroner to perform

duties of sheriff.

Whenever, pursuant to the laws of this state, the sheriff is required to serve or execute any

summons, order, or judgment, or to do any other act, the sheriff shall be bound to do so in like

manner as upon process issued to the sheriff and shall be liable equally in all respects for

neglect of duty. If the sheriff is a party, the coroner shall be bound to perform the service, as the

coroner is bound to execute process when the sheriff is a party. The provisions of title 28

relating to the sheriff shall apply to coroners when the sheriff is a party.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-28.3-06 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-28.3 / Section 11-28.3-06
11-28.3-06. Organization - Board of directors
Status: in_force

11-28.3-06. Organization - Board of directors

1. At the time and place fixed by the county auditor for the public meeting as provided in

section 11-28.3-05, the qualified electors present who reside within the boundaries of

the district shall proceed to organize the district. Permanent organization must be

effected by the election of a board of directors consisting of not less than five nor more

than ten residents of the district. The board of directors shall meet as soon after the

organizational meeting as possible to elect a president, a vice president, and a

secretary-treasurer.

2. All directors and officers must be elected for two years and hold office until their

successors have been elected and qualified, except that at the first election the vice

president must be elected as provided in this section for a one-year term, and

one-half, or as close to one-half as possible depending upon the total number of

directors, of the directors elected at the first election after July 1, 1977, must be

selected by lot in the presence of a majority of such directors to serve one-year terms.

3. A district may specify in its bylaws a specified number of directors within the limitations

in this section, provided each township or group of townships receives equal

representation on the board with respect to the regions. The bylaws also may allow for

a combination of regional directors and at-large directors.

4. If a vacancy occurs in a board position due to a resignation, a special meeting must be

called and held within sixty days of the resignation for the purpose of electing a

director to serve the remainder of the term. Board members may receive

compensation at a rate set by the board of directors. No more than two elected

members of the board may be members of the licensed ambulance service serving the

district territory and those board members must meet the definition of volunteer in

section 23-27-04.1.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-24-04 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-24 / Section 11-24-04
11-24-04. Copies of plats and typewritten copies of descriptions not used by public
Status: in_force

11-24-04. Copies of plats and typewritten copies of descriptions not used by public

The negatives for the prints and the typewritten copies of the descriptions and dedications

shall be filed and not used by the public except by persons authorized by the board of county

commissioners to make additional copies.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-11-63 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-11 / Section 11-11-63
11-11-63. Spouse abuse programs - Expenditure of funds
Status: in_force

11-11-63. Spouse abuse programs - Expenditure of funds

The board of county commissioners may establish or maintain spouse abuse programs. For

the purposes of this section, a spouse abuse program is a program that provides emergency

housing for victims of domestic violence and their dependents, plus some or all of these

additional services: counseling, advocacy, community education on domestic violence, support

groups, twenty-four-hour crisis lines, or referral to other sources for services not provided by the

spouse abuse program. The board of county commissioners may expend funds received from

governmental or nongovernmental sources for the purpose of providing spouse abuse programs

and providing grants to private organizations or agencies who provide such programs. No

expenditure authorized by this section may be made to defray any expense of an organization

or agency until the organization or agency is incorporated under the laws of this state as a

nonprofit corporation and has contracted with the board in regard to the manner in which such

funds will be expended and the services will be provided. An organization or agency and its

program which receives these funds must be reviewed for approval annually by the board of

county commissioners to determine its continued eligibility to receive funds under this section.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-18-06 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-18 / Section 11-18-06
11-18-06. Recorder to keep an accounting record of fees - Monthly reports
Status: in_force

11-18-06. Recorder to keep an accounting record of fees - Monthly reports

The recorder shall maintain an accounting record of fees for services rendered. Within three

days after the close of each calendar month and also at the end of the recorder's term of office,

the recorder shall file with the county auditor a statement under oath showing the fees that the

recorder has received as the recorder since the date of the recorder's last report.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-10-32 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-10 / Section 11-10-32
11-10-32. Prohibition - Connection of utility services
Status: in_force

11-10-32. Prohibition - Connection of utility services

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a county may not adopt or enforce an

ordinance, resolution, or policy that prohibits or impedes, or has the effect of prohibiting or

impeding, the connection or reconnection of an electric, natural gas, propane, or other energy

utility service based on fuel source provided by a public utility, municipal utility, cooperative

utility, or propane service.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-24-05 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-24 / Section 11-24-05
11-24-05. Copies of plats and descriptions made for general use
Status: in_force

11-24-05. Copies of plats and descriptions made for general use

The engineer who shall make copies of the original plats and plans on file in any county

shall furnish for general use one set of the prints, from the negatives, either on paper or cloth.

Such prints shall be placed in substantial covers and bound in one or more books. Each book

shall be furnished with an index, and one set of descriptions and dedications shall be bound into

each such book and indexed to correspond with the prints. The board of county commissioners

may replace from time to time any of the prints and typewritten sheets which have become

mutilated or worn out and may cause to be made prints and typewritten descriptions of all new

plats and plans that are filed with the recorder.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-28.1-13 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-28.1 / Section 11-28.1-13
11-28.1-13. Confirmation of assessment list by board of county commissioners - Certifying list - Filing
Status: in_force

11-28.1-13. Confirmation of assessment list by board of county commissioners -

Certifying list - Filing.

The board of county commissioners shall confirm the assessment list, and the county

auditor shall attach to the list the auditor's certificate that the same is correct as confirmed by

the board of county commissioners and thereupon shall file the list in the auditor's office.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-11-42 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-11 / Section 11-11-42
11-11-42. When appeal filed - When tried
Status: in_force

11-11-42. When appeal filed - When tried

An appeal from a decision of a board of county commissioners shall be filed on or before

the first day of the term of the district court following the taking of the appeal, and the cause

shall stand for trial at such term.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-18-10 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-18 / Section 11-18-10
11-18-10. Recorder to keep reception record - Contents
Status: in_force

11-18-10. Recorder to keep reception record - Contents

The recorder shall keep a record known as "The Reception Record". The record must be

ruled in parallel columns showing:

1. The document number.

2. The date of recording.

3. The name of the grantor.

4. The name of the grantee.

5. The character of the instrument.

6. The book and page or document number upon which the instrument is recorded.

7. The name of the person to whom the instrument was returned.

8. A brief description of the property, if any, described in the instrument.

Immediately after any document or paper of a kind mentioned in section 11-18-09 is numbered,

it must be entered in the reception record. The reception record must be a part of the public

records of the office and open to public inspection during office hours.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-01-11 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-01 / Section 11-01-11
11-01-11. Cavalier County
Status: in_force

11-01-11. Cavalier County

Beginning at the southwest corner of township one hundred fifty-nine north, range sixty-four

west of the fifth principal meridian; thence east along the line between townships one hundred

fifty-eight and one hundred fifty-nine north to the southeast corner of township one hundred

fifty-nine north, range fifty-seven west; thence north along the line between ranges fifty-six and

fifty-seven west to the northeast corner of township one hundred sixty north, range fifty-seven

west, a point on the fifteenth standard parallel; thence west along the fifteenth standard parallel

to the southeast corner of township one hundred sixty-one north, range fifty-seven west; thence

continuing north along the line between ranges fifty-six and fifty-seven west to the international

boundary line between the United States and Canada; thence west along the international

boundary line to the line between ranges sixty-four and sixty-five west; thence south along the

line between ranges sixty-four and sixty-five west to the southwest corner of township one

hundred sixty-one north, range sixty-four west, a point on the fifteenth standard parallel; thence

east along the fifteenth standard parallel to the northwest corner of township one hundred sixty

north, range sixty-four west; thence continuing south along the line between ranges sixty-four

and sixty-five west to the point of beginning.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-11-62 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-11 / Section 11-11-62
11-11-62. County restriction of adult establishments - Definitions
Status: in_force

11-11-62. County restriction of adult establishments - Definitions

1. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:

a. "Adult bookstore" means a bookstore having as a preponderance of its

publications, books, magazines, and other periodicals which are distinguished or

characterized by their emphasis on matter depicting, describing, or relating to

specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas as defined in this

subsection.

b. "Adult establishment" means either an adult bookstore, an adult motion picture

theater, an adult mini-motion picture theater, or a massage business, all as

defined in this subsection.

c. "Adult mini-motion picture theater" means an enclosed building with a capacity for

less than fifty persons used for presenting motion pictures, a preponderance of

which are distinguished or characterized by an emphasis on matter depicting,

describing, or relating to specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas

as defined in this subsection, for observation by patrons of the theater.

d. "Adult motion picture theater" means an enclosed building with a capacity of fifty

or more persons used for presenting motion pictures, a preponderance of which

are distinguished or characterized by an emphasis on matter depicting,

describing, or relating to specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas

as defined in this subsection, for observation by patrons of the theater.

e. "Massage" means the manipulation of body muscle or tissue by rubbing, stroking,

kneading, or tapping, by hand or mechanical device.

f. "Massage business" means any establishment or business wherein massage is

practiced, including establishments commonly known as health clubs, physical

culture studios, massage studios, or massage parlors.

g. "Sexually oriented devices" means without limitation any artificial or simulated

specified anatomical area or any other device or paraphernalia that is designed in

whole or in part for specified sexual activities.

h. "Specified anatomical areas" means:

(1) Less than completely and opaquely covered human genitals and pubic

regions, buttocks, or female breasts below a point immediately above the

top of the areola.

(2) Human male genitals in a discernibly turgid state, even if completely and

opaquely covered.

i. "Specified sexual activities" means:

(1) Human genitals in a state of sexual stimulation or arousal;

(2) Acts of human masturbation, sexual intercourse, or sodomy; or

(3) Fondling or other erotic touchings of human genitals and pubic regions,

buttocks, or female breasts.

2. The board of county commissioners of any county may, upon proper resolution,

provide that:

a. No building, premises, structure, or other facility that contains any adult

establishment, as defined in subsection 1, shall contain any other kind of adult

establishment.

b. No building, premises, structure, or other facility in which sexually oriented

devices, as defined in subsection 1, are sold, distributed, exhibited, or contained

shall contain any adult establishment, as defined in subsection 1.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-05-09.1 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-05 / Section 11-05-09.1
11-05-09.1. Officer elections
Status: in_force

11-05-09.1. Officer elections

At the next succeeding general election after consolidation is approved by the voters and

redistricting of the new county is accomplished pursuant to the consolidation plan, there must be

elected for the new county all county officers provided for by general law or as prescribed in the

approved consolidation plan, including members of the board of county commissioners. The

terms for these offices begin on the first Monday in January next succeeding their election, or on

another date as prescribed in the approved consolidation plan, at which time they replace all

elected county officers of the previous counties. All appointive county officers are appointed by

the officer or board upon which the power to appoint that officer is conferred.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-10.3-02 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-10.3 / Section 11-10.3-02
11-10.3-02. Contents of plan - Limitations
Status: in_force

11-10.3-02. Contents of plan - Limitations

1. A joint powers agreement or plan for combining the function of county elective offices

may specify:

a. The offices to be combined;

b. The selection, powers, duties, functions, qualifications and training, terms,

candidate residency requirements notwithstanding section 11-10-04, and

compensation of the combined office, and status of the office as elective or

appointive;

c. The manner of apportionment of the costs of the office;

d. Procedures for the selection, transfer, reassignment, or termination of personnel

associated with the affected offices;

e. Procedures for the transfer of powers, records, documents, and property;

f. Procedures for termination or modification of the arrangement;

g. The process for transition in implementing the office combination, including

delayed effective dates for implementation at the end of a current term or a future

term, upon the occurrence of a vacancy, or on a date certain;

h. A process for the limited application or temporary implementation of the plan,

including provisions that permit implementation on an experimental or pilot basis

such as the expiration of the plan on a date certain in the future, require

reapproval of the plan by the electors at a future date, or a phased-in

implementation of various components of the plan; and

i. Other provisions pertaining to the combined office that the affected boards of

county commissioners deem necessary or advisable.

2. A proposed plan for combining the functions of county elective offices may not diminish

the term of office for which a current county officer was elected, redesignate that

elected office during that term as appointed, or reduce the salary of the office for that

term. The plan may not diminish any general responsibility of county government to

perform any function or provide any service that is required by law to be performed or

provided by county government.

3. A proposed plan may not diminish the future term of office, or redesignate an elected

office as appointed, with respect to any person who, on August 1, 1993, holds an

elected county office and continues to hold that specific office for future terms on an

uninterrupted basis. This subsection does not apply after January 1, 2002, or if the

person holding the affected office consents in writing to the proposed plan, and files

that written document prior to the scheduled implementation of the plan with the district

court for each county.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-11-23 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-11 / Section 11-11-23
11-11-23. Record of vote - Board cannot rescind
Status: repealed

11-11-23. Record of vote - Board cannot rescind

Repealed by S.L. 2015, ch. 439, § 104.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-10-23 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-10 / Section 11-10-23
11-10-23. Fee bill to be posted - Penalty
Status: in_force

11-10-23. Fee bill to be posted - Penalty

Any county officer whose fees are fixed by law shall make a schedule thereof and shall

keep the same in the officer's office in a conspicuous place. If any such officer shall neglect to

do so, the officer, for such neglect, shall forfeit and pay the sum of five dollars to be recovered

by a civil action for the use of the county in which the offense was committed.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-33-15 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-33 / Section 11-33-15
11-33-15. Board of county commissioners to make complete list
Status: repealed

11-33-15. Board of county commissioners to make complete list

Repealed by S.L. 1969, ch. 138, § 2.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-27-04.2 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-27 / Section 11-27-04.2
11-27-04.2. Reservations may be released to United States
Status: reserved

11-27-04.2. Reservations may be released to United States

Whenever any county shall have conveyed lands to any person and shall have reserved oil,

gas, or minerals or rights therein or archaeological materials and the United States of America

or any of its agencies or agents shall desire or be required to acquire or approve title to such

lands, the board of county commissioners shall be authorized to release to the United States of

America or its agency or agent everything so reserved. Such board of county commissioners

shall have full power to fix and determine the consideration, if any, and terms upon which such

release shall be given and any moneys or other consideration received for such release shall be

covered into the fund for the benefit of which such reservations were made.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-01-16 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-01 / Section 11-01-16
11-01-16. Emmons County
Status: in_force

11-01-16. Emmons County

Beginning at the point where the seventh standard parallel intersects the main channel of

the Missouri River; thence east along the seventh standard parallel to the southeast corner of

township one hundred twenty-nine north, range seventy-four west of the fifth principal meridian;

thence north along the line between ranges seventy-three and seventy-four west to the

northeast corner of township one hundred thirty-two north, range seventy-four west, a point on

the eighth standard parallel; thence west along the eighth standard parallel to the southeast

corner of township one hundred thirty-three north, range seventy-four west; thence continuing

north along the line between ranges seventy-three and seventy-four west to the northeast

corner of township one hundred thirty-six north, range seventy-four west, a point on the ninth

standard parallel; thence west along the ninth standard parallel to the main channel of the

Missouri River; thence in a southerly direction along the main channel of the Missouri River to

the point of beginning.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-09-42 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-09 / Section 11-09-42
11-09-42. Reports of financial officer to board of county commissioners
Status: in_force

11-09-42. Reports of financial officer to board of county commissioners

The county manager in counties adopting a short form of county managership and the

director of finance in counties adopting a county manager form of government shall be charged

with the keeping of all general books of financial and budgetary control for all departments and

offices of the county. Reports shall be made to the manager or director daily, or as often as that

officer may require, showing the receipt of all moneys and the disposition thereof. The county

manager, or in counties adopting a county manager form of government, the director of finance

through the county manager, each month shall submit to the board of county commissioners a

summary statement of revenues and expenses for the preceding month, detailed as to the

appropriations and funds in such manner as to show the exact financial condition of the county

and of each department and division thereof. Such officer shall submit once a year, or more

often if the board of county commissioners requires it, a complete financial statement showing

the assets and liabilities of the county.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-18-02.1 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-18 / Section 11-18-02.1
11-18-02.1. Duty of recorder to notify county auditor of certain transactions - Correction of tax rolls by county auditor
Status: in_force

11-18-02.1. Duty of recorder to notify county auditor of certain transactions -

Correction of tax rolls by county auditor.

The recorder shall notify the county auditor of the filing of deeds, patents, plats, and

vacations of plats, streets, or roads at the time such documents are filed in the recorder's office.

The county auditor shall correct the tax rolls and any other records in the auditor's office in order

that the auditor's records will be current for the purpose of the preparation of real property

assessment books.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-28.3-05 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-28.3 / Section 11-28.3-05
11-28.3-05. Notice by county auditor of meeting to organize district
Status: in_force

11-28.3-05. Notice by county auditor of meeting to organize district

If a rural ambulance service district is approved as provided in this chapter or as required by

section 23-27-07, the county auditor of the county in which the proposed district is located shall

issue notice of a public meeting to organize the rural ambulance service district. The notice

must be given by publication once a week for two consecutive weeks, the last notice appearing

seven days before the date of the meeting in a newspaper of general circulation within the

proposed district. The notice must be addressed to all qualified electors residing within the

boundaries of the district, describe the boundaries of the district, and state the date, time, and

place of the meeting. If the district is located within two or more counties, the county auditors of

the counties shall confer and set the date, time, and place of the meeting and shall cause the

publication of the meeting notice in each of said counties.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-15-19 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-15 / Section 11-15-19
11-15-19. Liability for failure to pay over money
Status: in_force

11-15-19. Liability for failure to pay over money

Except as otherwise provided by law or order of the court, if the sheriff neglects or refuses

to pay over on demand to the persons entitled thereto any money which came into the sheriff's

hands by virtue of the sheriff's office, after deducting the sheriff's fees, expenses, or

commissions as authorized by law or the court, the sheriff is liable to the party aggrieved for all

damages sustained by that party.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-33.2-12.1 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-33.2 / Section 11-33.2-12.1
11-33.2-12.1. Contents of plat - Location and elevation of lakes, rivers, or streams - Notification of floodplain
Status: in_force

11-33.2-12.1. Contents of plat - Location and elevation of lakes, rivers, or streams -

Notification of floodplain.

Whenever land, subject to regulation under this chapter, abutting upon any lake, river, or

stream is subdivided, the subdivider must show on the plat or other document containing the

subdivision a contour line denoting the present shoreline, water elevation, and the date of the

survey. If any part of a plat or other document lies within the one hundred year floodplain of a

lake, river, or stream as designated by the department of water resources or a federal agency,

the mean sea level elevation of that one hundred year flood must be denoted on the plat by

numerals. Topographic contours at a two-foot [60.96-centimeter] contour interval referenced to

mean sea level must be shown for the portion of the plat lying within the floodplain. All

elevations must be referenced to a durable benchmark described on the plat with its location

and elevation to the nearest hundredth of a foot [0.3048 centimeter], which must be given in

mean sea level datum.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-13-05 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-13 / Section 11-13-05
11-13-05. Verification of cash
Status: repealed

11-13-05. Verification of cash

Repealed by S.L. 1987, ch. 144, § 2.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-16-03 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-16 / Section 11-16-03
11-16-03. Person receiving receipt from state's attorney to file the same
Status: in_force

11-16-03. Person receiving receipt from state's attorney to file the same

Any person who shall receive duplicate receipts from the state's attorney for moneys paid to

the state's attorney shall file one copy of each such receipt in the office of the county treasurer.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-27-03 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-27 / Section 11-27-03
11-27-03. Where sale held - Sale to highest bidder
Status: in_force

11-27-03. Where sale held - Sale to highest bidder

The sale of county property at public sale shall be held at the office of the county auditor

and shall be conducted by the auditor. The property advertised shall be sold to the highest

bidder if the highest bid is deemed sufficient by a majority of the members of the board of

county commissioners.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-08-09 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-08 / Section 11-08-09
11-08-09. Compensation of officers
Status: in_force

11-08-09. Compensation of officers

Each member of the board of county commissioners and each other county officer who is

appointed by the board or elected must receive as compensation for services the salary

prescribed by law for the officer, except that the county auditor must receive a salary not

exceeding three thousand dollars per annum and the county treasurer must receive a salary not

exceeding the amount provided by law for the office of county treasurer, to be fixed by the board

of county commissioners.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-08-11 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-08 / Section 11-08-11
11-08-11. Powers and duties of county auditor
Status: in_force

11-08-11. Powers and duties of county auditor

The county auditor, in addition to the duties and powers conferred by law on that officer,

shall perform the duties and functions and exercise the powers conferred on the recorder and,

subject to subsection 1 of section 11-08-06, the clerk of the district court. The auditor shall be

the chief administrative officer of the county. The board of county commissioners may delegate

to the county auditor such duties of an administrative or executive nature as are not specifically

conferred by law upon other officers. Such delegated duties shall be exercised by the county

auditor under the supervision of the board of county commissioners.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-04-01 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-04 / Section 11-04-01
11-04-01. Selection of candidates for permanent county seat at primary election
Status: in_force

11-04-01. Selection of candidates for permanent county seat at primary election

When the temporary county seat of any county has been designated by the board of county

commissioners under section 11-03-07, the question of the permanent location of such county

seat may be voted upon at any primary election for the purpose of selecting candidates to be

voted upon at the general election.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-03-13 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-03 / Section 11-03-13
11-03-13. Issuance of bonds - Classification - Exchange by original county
Status: in_force

11-03-13. Issuance of bonds - Classification - Exchange by original county

The bonds of the new county shall be:

1. Dated as of the first day of the January or July from which the outstanding

indebtedness of the original county is calculated as provided in section 11-03-11.

2. Issued for a period corresponding with the time or term on which the obligations of the

original county become due and payable.

3. Payable at the same place and bear the same rate of interest as the obligations of the

original county.

The board of county commissioners shall classify the liquidating bonds and issue a portion of

each class in proportion to each class of obligations of the original county bearing different rates

of interest and places of payment. The original county shall have authority to exchange such

bonds for an equal amount of obligations of its own of the same class.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-28.1-02 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-28.1 / Section 11-28.1-02
11-28.1-02. Plans and specifications required - Approval
Status: in_force

11-28.1-02. Plans and specifications required - Approval

Following the creation of a service district as provided in section 11-28.1-01, the board of

county park commissioners shall prepare plans and specifications for such project, including an

estimate of the probable cost. The plans, specifications, and estimates provided for shall be

approved by a resolution of the board of county park commissioners. The plans, specifications,

and estimates shall be the property of the county and shall be filed in the office of the county

auditor and shall remain on file in the auditor's office subject to inspection by interested persons.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-11-68 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-11 / Section 11-11-68
11-11-68. Limitation on authority - Seed
Status: in_force

11-11-68. Limitation on authority - Seed

Notwithstanding any other law, a county may not impose any requirements or restrictions

pertaining to the registration, labeling, distribution, sale, handling, use, application,

transportation, or disposal of seed.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-22-02 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-22 / Section 11-22-02
11-22-02. Treasurer's receipt - Special funds provided for deposits
Status: in_force

11-22-02. Treasurer's receipt - Special funds provided for deposits

The county treasurer shall deliver a receipt to the officer making a deposit under the

provisions of this chapter and shall deliver a copy of each such receipt to the county auditor

immediately. The treasurer shall place the sum deposited in a special fund provided for that

purpose or in a separate special fund maintained for each county officer making such deposits.

The treasurer shall be vested with the same rights, duties, and liabilities with respect to deposits

made under this chapter as with respect to public funds in the treasurer's hands as county

treasurer.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-01-40 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-01 / Section 11-01-40
11-01-40. Richland County
Status: in_force

11-01-40. Richland County

Beginning at the point where the line between ranges fifty-two and fifty-three west of the fifth

principal meridian intersects the seventh standard parallel; thence east along the seventh

standard parallel to the main channel of the Bois de Sioux River; thence in a northerly direction

along the main channel of the Bois de Sioux River to the Red River of the North; thence in a

northerly direction along the main channel of the Red River of the North to the intersection of the

main channel of the Red River of the North and the ninth standard parallel; thence west along

the ninth standard parallel to the northwest corner of township one hundred thirty-six north,

range fifty-two west; thence south along the line between ranges fifty-two and fifty-three west to

the southwest corner of township one hundred thirty-three north, range fifty-two west, a point on

the eighth standard parallel; thence east along the eighth standard parallel to the northwest

corner of township one hundred thirty-two north, range fifty-two west; thence continuing south

along the line between ranges fifty-two and fifty-three west to the northern boundary of the

original Sisseton and Wahpeton Indian Reservation, now known as Lake Traverse Lands;

thence southeasterly along said north boundary to the line between ranges fifty-two and

fifty-three west; thence south along the line between ranges fifty-two and fifty-three west to the

point of beginning.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-15-28 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-15 / Section 11-15-28
11-15-28. Sheriff prohibited from collecting notes - Penalty
Status: in_force

11-15-28. Sheriff prohibited from collecting notes - Penalty

No sheriff, deputy sheriff, or employee in the sheriff's office, while holding such office or

employment, may accept for collection, collect, or attempt to collect from any person, firm, or

association within the county for pay, profit, or remuneration any note, account, or claim of any

nature or description except as required in the performance of the duties of office. Any violation

of the provisions of this section constitutes an infraction.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-33-14 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-33 / Section 11-33-14
11-33-14. Nonconforming uses regulated
Status: in_force

11-33-14. Nonconforming uses regulated

The board of county commissioners, may, by resolutions, as herein provided, prescribe

such reasonable regulations, not contrary to law, as it deems desirable or necessary to regulate

and control nonconforming uses and occupancies.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-30-15 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-30 / Section 11-30-15
11-30-15. Unorganized county in same judicial district as organized county
Status: in_force

11-30-15. Unorganized county in same judicial district as organized county

An unorganized county shall be in the same judicial district as the organized county to

which it is attached.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-05-16 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-05 / Section 11-05-16
11-05-16. Judicial actions and proceedings transferred to courts of adjoining county
Status: repealed

11-05-16. Judicial actions and proceedings transferred to courts of adjoining county

Repealed by S.L. 1993, ch. 401, § 53.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-28-17 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-28 / Section 11-28-17
11-28-17. District budget - Tax levy - Election
Status: repealed

11-28-17. District budget - Tax levy - Election

Repealed by S.L. 2015, ch. 439, § 104.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-10.2-03 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-10.2 / Section 11-10.2-03
11-10.2-03. Analysis required - Contents of plan - Limitations
Status: in_force

11-10.2-03. Analysis required - Contents of plan - Limitations

1. A proposed plan for combining or separating county elective offices, or redesignating a

county office as elective or appointive, must be based on an analysis of each affected

office, which may include an analysis of:

a. The existing office organization, functions, and procedures established for

providing governmental services;

b. The proposed office organization, functions, and procedures; and

c. How the proposal may improve the effectiveness and efficiency of county

government and its responsiveness and accountability to local citizens.

2. The analysis may be performed as part of a study process initiated pursuant to chapter

40-01.1.

3. A proposed plan for combining or separating county elective offices, or redesignating a

county office as elective or appointive, may include provision for:

a. The selection, powers, duties, functions, qualifications and training, terms, and

compensation of the affected county offices, notwithstanding any other law;

b. Selection, transfer, reassignment, or termination of personnel associated with

each affected office;

c. The election or appointment of a county manager, notwithstanding the provisions

of chapter 11-09;

d. Transition in implementation of the plan, including elements that consider the

reasonable expectations of current officeholders such as delayed effective dates

for implementation at the end of a current term or a future term, upon the

occurrence of a vacancy, or on a date certain;

e. The limited application or temporary implementation of the plan, including

provisions that permit implementation on an experimental or pilot basis such as

the expiration of the plan on a date certain in the future, required reapproval of

the plan by the electors at a future date, or a phased-in implementation of

different components of the plan; and

f. Any other provision deemed necessary for combining or separating the offices or

redesignating an office as elective or appointive.

4. A plan may not propose to diminish the term of office for which a current county officer

was elected, redesignate that elected office during that term as appointed, or reduce

the salary of the office for that term. The plan may not diminish the general

responsibility of county government to perform any function or provide any service that

is required by law to be performed or provided by county government.

5. A proposed plan may not diminish the future term of office, or redesignate an elected

office as appointed, with respect to any person who, on August 1, 1993, holds an

elected county office and continues to hold that specific office for future terms on an

uninterrupted basis. This subsection does not apply after January 1, 2002, or if the

person holding the affected office consents in writing to the proposed plan and files

that written document prior to the scheduled implementation of the plan with the district

court for the county.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-39-03 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-39 / Section 11-39-03
11-39-03. County fair association funding to be submitted to vote
Status: in_force

11-39-03. County fair association funding to be submitted to vote

If the board of county commissioners has voted and ordered county general fund funding for

a fair association and a petition is addressed to the board and filed with the county auditor,

asking the discontinuance of the funding and containing the signatures of qualified electors of

the county in a number equal to twenty percent or more of the total vote cast in the county at the

last preceding general election, the board shall submit to the qualified electors of the county at

the next succeeding general election the question of whether funding is to be continued. The

ballot must be in the following form:

Shall the board of county commissioners continue the annual Yes ☐

funding in aid of a county fair? No ☐

If a majority of all the ballots cast on the question at the election is in favor of discontinuing the

funding, the board of county commissioners may not thereafter provide funding in aid of a

county fair under this chapter until the question of resuming the annual funding is approved by a

vote of the qualified electors of the county. The ballot must be in the following form:

Shall the board of county commissioners resume the annual Yes ☐

funding in aid of a county fair? No ☐

If a majority of the ballots cast on the question at the election is in favor of resuming the funding,

the board of county commissioners shall resume the annual funding subject to the other

provisions of this chapter.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-28.2-06 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-28.2 / Section 11-28.2-06
11-28.2-06. Annexation by petition of owners
Status: in_force

11-28.2-06. Annexation by petition of owners

Upon a written petition signed by the owner of any property within one-quarter mile [402.34

meters] of the recreational waters of the area or to the areas of land dedicated to public use for

recreational purposes or contiguous to that area and not embraced within the limits of the

recreation service district, the board of commissioners of the recreation service district may

annex the territory to the district.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-28-03 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-28 / Section 11-28-03
11-28-03. County auditor, county treasurer, and state's attorney shall serve board
Status: in_force

11-28-03. County auditor, county treasurer, and state's attorney shall serve board

The county auditor or other official designated by the board shall serve as secretary of the

board of county park commissioners and the county treasurer shall serve as treasurer of the

board and custodian of all its funds from whatever source received. Such funds shall be placed

in a separate fund and shall not be diverted to any other use or purpose. The state's attorney of

the county shall act as legal adviser to the board and shall prosecute and defend any and all

actions brought by or against said board. Neither the county auditor nor official designee, the

county treasurer, nor the state's attorney shall receive any additional compensation for acting in

their respective capacities.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-01-18 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-01 / Section 11-01-18
11-01-18. Golden Valley County
Status: in_force

11-01-18. Golden Valley County

Beginning at the point where the boundary line between the states of North Dakota and

Montana intersects the line between townships one hundred thirty-five and one hundred

thirty-six north; thence east along the line between townships one hundred thirty-five and one

hundred thirty-six north to the southeast corner of township one hundred thirty-six north, range

one hundred five west of the fifth principal meridian; thence north along the line between ranges

one hundred four and one hundred five west to the northeast corner of township one hundred

thirty-six north, range one hundred five west, a point on the ninth standard parallel; thence east

along the ninth standard parallel to the southeast corner of township one hundred thirty-seven

north, range one hundred three west; thence north along the line between ranges one hundred

two and one hundred three west to the northeast corner of township one hundred forty north,

range one hundred three west, a point on the tenth standard parallel; thence west along the

tenth standard parallel to the southeast corner of township one hundred forty-one north, range

one hundred three west; thence continuing north along the line between ranges one hundred

two and one hundred three west to the northeast corner of township one hundred forty-four

north, range one hundred three west, a point on the eleventh standard parallel; thence west

along the eleventh standard parallel to the northwest corner of township one hundred forty-four

north, range one hundred five west, a point on the boundary line between the states of Montana

and North Dakota; thence south along the boundary line between the states of Montana and

North Dakota to the point of beginning.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-14-12 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-14 / Section 11-14-12
11-14-12. Statement to township clerk of amount paid to township treasurer
Status: in_force

11-14-12. Statement to township clerk of amount paid to township treasurer

Whenever the county treasurer pays or remits any township funds to a township treasurer,

the treasurer shall mail to the township clerk on the day of such remittance a statement of the

amount so paid or remitted, separately stating the amount belonging to each fund.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-05-11 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-05 / Section 11-05-11
11-05-11. Equalization of assets and liabilities of counties
Status: repealed

11-05-11. Equalization of assets and liabilities of counties

Repealed by S.L. 1993, ch. 401, § 53.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-38-05 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-38 / Section 11-38-05
11-38-05. Discontinuance of extension work levy - Transfer of unobligated funds
Status: in_force

11-38-05. Discontinuance of extension work levy - Transfer of unobligated funds

If a majority of the votes cast at an election to discontinue authority for a tax levy under

section 11-38-01 are in favor of discontinuing authority for the levy for extension work, the tax

levy and the services of the extension agent must be discontinued on the thirty-first day of

December following the date of election. Upon the discontinuance of extension work,

accumulated and unobligated funds remaining in the special fund for that purpose must be

transferred to the county general fund and the special fund must be closed out.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-19.1-06 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-19.1 / Section 11-19.1-06
11-19.1-06. Individuals authorized to act in absence of coroner
Status: in_force

11-19.1-06. Individuals authorized to act in absence of coroner

In those counties in which a coroner does not reside or is not available, the duties of a

coroner must be performed by the sheriff, state highway patrol, or any special agent of the

bureau of criminal investigation. The sheriff, state highway patrol, or special agent shall call

upon a coroner or deputy coroner from another county to investigate the medical cause of death

of all coroner cases within the county. In those situations in which, because of distance or

adverse conditions, a coroner is not available, the sheriff, state highway patrol, or special agent

shall request the state forensic examiner or the forensic examiner's designee to investigate and

certify as to the medical cause of death.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-09-03 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-09 / Section 11-09-03
11-09-03. Board of county commissioners may submit plan
Status: in_force

11-09-03. Board of county commissioners may submit plan

The question of the adoption of any county manager form of government may be submitted

to the qualified electors of the county at the next primary election by the board of county

commissioners by a resolution adopted by the affirmative majority vote of the entire board. The

resolution must clearly designate which form of government is submitted.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-08-02.1 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-08 / Section 11-08-02.1
11-08-02.1. Board of county commissioners may submit plan
Status: in_force

11-08-02.1. Board of county commissioners may submit plan

The question of the adoption of a consolidated office form of government may be submitted

at the next primary election as provided by this chapter by the board of county commissioners

by a resolution adopted by the affirmative vote of a majority of the entire board.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-25-05 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-25 / Section 11-25-05
11-25-05. Warrants - Cancellation - Description in minutes
Status: in_force

11-25-05. Warrants - Cancellation - Description in minutes

The board of county commissioners, at each regular meeting, may cancel all warrants

drawn on any fund of the county which have remained unpaid for a period of one year or more.

The board may cancel all warrants which have been subject to payment and which have not

been presented for payment for a period of one year or more. The board, before canceling any

such warrant, shall cause to be entered in the minutes of its proceedings a brief description of

the warrant, containing the name of the payee, and the number, date, and amount of each

warrant to be canceled. If the party entitled to any such warrant shall appear and give good and

sufficient reason for the party's delay in calling for such warrant or in presenting the same for

payment, the board may issue a new warrant in the amount to which the party is entitled, except

for the statute of limitations.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-28.2-08 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-28.2 / Section 11-28.2-08
11-28.2-08. Annexation by resolution of district
Status: in_force

11-28.2-08. Annexation by resolution of district

The board of commissioners of a recreation service district may adopt a resolution to annex

territory as follows:

1. The board shall adopt a resolution describing the property to be annexed.

2. The board shall publish the resolution and a notice of the time and place the board will

meet to hear and determine the sufficiency of any written protests against the

proposed annexation in the official newspaper of the county once each week for two

consecutive weeks. The board shall mail a notice to the owner of each parcel of real

property within the area to be annexed at the person's last-known mailing address.

The notice must inform landowners of the resolution, the time and place of hearing,

and the requirement that protests must be filed in writing. The owners of any real

property within the territory proposed to be annexed, within thirty days of the first

publication of the resolution, may file written protests with the board protesting against

the proposed annexation. No state-owned property may be annexed without the

written consent of the state agency or department having control of the property. The

board, at its next meeting after the expiration of the time for filing the protests, shall

hear and determine the sufficiency of the protests.

3. In the absence of protests filed by the owners of more than one-fourth of the territory

proposed to be annexed as of the date of the adoption of the resolution, the territory

described in the resolution becomes a part of the district. When a copy of the

resolution and an accurate map of the annexed area, certified by the chairman of the

board, are filed and recorded with the county recorder, the annexation becomes

effective. Annexation is effective for the purpose of special assessments levied by the

recreation service district on and after the first day of the next February. If the owners

of one-fourth or more of the territory proposed to be annexed protest, the board shall

stop its pursuit of the annexation.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-04-09 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-04 / Section 11-04-09
11-04-09. Contents of notice of county seat removal - When county seat deemed changed
Status: in_force

11-04-09. Contents of notice of county seat removal - When county seat deemed

changed.

The notice provided for in section 11-04-08 shall state the city or unincorporated townsite

selected as the county seat and the date on which the change shall take effect. Such date shall

not be more than one year after the election. After the date named in the notice, the place

chosen at the election shall be the county seat of the county.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-09-24 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-09 / Section 11-09-24
11-09-24. County superintendent of schools - Election or appointment - Duties
Status: repealed

11-09-24. County superintendent of schools - Election or appointment - Duties

Repealed by S.L. 1989, ch. 137, § 10.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-01-30 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-01 / Section 11-01-30
11-01-30. Mercer County
Status: in_force

11-01-30. Mercer County

Beginning at the southwest corner of township one hundred forty-one north, range ninety

west of the fifth principal meridian, a point on the tenth standard parallel; thence east along the

tenth standard parallel to the southeast corner of township one hundred forty-one north, range

eighty-eight west; thence north along the line between ranges eighty-seven and eighty-eight

west to the northeast corner of township one hundred forty-three north, range eighty-eight west;

thence east along the line between townships one hundred forty-three and one hundred

forty-four north to the line between ranges eighty-three and eighty-four west; thence north along

the line between ranges eighty-three and eighty-four west to the main channel of the Missouri

River; thence in a general northwesterly direction along the main channel of the Missouri River

to a point where the line between ranges ninety and ninety-one west intersects the main

channel of the Missouri River; thence south along the line between ranges ninety and

ninety-one west to the southwest corner of township one hundred forty-five north, range ninety

west, a point on the eleventh standard parallel; thence east along the eleventh standard parallel

to the northwest corner of township one hundred forty-four north, range ninety west; thence

continuing south along the line between ranges ninety and ninety-one west to the point of

beginning.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-11-31 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-11 / Section 11-11-31
11-11-31. Construction of public buildings - Bond of contractor
Status: repealed

11-11-31. Construction of public buildings - Bond of contractor

Repealed by S.L. 1995, ch. 443, § 29.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-33-22 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-33 / Section 11-33-22
11-33-22. Regulation of animal feeding operations - Central repository
Status: in_force

11-33-22. Regulation of animal feeding operations - Central repository

Any zoning regulation that pertains to an animal feeding operation, as defined in section

11-33-02.1, is not effective until filed with the department of environmental quality for inclusion in

the central repository established under section 23.1-01-10.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-13-11 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-13 / Section 11-13-11
11-13-11. Auditor to prepare plats of school districts - Record
Status: in_force

11-13-11. Auditor to prepare plats of school districts - Record

The county auditor shall prepare a record or plat showing the boundaries and the names or

numbers of the various school districts in the county. Such record shall remain on file in the

auditor's office. When the boundaries of a school district are changed or when a new school

district is organized, the county auditor shall make a record of the same.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-09.1-10 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-09.1 / Section 11-09.1-10
11-09.1-10. Effect of amendment or repeal on salary or term of office
Status: in_force

11-09.1-10. Effect of amendment or repeal on salary or term of office

On the first day of January following repeal of a home rule charter, the county reverts to the

form of government of the county immediately preceding adoption of the home rule charter. If

positions to which officials were elected under the home rule charter are substantially the same

as positions under the form of government to which the county reverts upon repeal, the elected

officials shall continue to exercise the authority of their positions for the salary prescribed by the

home rule charter until expiration of their terms of office as prescribed by the home rule charter.

No amendment of a home rule charter may shorten the term for which any official was elected

or reduce the salary of the official's office for that term.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-23-07 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-23 / Section 11-23-07
11-23-07. Transfer of money from other funds
Status: in_force

11-23-07. Transfer of money from other funds

If the appropriation for any purpose is not sufficient to meet the expenditures required by

law, the county auditor, on the order of the board of county commissioners, may make a transfer

to the required fund from any other fund, except from sinking and interest funds set aside to pay

the principal or interest on outstanding bond issues, or from funds set aside to retire any other

outstanding indebtedness, or from funds received from the state for road, bridge, and highway

purposes. The board shall place on its records a statement of all of such transfers, with the

reasons therefor in detail, and shall report fully and specifically thereon in the published

statements of its proceedings.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-15-02 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-15 / Section 11-15-02
11-15-02. Sheriff may appoint special deputies - Compensation
Status: in_force

11-15-02. Sheriff may appoint special deputies - Compensation

The sheriff may appoint and qualify special deputies in such numbers as are required by the

conditions. Each special deputy shall receive compensation for services rendered and the same

mileage allowance as regular deputies, which must be paid by the county within the limits of

funds budgeted for such purpose. The sheriff shall have the sole power of appointing special

deputies and may remove them at pleasure.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-28.2-04.2 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-28.2 / Section 11-28.2-04.2
11-28.2-04.2. Powers of recreation service districts - General tax levy
Status: in_force

11-28.2-04.2. Powers of recreation service districts - General tax levy

The board of recreation service district commissioners of a recreation service district

created under the provisions of this chapter may, upon proper resolution of the board, levy a tax

for general purposes not exceeding the limitation in section 57-15-26.1.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-14-15 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-14 / Section 11-14-15
11-14-15. Receipts and warrants to be delivered to school district business manager
Status: in_force

11-14-15. Receipts and warrants to be delivered to school district business manager

The county treasurer shall deliver to the business manager of the school district, at the time

of making other regular payments to the business manager, a duplicate tax receipt for all

amounts credited as an endorsement upon, or in payment of, any school district warrant, and

the treasurer shall deliver to such district business manager all warrants which have been

redeemed.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-10-18 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-10 / Section 11-10-18
11-10-18. Penalty for failure to render or settle accounts
Status: in_force

11-10-18. Penalty for failure to render or settle accounts

If any person chargeable with money belonging to the county shall neglect or refuse to

render true accounts to or settle with the county therefor, the board of county commissioners

shall adjust the accounts of such delinquent according to the best information it can obtain and

ascertain the balance due the county and order suit brought in the name of the county therefor.

The delinquent shall not be entitled to any salary during the time the person is delinquent and

shall forfeit and pay to the county a penalty of twenty percent on any amount of funds due the

county and withheld by the person.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-09-31 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-09 / Section 11-09-31
11-09-31. When not clear who is to exercise power, board of county commissioners designate officer
Status: in_force

11-09-31. When not clear who is to exercise power, board of county commissioners

designate officer.

Whenever there is doubt as to what officer of a county adopting any form of county

managership shall exercise a power or perform a duty conferred upon or required of the county,

or any officer thereof, by general law, such power shall be exercised or duty performed by such

officer as shall be designated by ordinance or resolution of the board of county commissioners.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-08-06 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-08 / Section 11-08-06
11-08-06. Officers in county adopting consolidated office form of government
Status: repealed

11-08-06. Officers in county adopting consolidated office form of government

In addition to the board of county commissioners provided for by this title, the officers in a

county which has adopted the county consolidated office form of government are as follows:

1. One county auditor who shall be ex officio recorder and, unless the clerk of district

court serving the county is an employee of the state judicial system, ex officio clerk of

the district court.

2. One state's attorney.

3. One sheriff.

4. One county treasurer, unless the office with its attendant powers and duties is

combined with and conferred upon the county auditor by the board of county

commissioners but no added compensation may be paid the county auditor in said

capacity.

5. Repealed by S.L. 1989, ch. 137, § 10.

6. One coroner.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-19.1-19 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-19.1 / Section 11-19.1-19
11-19.1-19. Required reports to state forensic examiner
Status: in_force

11-19.1-19. Required reports to state forensic examiner

On the form and in the manner prescribed by the state forensic examiner, the coroner or

any individual acting as coroner shall report to the state forensic examiner every death of which

the coroner is notified or which the coroner investigates.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-14-16 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-14 / Section 11-14-16
11-14-16. When treasurer shall pay over the funds collected
Status: in_force

11-14-16. When treasurer shall pay over the funds collected

The county treasurer shall pay over to the treasurer of the state, and to any municipal

corporation or organized township, or to any body politic, on the order of the county auditor, all

moneys received by the treasurer arising from taxes levied and collected, belonging to the state,

or to such municipal corporation or organized township or school district on or before the tenth

working day of each calendar month, provided, however, that foundation program allocations

shall be made within seven days of receipt, excluding weekends and holidays. If any treasurer

willfully and negligently shall fail to settle with the state treasurer at the times and in the manner

prescribed by law, the county treasurer shall forfeit to the use of the state the sum of five

hundred dollars, such sum to be recovered from the treasurer or the treasurer's sureties on suit

brought by the state treasurer in the name of the state. If the state treasurer fails to bring such

suit, then any citizen of the state may bring the same.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-05-19 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-05 / Section 11-05-19
11-05-19. Members of board of county commissioners of petitioning county to meet with board of adjoining county - Expiration of terms of officers of petitioning county
Status: repealed

11-05-19. Members of board of county commissioners of petitioning county to meet

with board of adjoining county - Expiration of terms of officers of petitioning county.

Repealed by S.L. 1993, ch. 401, § 53.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-09-05 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-09 / Section 11-09-05
11-09-05. Ballot for submitting question of the adoption of one of the county manager forms of government
Status: in_force

11-09-05. Ballot for submitting question of the adoption of one of the county manager

forms of government.

The ballot to be used at an election on the question of the adoption of one of the county

manager forms of government shall be in substantially the following form:

Shall __________________ County (name the county) adopt the

_________________ (name one of the plans given in section 11-09-01)?

Yes ☐

No ☐
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-05-24 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-05 / Section 11-05-24
11-05-24. Petitioning and adjoining counties liable for only their own debts
Status: repealed

11-05-24. Petitioning and adjoining counties liable for only their own debts

Repealed by S.L. 1993, ch. 401, § 53.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-16-09 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-16 / Section 11-16-09
11-16-09. State's attorney's contingent fund
Status: in_force

11-16-09. State's attorney's contingent fund

The board of county commissioners shall set aside from any funds in the county treasury

not specifically appropriated or set aside for any other purpose the following sum of money to be

used by the state's attorney of the county as a contingent fund for the purpose of defraying the

necessary expenses that are not otherwise provided for in securing evidence, investigating

criminal cases, and furthering justice:

1. Not less than five hundred dollars and not more than one thousand dollars in counties

having a population of ten thousand inhabitants or less.

2. Not less than one thousand dollars and not more than one thousand five hundred

dollars in counties having a population of more than ten thousand and not more than

twenty thousand inhabitants.

3. Not less than one thousand five hundred dollars and not more than two thousand

dollars in counties having a population of more than twenty thousand inhabitants.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-20-14 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-20 / Section 11-20-14
11-20-14. Surveys for private landowners - How expenses paid
Status: in_force

11-20-14. Surveys for private landowners - How expenses paid

Whenever two or more resident owners of real estate desire to have the corners and lines

of their lands established, relocated, or perpetuated, they shall give at least ten days' notice of

the time of the proposed survey to all other persons owning lands in the same section, and to all

other persons residing in the township owning lands abutting on such section if their lands will

be affected by the survey. The county surveyor shall make the required surveys at the time

specified in the notice and the expense thereof shall be borne by all the persons benefited to the

amount of work done for each as determined by the surveyor. If a person benefited by the

survey, whether a resident or not, refuses or neglects to pay that person's share of the expense

within sixty days thereafter, the surveyor shall certify to the county auditor the amount due, the

name of the person who is delinquent, a description of that person's land, and the name of the

person to whom the amount is due. The county auditor shall assess such amount against the

land of such person and it shall be collected and paid to the county treasurer in the same

manner as state and county taxes are collected and paid out by the county treasurer, on the

order of the county surveyor.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-30-02 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-30 / Section 11-30-02
11-30-02. Filing petition - Notice to state auditor
Status: in_force

11-30-02. Filing petition - Notice to state auditor

The petition shall be filed with the county auditor who shall note thereon the date of filing.

Not later than ten days thereafter, the county auditor shall send a written notice thereof by

registered or certified mail to the state auditor.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-33-21 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-33 / Section 11-33-21
11-33-21. General penalties for violation of zoning regulations and restrictions
Status: in_force

11-33-21. General penalties for violation of zoning regulations and restrictions

A violation of any provision of this chapter or the regulations and restrictions made

thereunder shall constitute the maintenance of a public nuisance and shall be a class B

misdemeanor.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-15-08 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-15 / Section 11-15-08
11-15-08. Commissions collected by sheriff
Status: in_force

11-15-08. Commissions collected by sheriff

1. Except as provided in section 11-15-09, the sheriff is entitled to collect commissions on

behalf of the county on all moneys received and disbursed by the sheriff on an

execution, order of sale, order of attachment, requisition in claim and delivery, or

decree for the sale of real or personal property as follows:

a. On the first one thousand dollars, seventy-five dollars.

b. On all moneys in excess of one thousand dollars, two percent for personal

property and one percent for real property.

2. Except as provided in subsection 3, if no sale is held under subsection 1, the sheriff

may not collect a commission.

3. If personal property is taken by the sheriff on an execution, under a requisition in claim

and delivery, or under a writ of attachment and applied in satisfaction of the debt

without sale, the sheriff is entitled to collect the commission specified in subsection 1

based upon the appraised value of the property. The sheriff shall deliver the

commissions to the county treasurer under section 11-15-14.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-01-34 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-01 / Section 11-01-34
11-01-34. Oliver County
Status: in_force

11-01-34. Oliver County

Beginning at the southwest corner of township one hundred forty-one north, range

eighty-seven west of the fifth principal meridian, a point on the tenth standard parallel; thence

east along the tenth standard parallel to the main channel of the Missouri River; thence in a

northwesterly direction along the main channel of the Missouri River to the point where the line

between ranges eighty-three and eighty-four west intersects the main channel of the Missouri

River; thence south along the line between ranges eighty-three and eighty-four west to the line

between townships one hundred forty-three and one hundred forty-four north; thence west along

the line between townships one hundred forty-three and one hundred forty-four north to the

northwest corner of township one hundred forty-three north, range eighty-seven west; thence

south along the line between ranges eighty-seven and eighty-eight west to the point of

beginning.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-10-10.1 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-10 / Section 11-10-10.1
11-10-10.1. Legislative intent in regard to county salaries
Status: in_force

11-10-10.1. Legislative intent in regard to county salaries

It is the intent of the legislative assembly that the several boards of county commissioners

shall exercise the responsibility of setting the salaries of county officials within the limits

imposed by section 11-10-10. A board of county commissioners, in making a decision in regard

to a county official's salary, should take into account the financial status of the county, the

responsibilities of the position, and any factors that the board deems relevant in arriving at the

decision.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-10-26 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-10 / Section 11-10-26
11-10-26. Appeal after deposit for taking
Status: in_force

11-10-26. Appeal after deposit for taking

When the county seeks acquisition of right of way through eminent domain proceedings

authorized by chapter 32-15, the board of county commissioners may make an offer to

purchase the right of way and deposit the amount of the offer with the clerk of the district court

and thereupon take immediate possession of the right of way as authorized by section 16 of

article I of the Constitution of North Dakota. Within thirty days after notice has been given in

writing to the landowner by the clerk of the district court that a deposit has been made for the

taking of property as authorized in this section, the owner of the property taken may appeal to

the district court by serving a notice of appeal upon the board of county commissioners, and the

matter must be tried at the next regular or special term of court with a jury unless a jury is

waived, in the manner prescribed for trials under chapter 32-15.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-27-04.1 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-27 / Section 11-27-04.1
11-27-04.1. County lands may be conveyed to United States free of reservations
Status: in_force

11-27-04.1. County lands may be conveyed to United States free of reservations

Whenever the United States of America or any of its agencies or agents shall desire or be

required to acquire or approve title to lands owned by any county, the board of county

commissioners shall have power to convey the same free from any reservation of oil, gas, and

minerals and rights thereto, and free of reservations of archaeological materials.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-09-32 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-09 / Section 11-09-32
11-09-32. Appointment of subordinates - Terms of office
Status: in_force

11-09-32. Appointment of subordinates - Terms of office

The manager in a county which has adopted a county manager form of government may

authorize the head of a department or office responsible to the manager to appoint subordinates

in such department or office. All appointments shall be made on the basis of ability, training, and

experience of the appointees. Appointments shall be without definite terms unless for temporary

service not to exceed sixty days.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-10-24 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-10 / Section 11-10-24
11-10-24. Authorization to organize associations of county governments
Status: in_force

11-10-24. Authorization to organize associations of county governments

1. Counties, organized under the Constitution of North Dakota or organized under any

form of county government authorized by the statutes of North Dakota, are hereby

authorized upon motion of the board of county commissioners to organize and

participate in an association of counties.

2. The organization or organizations authorized hereunder must be organized pursuant

to chapter 10-33.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-18-02 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-18 / Section 11-18-02
11-18-02. Recorder not to record certain instruments unless they bear auditor's certificate of transfer
Status: in_force

11-18-02. Recorder not to record certain instruments unless they bear auditor's

certificate of transfer.

Except as otherwise provided in section 11-18-03, the recorder shall refuse to receive or

record any deed, contract for deed, plat, replat, patent, auditor's lot, or any other instrument that

changes the current property description unless there is entered thereon a certificate of the

county auditor showing that a transfer of the lands described therein has been entered and that

the delinquent and current taxes and delinquent and current special assessments against the

land described in such instrument have been paid, or if the land has been sold for taxes, that

the delinquent taxes and special assessments have been paid by sale of the land, or that the

instrument is entitled to record without regard to taxes. The recorder may not record any deed

for property on which the county auditor has determined that there is an unsatisfied lien created

under section 57-02-08.3.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-18-23 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-18 / Section 11-18-23
11-18-23. Filing or recording documents with recorder - Social security numbers
Status: in_force

11-18-23. Filing or recording documents with recorder - Social security numbers

1. A document that includes a social security number may not be filed or recorded with

the recorder unless a law requires the social security number to be in the document in

order to be filed or recorded. A document that is required to contain a social security

number may be recorded in the real estate records with the social security number

redacted.

2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, when a copy of a document that includes a

social security number is requested, the recorder is not required to redact the social

security number unless the document was filed or recorded with the recorder after

December 1, 2003.

3. A document that must include a social security number under chapters 14-03 and

23-02.1 may be processed and recorded under those chapters; however, the social

security number is confidential and must be redacted before a copy or certified copy

may be provided to the public.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-11-29 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-11 / Section 11-11-29
11-11-29. Contract - Form - Contents - Majority vote necessary - When payment made
Status: in_force

11-11-29. Contract - Form - Contents - Majority vote necessary - When payment made

A contract shall be entered into under the provisions of this chapter only after it has been

approved by the vote of a majority of the members of the board of county commissioners. The

contract shall be made in writing and may be signed on behalf of the board by the chairman

thereof and the county seal affixed thereto. The contract shall provide that not more than

seventy percent of the contract price shall be paid until the contract is executed and completed

to the satisfaction and acceptance of the board of county commissioners, its architect, or

authorized superintendent. Payment to the extent of seventy percent of the contract price may

be made from time to time during the process of construction or as supplies are furnished, and

may be divided into such installments as the board may agree upon.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-11-52 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-11 / Section 11-11-52
11-11-52. Board may provide room for historical society
Status: in_force

11-11-52. Board may provide room for historical society

The board of county commissioners of any county, or the governing body of any municipal

corporation, or the board of any public library in the state is hereby authorized and empowered

to furnish a room or rooms in the county courthouse, in a municipal building, or in a public library

building, as the case may be, for the use of the historical society of such county, and to furnish

light and heat therefor.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-01-41 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-01 / Section 11-01-41
11-01-41. Rolette County
Status: in_force

11-01-41. Rolette County

Beginning at the southwest corner of township one hundred fifty-nine north, range

seventy-three west of the fifth principal meridian; thence east along the line between townships

one hundred fifty-eight and one hundred fifty-nine north to the southeast corner of township one

hundred fifty-nine north, range sixty-nine west; thence north along the line between ranges

sixty-eight and sixty-nine west to the northeast corner of township one hundred sixty north,

range sixty-nine west, a point on the fifteenth standard parallel; thence west along the fifteenth

standard parallel to the southeast corner of township one hundred sixty-one north, range

sixty-nine west; thence continuing north along the line between ranges sixty-eight and sixty-nine

west to the international boundary line between the United States and Canada; thence west

along the international boundary line to the line between ranges seventy-three and seventy-four

west; thence south along the line between ranges seventy-three and seventy-four west to the

southwest corner of township one hundred sixty-one north, range seventy-three west, a point on

the fifteenth standard parallel; thence east along the fifteenth standard parallel to the northwest

corner of township one hundred sixty north, range seventy-three west; thence continuing south

along the line between ranges seventy-three and seventy-four west to the point of beginning.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-03-06 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-03 / Section 11-03-06
11-03-06. Governor to appoint county commissioners - When county deemed in existence
Status: in_force

11-03-06. Governor to appoint county commissioners - When county deemed in

existence.

The governor shall appoint three persons who reside in and who are qualified electors of

such new county and who will accept and qualify as county commissioners for the new county.

The commissioners so appointed shall hold office until the first general election thereafter and

until their successors are elected and qualified. After the county commissioners appointed by

the governor have qualified, the county shall be deemed to have existence as a county.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-03-18 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-03 / Section 11-03-18
11-03-18. Payment to new county when public funds of original county exceed its indebtedness
Status: in_force

11-03-18. Payment to new county when public funds of original county exceed its

indebtedness.

A county in which the amount of public funds on hand at the time of the settlement provided

for in section 11-03-11 exceeds the total of its outstanding indebtedness after the deductions

provided for in that section have been made shall pay over a just proportion of such funds to the

county segregated from it and organized under this chapter. The portion paid to the segregated

county shall be based upon the assessed valuation of the whole of the original county and for

the year prior to the date of the segregation and shall be in the proportion that the valuation

within the segregated portion bears to the aggregate of the valuation within the whole of the

original county. The boards of county commissioners shall meet as provided in section 11-03-11

and ascertain the amount to be paid. The board of county commissioners of the original county

shall order warrants issued for such amount, payable immediately, to the treasurer of the county

organized under this chapter. The treasurer of the segregated county shall place the amount

received to the credit of the proper funds of the segregated county.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-28.2-07 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-28.2 / Section 11-28.2-07
11-28.2-07. Petition of owners - Annexation
Status: in_force

11-28.2-07. Petition of owners - Annexation

If the recreation service district annexes the area, it shall do so by resolution. When a copy

of the resolution and an accurate map of the annexed area, certified by the chairman of the

board of commissioners, are filed and recorded with the county recorder, the annexation

becomes effective. An annexation is effective for the purpose of levying special assessments by

the recreation service district on and after the first day of the next February.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-12-01 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-12 / Section 11-12-01
11-12-01. Petition to change number of county commissioners - Election on question
Status: in_force

11-12-01. Petition to change number of county commissioners - Election on question

If at least twenty percent of the qualified electors of a county, as determined by the number

of votes cast for the office of governor at the preceding general election, shall petition the board

of county commissioners for:

1. The increase of the number of county commissioners from three to five if the county, at

the time of the filing of the petition, has three commissioners; or

2. The decrease of the number of county commissioners from five to three if the county,

at the time of the filing of the petition, has five commissioners,

the board of county commissioners shall submit the question presented by the petition to the

qualified electors of the county at a special election to be held in connection with the next

statewide primary or general election, whichever is specified in the petition.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-16-16 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-16 / Section 11-16-16
11-16-16. Prosecution-led diversion program
Status: in_force

11-16-16. Prosecution-led diversion program

1. The state's attorney for each county may create and administer a prosecution-led

diversion program if, after due consideration of any crime victim's rights and subject to

approval from the court, the prosecuting attorney and the defendant agree to suspend

prosecution for a period of time after which the case will be dismissed under rule 32.2

of the North Dakota Rules of Criminal Procedure on condition that the defendant not

commit any new criminal offense during the period of the agreement.

2. Each county that establishes a prosecution-led diversion program shall establish

written guidelines for the program and minimum eligibility criteria.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-13-09 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-13 / Section 11-13-09
11-13-09. Auditor to furnish copy of proceedings of board of county commissioners to newspaper
Status: repealed

11-13-09. Auditor to furnish copy of proceedings of board of county commissioners

to newspaper.

Repealed by S.L. 1987, ch. 146, § 2.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-09-48 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-09 / Section 11-09-48
11-09-48. Election as to retention of plan
Status: in_force

11-09-48. Election as to retention of plan

At any time after any form of county managership has been in force in a county for a period

of four years, the board of county commissioners may submit, and, when petitioned to do so at

least ninety days before a primary election by at least twenty-five percent of the qualified

electors of the county as determined by the total number of votes cast for the office of governor

at the last general election, shall submit to the electors at a primary election the question of

whether or not the county manager plan in force shall be retained. If a majority of the legal votes

cast on such question at the primary election shall be against retaining such plan, it shall cease

to be operative on the first Monday in January next succeeding the primary election, and the

county shall revert to the plan of government in force prior to the adoption of the county

managership. Thereafter, the provisions of this chapter shall not be applicable in such county

until after another compliance with its terms. When the petition has been filed, candidates for all

county offices required under the plan in force prior to the adoption of the county managership

may file nominating petitions. If a majority of the legal votes cast on the question are against

retaining the county manager plan, the candidates nominated at the primary election shall be

voted upon at the general election, and officers shall be elected in accordance with the general

election laws. The terms of office of all officers elected as provided in this section shall

commence on the first Monday in January next succeeding the primary election.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-33-03 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-33 / Section 11-33-03
11-33-03. Object of regulations
Status: in_force

11-33-03. Object of regulations

These regulations shall be made in accordance with a comprehensive plan and designed

for any or all of the following purposes:

1. To protect and guide the development of nonurban areas.

2. To provide for emergency management, including floodplain management as provided

under section 11-11-71. "Emergency management" means a comprehensive

integrated system at all levels of government and in the private sector which provides

for the development and maintenance of an effective capability to mitigate, prepare for,

respond to, and recover from known and unforeseen hazards or situations, caused by

an act of nature or man, which may threaten, injure, damage, or destroy lives,

property, or our environment.

3. To regulate and restrict the erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, repair, or

use of buildings and structures, the height, number of stories, and size of buildings and

structures, the percentage of lot that may be occupied, the size of courts, yards, and

other open spaces, the density of population, and the location and use of buildings,

structures, and land for trade, industry, residence, or other purposes.

4. To lessen governmental expenditures.

5. To conserve and develop natural resources.

These regulations shall be made with a reasonable consideration, among other things, to the

character of the district and its peculiar suitability for particular uses. The comprehensive plan

shall be a statement in documented text setting forth explicit goals, objectives, policies, and

standards of the jurisdiction to guide public and private development within its control.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-16-11 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-16 / Section 11-16-11
11-16-11. District judge to require statement before approving order for payment from state's attorney's contingent fund
Status: repealed

11-16-11. District judge to require statement before approving order for payment from

state's attorney's contingent fund.

Repealed by S.L. 2013, ch. 92, § 9.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-11-19 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-11 / Section 11-11-19
11-11-19. When commissioners may purchase land without election
Status: in_force

11-11-19. When commissioners may purchase land without election

If, in the opinion of a majority of the members of the board of county commissioners,

acquisition of land is, or may become, necessary for the courthouse or the jail, or for the

purpose of beautifying county buildings, or to prevent the erection of other buildings so near to

the courthouse and jail that the transaction of public business will be inconvenienced, the board,

by a majority vote of its members, may purchase such land without submitting the question to a

vote of the electors of the county. The money required for the purchase of the additional land

shall be raised in the manner in which money is raised for general county purposes.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-11-16 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-11 / Section 11-11-16
11-11-16. Board has power to erect, repair, and maintain buildings from current revenue
Status: in_force

11-11-16. Board has power to erect, repair, and maintain buildings from current

revenue.

The board of county commissioners may provide for the purchase, erection, repair, and

maintenance of the courthouse, hospitals, jails, and other necessary buildings within and for the

county. It may purchase the sites for such county buildings if necessary and may make

contracts on behalf of the county for the building, repairing, and maintaining thereof if the

expenditures therefor are not greater than can be paid out of the revenue of the county for the

current year. The board shall have the entire supervision of the construction of such buildings.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-13-03 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-13 / Section 11-13-03
11-13-03. Auditor's reception book
Status: repealed

11-13-03. Auditor's reception book

Repealed by S.L. 1945, ch. 156, § 1.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-09-02 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-09 / Section 11-09-02
11-09-02. Board of county commissioners to submit plan to electorate
Status: repealed

11-09-02. Board of county commissioners to submit plan to electorate

Repealed by S.L. 1993, ch. 401, § 53.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-08-04 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-08 / Section 11-08-04
11-08-04. Ballot - Form
Status: in_force

11-08-04. Ballot - Form

The ballot to be used in the election shall be in substantially the following form:

Shall the county consolidated office form of government be adopted by the county of

__________________ (name of county)?

Yes ☐

No ☐
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-09-07 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-09 / Section 11-09-07
11-09-07. Vote required - Effective date
Status: in_force

11-09-07. Vote required - Effective date

If a majority of the votes cast on the question of adoption of a county manager form of

government are in favor of that form, it becomes effective on the first day of January next

succeeding the election or on a later date as may be designated in the plan or resolution. All

elected offices no longer filled by popular election are abolished on the effective date.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-09-04 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-09 / Section 11-09-04
11-09-04. Notice of election - How election held - Canvass - Return
Status: in_force

11-09-04. Notice of election - How election held - Canvass - Return

The county auditor shall publish once each week for four successive weeks prior to the

election at which the question is to be submitted, in the official newspaper of the county, a notice

of the election on the question of the adoption of a county manager form of government. The

notice shall specify which form of county managership is to be submitted to the electors. The

election upon such question shall be held and conducted and the votes canvassed and returned

in the manner provided for the election of county officers at a general election.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-15-03 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-15 / Section 11-15-03
11-15-03. Duties of sheriff
Status: in_force

11-15-03. Duties of sheriff

1. The sheriff shall:

a. Preserve the peace.

b. Arrest and take before the nearest magistrate, or before the magistrate who

issued the warrant, all persons who attempt to commit or who have committed a

public offense.

c. Prevent and suppress all affrays, breaches of the peace, riots, and insurrections

which may come to the sheriff's knowledge.

d. Attend each term of the district court held within the county; obey its lawful orders

and directions; and act as crier thereof and make proclamation of the opening

and adjournment of court and of any other matter under its direction.

e. Command the aid of as many inhabitants of the county as the sheriff may think

necessary in the execution of the sheriff's duties.

f. Take charge of and keep the county jail and the prisoners therein.

g. Endorse upon all notices and process received by the sheriff for service the year,

month, day, hour, and minute of reception, and issue therefor to the person

delivering it, on payment of the sheriff's fees, a certificate showing the names of

the parties, the title of the paper, and the time of its reception.

h. Serve all process or notices in the manner prescribed by law.

i. Certify under the sheriff's hand upon each process or notice the time and manner

of service, or if the sheriff fails to make service, the reasons for failure, and return

the same without delay.

j. Perform such other duties as are required of the sheriff by law.

k. Enforce, personally or through deputies, all statutes defining traffic violations

denominated noncriminal by section 39-06.1-02.

2. The sheriff maintains the powers under subsection 1 throughout the entire state during

a transport or detention under section 29-06-05.3.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-09-10.1 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-09 / Section 11-09-10.1
11-09-10.1. Election of county manager - Tenure of office - Compensation - Vacancy - Removal - Recall
Status: in_force

11-09-10.1. Election of county manager - Tenure of office - Compensation - Vacancy -

Removal - Recall.

The board of county commissioners in a county which has adopted either of the elected

forms of county managership shall appoint a temporary county manager until a person shall be

elected to such office at the next general election following the effective date of said form of

government. The person so elected shall take office on the first day of January following the

general election and serve for a term of four years. The compensation for the office shall be

fixed by the board of county commissioners. A vacancy in the office of county manager shall be

determined and filled pursuant to chapter 44-02. The elected county manager shall be subject to

removal and recall as provided by general law for other elected county officials.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-22-04 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-22 / Section 11-22-04
11-22-04. How special funds are disbursed
Status: in_force

11-22-04. How special funds are disbursed

Moneys deposited under the provisions of this chapter shall be disbursed only upon the

order of the county auditor based upon the order of the officer making the deposit or of that

officer's successor in office. If the deposit is made in the form of a check or draft, the county

treasurer shall not disburse the fund unless or until such check or draft is paid.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-13-18 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-13 / Section 11-13-18
11-13-18. Reporting name of blind person for which exemption is claimed
Status: in_force

11-13-18. Reporting name of blind person for which exemption is claimed

The county auditor of each county shall report to the director of the department of

transportation the names of all blind persons for which a property exemption is claimed. Such

reports as required are for the information of the department of transportation in determining the

eligibility of any person to operate a motor vehicle on the highways of this state and must be

kept confidential and not divulged to any person or used as evidence in any trial except that the

reports may be admitted in proceedings under section 39-06-33.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-09.1-11 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-09.1 / Section 11-09.1-11
11-09.1-11. General powers preserved
Status: in_force

11-09.1-11. General powers preserved

All powers granted counties by general law are powers of home rule counties.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-16-10 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-16 / Section 11-16-10
11-16-10. Use of state's attorney's contingent fund
Status: in_force

11-16-10. Use of state's attorney's contingent fund

The state's attorney may incur expenses in securing evidence and investigating criminal

cases, so far as is necessary, to the amount annually appropriated by the board of county

commissioners to the state's attorney's contingent fund.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-13-15 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-13 / Section 11-13-15
11-13-15. County auditor to furnish tax information to mortgagee of lands in county
Status: in_force

11-13-15. County auditor to furnish tax information to mortgagee of lands in county

Whenever a mortgagee or assignee of a mortgagee, holding or owning one or more

mortgages upon real estate in any county in this state, shall furnish to the county auditor of such

county a description of the lands covered by such mortgage or mortgages, on a sheet of paper

provided therefor by such mortgagee or assignee, and shall request such county auditor to

search the records of the auditor's office, and to indicate on such sheet, in the appropriate

space provided therefor, the amount of the unpaid general taxes, if any, standing against the

lands therein described, for each given year, as shown by such records, and to indicate that

such general taxes are paid for any given year or years, if such is the fact, the county auditor

shall make such search of the auditor's records and shall set down on such sheet of paper, in

the appropriate space thereon provided, the amount of the unpaid general taxes for each given

year, exclusive of interest or penalty, standing against the lands therein described. If the general

taxes for any given year are paid, the auditor shall write on such sheet, in the appropriate space

provided thereon, the word "paid". The county auditor shall not be required to make any

certificate as respects the information so furnished and shall receive no fee for furnishing such

information or rendering such service.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-15-11 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-15 / Section 11-15-11
11-15-11. Sheriff's expense of preserving property - Approval of court required
Status: in_force

11-15-11. Sheriff's expense of preserving property - Approval of court required

Unless otherwise ordered by the court, the sheriff shall receive the actual expense incurred

for taking, transporting, keeping possession of, and preserving property taken under an

attachment, execution, or other process. No keeper is entitled to receive more than five dollars

per day. Property may not be placed in charge of a keeper unless the property cannot be stored

safely and securely, nor unless there is reasonable danger of loss to the property, nor unless the

property is of a character as to require the personal attention and supervision of a keeper. The

sheriff may require the person in whose favor the attachment, execution, or other process was

issued to pay, or to provide security for, in advance, all expenses actually incurred in the taking,

keeping, transporting, or preserving the property.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-21-10 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-21 / Section 11-21-10
11-21-10. Public administrator to act as receiver in assignment for the benefit of creditors
Status: in_force

11-21-10. Public administrator to act as receiver in assignment for the benefit of

creditors.

When a person makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors, the public administrator,

either on the administrator's own petition or on the petition of a creditor of the assignor, shall be

appointed receiver and shall administer the assignment in the place of the assignee named

therein.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-11.1-01.1 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-11.1 / Section 11-11.1-01.1
11-11.1-01.1. Joint job development authority - Board of directors
Status: in_force

11-11.1-01.1. Joint job development authority - Board of directors

The boards of county commissioners of two or more counties, by resolution, may create a

joint job development authority for the counties. If the authority is created, boards of county

commissioners shall appoint a board of directors in the size and manner established in the

resolution. The resolution must include provision for discontinuing the authority by the boards of

county commissioners. If the authority is created, the question of discontinuing the authority

may be placed on the ballot at the next regular election by petition signed by electors, who are

residents of the area subject to taxation under section 11-11.1-04, of any county creating the

authority equal in number to ten percent of the votes cast in that county for the office of

governor in the last general election. The question to discontinue the authority requires a

majority of the electors voting on the question in that county for passage. Only electors of the

county who are residents of the area subject to taxation under section 11-11.1-04 may vote on

the question to discontinue the authority. If the question to discontinue in any county creating

the authority is passed, the authority is discontinued.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-09-37 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-09 / Section 11-09-37
11-09-37. County officers and employees to pay public moneys to treasurer
Status: in_force

11-09-37. County officers and employees to pay public moneys to treasurer

All moneys received by an officer or employee of the county for the county or in connection

with the business of the county shall be paid promptly into the hands of the county treasurer or

the bank or trust company acting as county treasurer under the provisions of section 11-09-21.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-39-01 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-39 / Section 11-39-01
11-39-01. County fair association organization as nonprofit corporation
Status: in_force

11-39-01. County fair association organization as nonprofit corporation

A county fair association must be organized under the nonprofit corporation laws of this

state. In addition to the powers and duties of nonprofit corporations under the laws of this state,

a county fair association has the powers and duties specified in this chapter.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-18-07 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-18 / Section 11-18-07
11-18-07. Tract indexes to be kept for transfers and for liens - Form of indexes
Status: in_force

11-18-07. Tract indexes to be kept for transfers and for liens - Form of indexes

The recorder shall keep a tract index of the deeds, contracts, and other instruments that are

not merely liens and a tract index of the mortgages and other liens affecting or relating to the

title to real property. The indexes must be in substantially the following forms:

FORM OF TRACT INDEX TO CITY PROPERTY

BLOCK NO. 1, IN___

No. Vol. Page Vol. Page Vol. Page Vol. Page Vol. Page

of or or or or or

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FORM OF SECTIONAL SYSTEM OF TRACT INDEX TO REAL ESTATE TOWNSHIP

NO. ______ RANGE NO. ______ SECTION NO. _____

No. of Quarter Part Quarter Vol. Page Vol. Page Vol. Page

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N.D. Cent. Code § 11-01-02 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-01 / Section 11-01-02
11-01-02. Adams County
Status: in_force

11-01-02. Adams County

Beginning at the southwest corner of township one hundred twenty-nine north, range

ninety-eight west of the fifth principal meridian, a point on the seventh standard parallel; thence

east along the seventh standard parallel to the southeast corner of township one hundred

twenty-nine north, range ninety-one west; thence north along the line between ranges ninety

and ninety-one west to the northeast corner of township one hundred thirty-one north, range

ninety-one west; thence west along the line between townships one hundred thirty-one and one

hundred thirty-two to the southeast corner of township one hundred thirty-two north range

ninety-five west; thence north along the line between ranges ninety-four and ninety-five west to

the northeast corner of township one hundred thirty-two north, range ninety-five west, a point on

the eighth standard parallel; thence west along the eighth standard parallel to the northwest

corner of township one hundred thirty-two north, range ninety-eight west; thence south along the

line between ranges ninety-eight and ninety-nine west to the point of beginning.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-11-10 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-11 / Section 11-11-10
11-11-10. Power of board to preserve order - Fines - Collection
Status: in_force

11-11-10. Power of board to preserve order - Fines - Collection

The board of county commissioners has power to preserve order when sitting as a board

and may punish contempts by fines of not more than five dollars or by imprisonment in the

county jail for not more than twenty-four hours. The board may enforce obedience to its orders

by attachment or other compulsory process, and when fines are assessed by it, they may be

collected before any district judge having jurisdiction, and, within ten days after they are

collected, must be paid into the treasury of the county to be added to the state school fund.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-28-07 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-28 / Section 11-28-07
11-28-07. Auditing and payment of bills
Status: in_force

11-28-07. Auditing and payment of bills

All bills incurred by the board of county park commissioners shall be audited and

recommended for payment by said board and shall be certified to the county auditor who shall

present them for audit and allowance by the board of county commissioners in the same

manner as other bills of the county are audited and allowed. Upon the allowance of such bills,

they shall be paid out of the funds standing to the credit of the board of county park

commissioners, from whatever source received, in the same manner in which other county

obligations are usually paid.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-21-05 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-21 / Section 11-21-05
11-21-05. Duties and powers of public administrator
Status: in_force

11-21-05. Duties and powers of public administrator

The public administrator shall be ex officio public special administrator, guardian, and

conservator in and for the county and shall take into the administrator's charge, without

application to any appropriate court or special appointment, the estates of all deceased persons,

and the persons and estates of all minors, and the estates or persons and estates of all

incapacitated persons, in the following cases:

1. When a person dies intestate in the county without relatives or known heirs.

2. When a person dies testate and the executor named in the will is absent or fails to

qualify and there is no heir, legatee, or devisee available to act as personal

representative.

3. When an unknown person dies or is found dead in the county.

4. When money, property, papers, or other estate is left in a situation exposed to loss or

damage, and no other person administers the estate.

5. When any estate of any person who dies intestate in the county or elsewhere is left in

the county and is liable to be injured, wasted, or lost, and the intestate does not leave

a known spouse or heirs in this state.

6. When a minor is under the age of fourteen years, the minor's parents are dead, and

the minor has no guardian or conservator.

7. When any estate is left in the county belonging to a minor whose parents are dead, or

whose parents, if living, refuse or neglect to qualify as guardian or conservator, or who,

having qualified, have been removed as guardians or conservators, or from any cause

are incompetent to act as guardians or conservators, when such minor has no one

authorized by law to take care of and manage the minor's estate.

8. When the estate or person and estate of an incapacitated person shall be left in the

county and there is no legal guardian or conservator for such incapacitated person and

no competent person who will qualify to take charge of such estate or to act as

guardian or conservator known to the court having jurisdiction.

9. When for any other good cause, the court shall order the administrator to take

possession of an estate to prevent its being injured, wasted, stolen, or lost.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-19.1-02 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-19.1 / Section 11-19.1-02
11-19.1-02. County coroner
Status: in_force

11-19.1-02. County coroner

Each organized county, unless it has adopted one of the optional forms of county

government provided by this code, shall have the office of county coroner which said office shall

be held by an officer chosen in the manner prescribed in this chapter.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-08-02 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-08 / Section 11-08-02
11-08-02. Board of county commissioners to submit plan to electorate
Status: repealed

11-08-02. Board of county commissioners to submit plan to electorate

Repealed by S.L. 1993, ch. 401, § 53.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-10-20 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-10 / Section 11-10-20
11-10-20. Board of county commissioners to provide offices, courtroom, jail - Where public records kept - Authorization for central filing of documents of recorder and clerk of district court
Status: in_force

11-10-20. Board of county commissioners to provide offices, courtroom, jail - Where

public records kept - Authorization for central filing of documents of recorder and clerk

of district court.

The board of county commissioners shall provide a courtroom and jail, and shall provide

offices in the courthouse of the county for the sheriff, county treasurer, recorder, auditor, clerk of

the district court, state's attorney, county superintendent of schools, and any other officer who

has charge of public records. If there is no courthouse in the county or if the courthouse erected

has insufficient capacity, such offices must be furnished by the county in a suitable building at

the county seat for all elected officials, and at any place within the county for appointive or

administrative officials, at the lowest rent to be obtained, provided that this section does not

apply where county officials may serve more than one county as may be otherwise authorized

by law. The board of county commissioners may provide by resolution for the filing in a single

location of documents maintained by the recorder and the clerk of the district court. The

resolution must state in which office the filing is to be done, the persons who are to have

custody of and access to the central files, and must list the documents which are to be centrally

filed.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-11-02 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-11 / Section 11-11-02
11-11-02. Commissioner must be resident of district - Exceptions
Status: in_force

11-11-02. Commissioner must be resident of district - Exceptions

Each county commissioner shall be chosen by the qualified electors of the district of which

the commissioner is a resident, except as otherwise provided in section 11-07-03 or 11-07-06.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-11.1-07 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-11.1 / Section 11-11.1-07
11-11.1-07. Dedication of tax revenues
Status: in_force

11-11.1-07. Dedication of tax revenues

The governing body of a county may dedicate any portion of revenues from the tax

authorized under this chapter or moneys received from any other source to payment of any loan

entered or grant awarded for any purpose necessary or convenient to carry into effect the

objective of the authority established by this chapter.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-27-08 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-27 / Section 11-27-08
11-27-08. Board of county commissioners may set aside county tax deed lands for park purposes
Status: in_force

11-27-08. Board of county commissioners may set aside county tax deed lands for

park purposes.

The board of county commissioners may set aside and transfer to any municipality for park

and recreational purposes any land which the county has acquired through tax lien foreclosure

proceedings and upon which tax deeds have been issued to the county if the land is suitable

and fit for use as a public park or recreational center. The transfer may be made without

consideration or for such consideration as the board deems sufficient. The board also may

establish such property as a county park or attach the same to and make it a part of a county

park already established. All unpaid taxes against the land shall be canceled, and the land so

set aside shall be withdrawn from the list of property for sale by the county.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-14-14 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-14 / Section 11-14-14
11-14-14. Reports of disbursements of funds to school districts
Status: in_force

11-14-14. Reports of disbursements of funds to school districts

Annually, on the first day of July, the county treasurer shall:

1. File with the county superintendent of schools an itemized statement of all funds

remitted by the treasurer during the preceding school year to the business manager of

each school district in the county.

2. Send to the business manager of each school district in the county an itemized

statement of all payments made by the county treasurer to such school district

business manager during the preceding school year.

Such statement shall be made in substantial conformity with the forms prepared by the

superintendent of public instruction for the annual report of school district business managers.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-01-24 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-01 / Section 11-01-24
11-01-24. LaMoure County
Status: in_force

11-01-24. LaMoure County

Beginning at the southwest corner of township one hundred thirty-three north, range

sixty-six west of the fifth principal meridian, a point on the eighth standard parallel; thence east

along the eighth standard parallel to the southeast corner of township one hundred thirty-three

north, range fifty-nine west; thence north along the line between ranges fifty-eight and fifty-nine

west to the northeast corner of township one hundred thirty-six north, range fifty-nine west, a

point on the ninth standard parallel; thence west along the ninth standard parallel to the

northwest corner of township one hundred thirty-six north, range sixty-six west; thence south

along the line between ranges sixty-six and sixty-seven west to the point of beginning.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-28.3-14 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-28.3 / Section 11-28.3-14
11-28.3-14. Payments by certain organizations
Status: in_force

11-28.3-14. Payments by certain organizations

Any property tax-exempt club, lodge, chapter, charitable home, dormitory, state or county

fair association, or like organization located within a rural ambulance service district and outside

the boundaries of any city shall pay to the board of directors of the district annually for

emergency medical service an amount agreed upon, but not less than twenty-five percent of the

amount which would be levied against the property under the provisions of this chapter if the

property were subject to levy.

Funds derived from such payments must be expended by the district for emergency medical

service supplies and equipment and the training of emergency medical service personnel.