N.D. Cent. Code § 11-03-22 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-03 / Section 11-03-22
11-03-22. Validity of bonds issued by school district not affected by division
Status: in_force

11-03-22. Validity of bonds issued by school district not affected by division

The validity of bonds issued by school districts prior to the division of a county under this

chapter shall not be affected by the division nor by the renumbering or renaming of the school

district which issued them.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-18-17 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-18 / Section 11-18-17
11-18-17. Establishment of a county card file system
Status: repealed

11-18-17. Establishment of a county card file system

Repealed by S.L. 1995, ch. 455, § 8.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-33-19 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-33 / Section 11-33-19
11-33-19. Joint planning commission may be established
Status: in_force

11-33-19. Joint planning commission may be established

If the area to be regulated and restricted is situated in two or more counties, a joint planning

commission may be established. Membership of such a joint planning commission shall consist

of five members from each county planning commission to be appointed by the chairman of the

respective county planning commissions. Each joint commission shall make a preliminary report

and hold public hearings thereon as is provided in the case of county planning commissions

before submitting its final report and recommendations to the respective county planning

commissions of each county concerned.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-18-08 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-18 / Section 11-18-08
11-18-08. Separate grantor and grantee indexes to be kept for transfers and liens - Contents
Status: in_force

11-18-08. Separate grantor and grantee indexes to be kept for transfers and liens -

Contents.

The recorder shall keep separate grantor and grantee indexes of the deeds, contracts, and

other instruments not merely liens, and separate grantor and grantee indexes of the mortgages

and other instruments which are liens affecting or relating to the title to real property. Such

indexes shall show:

1. The names of the grantors and of the grantees.

2. The dates of the several instruments filed for record.

3. The dates upon which the several instruments are filed.

4. An abbreviated description of the real property affected by such instruments.

5. The number of the book and page where the instrument is recorded or the document

number of the instrument.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-28.3-12 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-28.3 / Section 11-28.3-12
11-28.3-12. Rural ambulance service district may enter contract
Status: in_force

11-28.3-12. Rural ambulance service district may enter contract

Any rural ambulance service district may enter a contract with another rural ambulance

service district, or other emergency service operation, to consolidate or cooperate for mutual

ambulance services or emergency vehicle services, or may enter a contract with any federal,

state, or local government agency for ambulance services or emergency vehicle services, upon

terms suitable to all concerned.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-11-33 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-11 / Section 11-11-33
11-11-33. Special funds may be transferred
Status: in_force

11-11-33. Special funds may be transferred

Whenever there remains in the treasury of a county an unexpended balance of a special

fund and all claims against the fund have been paid, and the purpose for which it was created

has been subserved fully, and there remains no further use for the balance for the purpose for

which the fund was created, the board of county commissioners may transfer the balance to any

other fund of the county or to the subdivision to which the balance belongs.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-13-08 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-13 / Section 11-13-08
11-13-08. Certified copy of tax deed record prima facie evidence
Status: in_force

11-13-08. Certified copy of tax deed record prima facie evidence

A certified copy of the auditor's tax deed record, or of any part thereof, given under the hand

and seal of the county auditor shall be prima facie evidence in the courts of this state of the

matters and things therein contained.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-01-10 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-01 / Section 11-01-10
11-01-10. Cass County
Status: in_force

11-01-10. Cass County

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

fifty-five west of the fifth principal meridian, a point on the ninth standard parallel; thence east

along the ninth standard parallel to the present main channel of the Red River of the North;

thence in a northerly direction along the present main channel of the Red River of the North to

the intersection of the present main channel of the Red River of the North with 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 fifty-five west; thence south along the

line between ranges fifty-five and fifty-six west to the southwest corner of township one hundred

forty-one north, range fifty-five west, a point on the tenth standard parallel; thence east along

the tenth standard parallel to the northwest corner of township one hundred forty north, range

fifty-five west; thence continuing south along the line between ranges fifty-five and fifty-six west

to the point of beginning.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-11-67 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-11 / Section 11-11-67
11-11-67. Programs and activities of nonprofit organizations that assist the arts - Expenditure of funds
Status: in_force

11-11-67. Programs and activities of nonprofit organizations that assist the arts -

Expenditure of funds.

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

the benefit of nonprofit organizations that assist the arts, including the expansion of existing

programs. A board of county commissioners may expend funds received from county, state,

federal, or private sources for the public purposes provided for in this section. A board of county

commissioners may not make an expenditure under this section to defray expenses or to assist

an organization unless that organization is incorporated as a nonprofit corporation and has

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

funds will be expended and services provided. The board of county commissioners shall review

annually an organization that receives funds under this section to determine the organization's

eligibility to receive public funds. As used in this section, "nonprofit organizations that assist the

arts" means organizations recognized by the council on the arts.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-15-30 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-15 / Section 11-15-30
11-15-30. Standard uniform established
Status: in_force

11-15-30. Standard uniform established

The attorney general with the advice of interested parties and associations shall prescribe a

standard uniform for sheriffs and full-time deputy sheriffs.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-33-02 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-33 / Section 11-33-02
11-33-02. Board of county commissioners to designate districts - Uniformity
Status: in_force

11-33-02. Board of county commissioners to designate districts - Uniformity

For any or all of the purposes designated in section 11-33-01, the board of county

commissioners may divide by resolution all or any parts of the county, subject to section

11-33-02.1 into districts of such number, shape, and area as may be determined necessary, and

likewise may enact suitable regulations to carry out the purposes of this chapter. These

regulations must be uniform in each district, but the regulations in one district may differ from

those in other districts.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-11-54 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-11 / Section 11-11-54
11-11-54. Nonprofit fair corporations - Receipt of real or personal property for fair purposes
Status: in_force

11-11-54. Nonprofit fair corporations - Receipt of real or personal property for fair

purposes.

The board of county commissioners of any county in this state which has received a gift real

or personal property to be used for fair purposes is hereby authorized to transfer such property,

or if the property is sold by the board of county commissioners, then to transfer the proceeds

therefrom, to any nonprofit corporation in such county organized for the purpose of conducting

an annual county fair. The nonprofit fair corporation upon receipt of such real or personal

property shall agree to sponsor and conduct in the county an annual county fair for such number

of years as may be agreed upon by the corporation and board of county commissioners.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-11.1-02 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-11.1 / Section 11-11.1-02
11-11.1-02. Members of the job development authority board of directors - Term of office - Oath - Expenses
Status: in_force

11-11.1-02. Members of the job development authority board of directors - Term of

office - Oath - Expenses.

The members of the job development authority board of directors and the joint job

development authority board of directors shall serve for a term of three years or until their

successors are duly qualified. Terms of office begin on January first and must be arranged so

that the terms of office of approximately one-third of the members expire on December

thirty-first of each year. Each member of the board shall qualify by taking the oath provided for

civil officers. The oath must be filed with the county auditor.

The board of directors shall annually elect members to serve as chairman, vice chairman,

secretary, and treasurer. The board shall also select an executive committee with such powers

and duties as may be delegated by the board. The appointing authority shall establish the rate

of compensation for the board members and actual expenses incurred by the members may be

reimbursed at the official reimbursement rates of the appointing authority.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-33.2-03 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-33.2 / Section 11-33.2-03
11-33.2-03. Scope of county authority
Status: in_force

11-33.2-03. Scope of county authority

County regulation of subdivisions pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall in no way

affect subdivisions within the corporate limits, or within the area of application of extraterritorial

zoning jurisdiction adopted pursuant to section 40-47-01.1, of any city. Additionally, no

resolution, regulation, or restriction adopted pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall

prohibit or prevent the use of land or buildings for farming or any of the normal incidents of

farming.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-16-06 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-16 / Section 11-16-06
11-16-06. Failure of state's attorney to perform duty - Power of court - Appointment of acting state's attorney
Status: in_force

11-16-06. Failure of state's attorney to perform duty - Power of court - Appointment of

acting state's attorney.

If it shall appear, by affidavit or otherwise, to the satisfaction of a judge of the district court of

the judicial district in which the county is situated, that the county has no state's attorney, or that

the state's attorney is absent or unable to attend to the state's attorney's duties, or that the

state's attorney has refused or neglected to perform any of the duties prescribed in

subdivisions b through f of subsection 1 of section 11-16-01, or to institute any civil suit to which

the state or the county is a party after the matter has been properly brought to the attention of

such state's attorney, and that it is necessary that some act be performed, the judge shall:

1. Request the attorney general or an assistant attorney general to take charge of such

prosecution or proceeding; or

2. Appoint an attorney to take charge of such prosecution or proceeding and fix the

attorney's fee therefor by an order entered upon the minutes of the court, and the

attorney so appointed shall be vested with the powers of the state's attorney for the

purposes of that action, but for no other purpose, and shall be the only person

authorized to proceed in such action. The fee specified in the order shall be allowed by

the board of county commissioners and, if so ordered by the court, the amount of such

fee shall be deducted from the salary of the state's attorney.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-04-05 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-04 / Section 11-04-05
11-04-05. Petition for removal of county seat must be verified
Status: in_force

11-04-05. Petition for removal of county seat must be verified

A petition for the removal of a county seat must be verified by the affidavit of the circulator

stating that each signator is a resident of the county and a qualified elector therein, that each

signator personally signed the signator's name to the petition knowing the contents and

purposes thereof, that the petition was signed in the presence of the circulator, and that the

petition was circulated in its entirety.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-33.2-02 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-33.2 / Section 11-33.2-02
11-33.2-02. County power to regulate subdivision
Status: in_force

11-33.2-02. County power to regulate subdivision

For the purpose of promoting health, safety, morals, public convenience, general prosperity,

and public welfare, the board of county commissioners of any county is hereby empowered to

regulate and restrict within the county the subdivision of land. This chapter shall not serve to

invalidate any ordinance, resolution, regulation, decision, plat approval, or other action taken or

adopted, by a board of county commissioners or county planning commission, prior to or

subsequent to July 1, 1981, which regulates or otherwise affects the subdivision of land, except

that, subsequent to July 1, 1981, the provisions of section 11-33.2-12 shall apply to any county

requiring plat approval as a prerequisite to the subdivision of land.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-23-10 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-23 / Section 11-23-10
11-23-10. Auditor's report of county receipts and expenditures
Status: in_force

11-23-10. Auditor's report of county receipts and expenditures

At the end of each fiscal year, the county auditor shall render to the board of county

commissioners an account of all county receipts and expenditures.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-18-01.1 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-18 / Section 11-18-01.1
11-18-01.1. Recorder to be substituted for register of deeds
Status: in_force

11-18-01.1. Recorder to be substituted for register of deeds

Whenever the term "register of deeds" appears in the North Dakota Century Code, the term

"recorder" or "county recorder", whichever is appropriate, must be substituted therefor. The

recorder must be substituted for, take any actions previously taken by, and perform all duties

previously performed by the register of deeds.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-12-03 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-12 / Section 11-12-03
11-12-03. Ballot - Form
Status: in_force

11-12-03. Ballot - Form

If the petition asks for an increase in the number of county commissioners, the ballot shall

be in substantially the following form:

Shall ___________________ County (name the county) increase the number of its county

commissioners to five?

Yes ☐

No ☐

If the petition asks for a reduction in the number of county commissioners, the ballot shall be in

substantially the following form:

Shall ____________________ County (name the county) decrease the number of its

county commissioners to three?

Yes ☐

No ☐
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-09.2-04 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-09.2 / Section 11-09.2-04
11-09.2-04. Budget - Contracts
Status: in_force

11-09.2-04. Budget - Contracts

The board of county commissioners annually shall review the local destination marketing

organization budget as proposed by the organization, if any, under which the organization

operates. The board of county commissioners, in consultation with the local destination

marketing organization, may contract with any person, firm, association, corporation, or limited

liability company to carry out the purposes of the county visitors' promotion fund created under

section 11-09.2-03.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-06-09 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-06 / Section 11-06-09
11-06-09. When territory less than one congressional township - Election
Status: in_force

11-06-09. When territory less than one congressional township - Election

When a majority of the qualified electors of a territory containing less than one

congressional township shall petition the boards of county commissioners as provided in section

11-06-01, such boards, in their discretion, may order elections to be held as provided in this

chapter to pass upon the question of the change in county lines prayed for in the petitions.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-33-23 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-33 / Section 11-33-23
11-33-23. Highways - Roads
Status: in_force

11-33-23. Highways - Roads

This chapter does not include any power relating to the role of the board of county

commissioners in the establishment, repair, or maintenance of highways or roads.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-08-05 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-08 / Section 11-08-05
11-08-05. Vote required - Effective date - Procedure for discontinuance
Status: in_force

11-08-05. Vote required - Effective date - Procedure for discontinuance

If a majority of the votes cast on the question of the adoption of the county consolidated

form of government are in favor of that form, it becomes effective on the first day of January

next succeeding the election. All elected officers whose offices become appointive under this

chapter shall continue in office until their successors are appointed pursuant to the provisions of

this chapter. The question of the discontinuance of the county consolidated office form of

government may be submitted to the electors at the next primary election through the same

procedures set forth in this chapter for adopting that form of government. On the first day of

January following a vote to discontinue, the county reverts to the form of government of the

county immediately preceding adoption of the consolidated office form of government, with all

offices made appointive under this chapter subject to election at the last preceding general

election, or to another optional form of county government adopted by the electors as provided

by law.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-09-27 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-09 / Section 11-09-27
11-09-27. Coroner - Office abolished - Who to perform duties
Status: in_force

11-09-27. Coroner - Office abolished - Who to perform duties

In counties adopting any form of county managership, the office of coroner shall be

abolished. The functions of that office shall be performed by the county manager in counties

adopting a short form of county managership, and in counties adopting a county manager form

of government, by the sheriff. If there is a conflict or inconsistency between the functions of the

coroner and the sheriff, the duties of the coroner shall be performed by the state's attorney.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-18-22.1 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-18 / Section 11-18-22.1
11-18-22.1. Document preservation fund - Recorder reporting requirement to legislative council
Status: in_force

11-18-22.1. Document preservation fund - Recorder reporting requirement to

legislative council.

Expired under S.L. 2005, ch. 104, § 4.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-11-04 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-11 / Section 11-11-04
11-11-04. Specific provisions to be contained in bond of county commissioners
Status: in_force

11-11-04. Specific provisions to be contained in bond of county commissioners

The bond of a member of the board of county commissioners shall be conditioned for the

faithful performance and discharge, according to law, of the official duties of the office and the

rendition of a true, accurate, and full account of all business transactions, powers, and trusts of

every kind and nature that shall come before the member or into the member's hands as such

officer. The bond shall cover all the business of the county done by the member and shall

protect the county against all the member's acts of omission as well as of commission, including

all errors caused by carelessness or inattention in office.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-18-15 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-18 / Section 11-18-15
11-18-15. Notary seal on documents filed with recorder - Stamp or imprint allowed
Status: in_force

11-18-15. Notary seal on documents filed with recorder - Stamp or imprint allowed

The notary seal on any document filed with a recorder may be:

1. In either a stamped or an imprinted form; or

2. An official stamp, as defined in section 44-06.1-01.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-04-02 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-04 / Section 11-04-02
11-04-02. Petitions for permanent location of county seat
Status: in_force

11-04-02. Petitions for permanent location of county seat

The names of cities or unincorporated townsites contending for the county seat shall be

placed upon the primary election ballot by petition. Each such petition shall:

1. Designate the proposed county seat.

2. Be signed by at least ten percent of the qualified electors of the county as determined

by the vote cast for the office of governor at the last general election.

Each such petitioner shall state the date of signing the petition and the petitioner's residence.

No petitioner shall sign more than one such petition. Petitions shall be filed with the county

auditor at least thirty days prior to the holding of the primary election.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-01-45 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-01 / Section 11-01-45
11-01-45. Slope County
Status: in_force

11-01-45. Slope County

Beginning at the point where the boundary line between the states of Montana and North

Dakota intersects the eighth standard parallel; thence east along the eighth standard parallel to

the southeast corner of township one hundred thirty-three north, range ninety-eight west on the

fifth principal meridian; thence north along the line between ranges ninety-seven and

ninety-eight west to the northeast corner of township one hundred thirty-six north, range

ninety-eight 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 one hundred four

west; thence south along the line between ranges one hundred four and one hundred five west

to the northwest corner of township one hundred thirty-five north, range one hundred four west;

thence west along the line between townships one hundred thirty-five and one hundred thirty-six

north to the intersection of said line with the boundary line between the states of North Dakota

and Montana; thence south along the boundary line between the states of North Dakota and

Montana to the point of beginning.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-01-49 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-01 / Section 11-01-49
11-01-49. Towner County
Status: in_force

11-01-49. Towner County

Beginning at the southwest corner of township one hundred fifty-seven north, range

sixty-eight west of the fifth principal meridian, a point on the fourteenth standard parallel; thence

east along the fourteenth standard parallel to the southeast corner of township one hundred

fifty-seven north, range sixty-five west; thence north along the line between ranges sixty-four

and sixty-five west to the northeast corner of township one hundred sixty north, range sixty-five

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-five west; thence

continuing north along the line between ranges sixty-four and sixty-five 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-eight and sixty-nine west; thence south along the

line between ranges sixty-eight and sixty-nine west to the southwest corner of township one

hundred sixty-one north, range sixty-eight 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-eight west; thence continuing south along the line between ranges sixty-eight

and sixty-nine west to the point of beginning.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-11-14 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-11 / Section 11-11-14
11-11-14. Powers of board of county commissioners
Status: in_force

11-11-14. Powers of board of county commissioners

The board of county commissioners shall have the following powers:

1. To institute and prosecute civil actions for and on behalf of the county and in its name.

2. To make all orders respecting property of the county.

3. To levy a tax not exceeding the amount authorized by law.

4. To control the finances, to contract debts and borrow money, to make payments of

debts and expenses, to establish charges for any county or other services, to control

the property of the county, and to contract for cooperative purchases pursuant to a

joint-powers agreement under chapter 54-40.3.

5. To construct and repair bridges and to open, lay out, vacate, and change highways in

the cases provided by law. But the board may not contract for the construction of

bridges costing more than one hundred dollars without first complying with the

provisions of chapter 24-08.

6. To establish election precincts in the county in areas outside the boundaries of

incorporated cities except as provided in chapter 16.1-04.

7. To equalize the assessments of the county in the manner provided by law.

8. To furnish to the county officers the necessary telephone, postage, telephone and

telegraph tolls, and all other things necessary and incidental to the performance of the

duties of their respective offices to be paid out of the county treasury.

9. To furnish a fireproof safe in which to keep all the books, records, vouchers, and

papers pertaining to the business of the board.

10. To dispose of property of the county in the manner provided in chapter 11-27.

11. To purchase lands in lieu of those sold.

12. To grant to any person the right of way for the erection of telephone lines, electric light

systems, water or wastewater systems, or gas or oil pipeline systems over, under, or

upon public grounds, county streets, roads, or highways.

13. To establish a garbage and trash collection system encompassing all or any part of the

territory of the county. The words "garbage and trash collection system" include the

operation and maintenance of one or more sanitary landfill sites, or other types of

processing sites for the disposal of trash and garbage. The board may operate such

system in cooperation with any one or more political subdivisions of this or any other

state in accordance with chapter 54-40. The board may borrow money by issuing

certificates of indebtedness, repayable from fees or special assessments, or both,

which may be charged to the proper parcels of land or to persons receiving the direct

benefits of the garbage and trash collection system, or repayable in such other manner

as may be provided by law, in order to purchase the initial equipment and land

necessary for operation of the system. If the board resolves to establish such a

system, the expenses of establishing, operating, and maintaining it may be financed

by fees charged to persons receiving direct benefits or by special assessment against

the parcels of land properly charged therewith, or by both such fees and assessments.

The assessment may be made, published, altered, appealed from, and confirmed

under the procedures set forth in chapter 11-28.1.

14. To maintain, in its discretion, all public roads and private highways and roads that are

being used as part of regularly scheduled public schoolbus routes.

15. To expend county funds for the purpose of participating in an organization of county

governments pursuant to section 11-10-24. This subsection does not authorize a mill

levy, and the limitations embodied in section 57-15-06 apply to expenditures under this

subsection, which expenditures shall be from the county general fund.

16. To expend county funds to finance in part or entirely for county employees a group

insurance program for hospital benefits, medical benefits or life insurance, and a group

retirement program through either the state retirement program or a private company.

17. To do and perform any other duties prescribed by law.

18. To loan or grant money to and secure a mortgage from individuals, associations,

corporations, or limited liability companies and to purchase ownership shares in

corporations, limited liability companies, or other business associations as provided

through the procedures established by the state's community development block grant

program established pursuant to the Housing and Community Development Act of

1974 [Pub. L. 93-383; 88 Stat. 633; 42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.]. This power applies to all

community development block grant transactions of the board of county

commissioners, including any transactions prior to July 1, 1987. The county is not

lending its funds or extending its credit to any individual, association, or organization

under this subsection and no general liability on the part of the county is incurred.

19. To license, tax, and regulate pawnbrokers outside of municipalities.

20. To acquire by lease, purchase, gift, condemnation, or other lawful means and to hold

in its name for use and control as provided by law, both real and personal property and

easements and rights of way within the county for all purposes authorized by law or

necessary to the exercise of any power granted.

21. To participate and enact or adopt ordinances and resolutions necessary for

participation in the nation's historic preservation program as a certified local

government, as provided for under 36 CFR 61.6.

22. To regulate the confinement and control of dogs, cats, and other household pets,

provided the regulations do not conflict with rules adopted by the state board of animal

health.

23. To require that financial records, including all revenues, expenditures, fund balances,

and complete budgets, be submitted to the board of county commissioners at a time

and in a format requested by the board by all boards, authorities, committees, and

commissions with members appointed by the board of county commissioners before

the board's consideration of the budget and tax levy.

24. To expend county funds as a donation for a capital improvement project to a nonprofit

health care facility within the county.

25. To expend county funds for eradication of gophers, prairie dogs, rabbits, crows, or

magpies.

26. To expend county funds to enhance communications infrastructure for countywide

benefit.

27. To provide for the planning, design, acquisition, development, operation, maintenance,

and support of automation and telecommunications resources.

28. To provide for firebreaks and other fire protection and suppression measures.

29. To construct, equip, operate, and maintain county buildings, including court facilities,

correction centers, jails, and other law enforcement facilities.

30. To require that all financial records, including all revenues, expenditures, fund

balances, and complete budgets be submitted to the board of county commissioners

at a time and in a format requested by the board of county commissioners by all

boards, authorities, committees, and commissions appointed by the board of county

commissioners before consideration by the board of county commissioners of the

budget and levy request.

31. To undertake floodplain management activities in the manner provided under section

11-11-71.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-01-33 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-01 / Section 11-01-33
11-01-33. Nelson County
Status: in_force

11-01-33. Nelson County

Beginning at the southwest corner of township one hundred forty-nine north, range

sixty-one west of the fifth principal meridian, a point on the twelfth standard parallel; thence east

along the twelfth standard parallel to the southeast corner of township one hundred forty-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 fifty-two north, range fifty-seven west, a

point on the thirteenth standard parallel; thence west along the thirteenth standard parallel to the

southeast corner of township one hundred fifty-three north, range fifty-seven west; thence

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

corner of township one hundred fifty-four north, range fifty-seven west; thence west along the

line between townships one hundred fifty-four and one hundred fifty-five north to the northwest

corner of township one hundred fifty-four north, range sixty west; thence south along the line

between ranges sixty and sixty-one west to the southwest corner of township one hundred

fifty-three north, range sixty west, a point on the thirteenth standard parallel; thence west along

the thirteenth standard parallel to the northwest corner of township one hundred fifty-two north,

range sixty-one west; thence south along the line between ranges sixty-one and sixty-two west

to the point of beginning.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-39-04 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-39 / Section 11-39-04
11-39-04. County fair authorization - Forfeiture
Status: in_force

11-39-04. County fair authorization - Forfeiture

Any county fair association that fails to hold a county fair for ten consecutive years forfeits

its official authorization. After a forfeiture, another fair association may organize within a county

and apply, or the forfeiting organization may reapply, to the board of county commissioners for

official county fair authorization and aid under this chapter.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-22-03 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-22 / Section 11-22-03
11-22-03. Deposit of special funds by county treasurer
Status: in_force

11-22-03. Deposit of special funds by county treasurer

Any special fund deposited with the county treasurer under the provisions of this chapter

shall be deposited by the county treasurer as other public funds are deposited, and any interest

collected or accruing on moneys in any such fund placed on time deposit shall be credited to the

fund entitled thereto.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-09-30 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-09 / Section 11-09-30
11-09-30. Surveyor - Office abolished - Who to perform duties
Status: in_force

11-09-30. Surveyor - Office abolished - Who to perform duties

In counties adopting any form of county managership, the office of county surveyor shall be

abolished. The functions of that office shall be performed by or under the direction of the county

manager in counties adopting a short form of county managership, and in counties adopting a

county manager form of government, by the director of public works unless otherwise specified

in this chapter.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-11-48 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-11 / Section 11-11-48
11-11-48. Property in county not subject to seizure for judgment
Status: in_force

11-11-48. Property in county not subject to seizure for judgment

The property of a county and of persons owning property situated or liable to taxation

therein shall not be subject to the lien of a judgment against the county nor to seizure or sale

upon execution or other process of any court issued in connection with any such judgment.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-30-06 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-30 / Section 11-30-06
11-30-06. Canvass of votes and return
Status: in_force

11-30-06. Canvass of votes and return

The votes polled upon the question of disorganizing the county shall be canvassed and

returned in the manner provided for canvassing other votes polled at the same election.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-18-16 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-18 / Section 11-18-16
11-18-16. Buried transmission facilities - Filing notice thereof
Status: repealed

11-18-16. Buried transmission facilities - Filing notice thereof

Repealed by S.L. 1995, ch. 455, § 8.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-09-10 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-09 / Section 11-09-10
11-09-10. Appointment of county manager - Tenure of office - Compensation
Status: in_force

11-09-10. Appointment of county manager - Tenure of office - Compensation

The county manager, in a county which has adopted either of the appointed forms of county

managership, shall be appointed by the board of county commissioners. The county manager

shall be appointed with regard to merit only and need not be a resident of the county at the time

of appointment. No member of the board shall be chosen county manager during the time for

which the member is elected nor shall the managerial powers be given to a person who at the

same time is filling an elective office. The manager shall not be appointed for a definite tenure

but shall be removable at the pleasure of the board. The county manager shall devote full time

to county manager work. The county manager's compensation shall be fixed by the board. In

the absence or disability of the manager, the board may designate some responsible person to

perform the duties of the office.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-28.1-11 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-28.1 / Section 11-28.1-11
11-28.1-11. Aggrieved person may file notice of appeal
Status: in_force

11-28.1-11. Aggrieved person may file notice of appeal

Prior to the meeting at which the board of county commissioners will act upon the

assessment, any aggrieved person may appeal from the action of the special assessment

commission by filing with the county auditor a written notice of the appeal, stating therein the

grounds upon which the appeal is based.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-28-21 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-28 / Section 11-28-21
11-28-21. Police officers to enforce provisions
Status: repealed

11-28-21. Police officers to enforce provisions

Repealed by S.L. 2015, ch. 439, § 104.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-31-04 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-31 / Section 11-31-04
11-31-04. Manner of payment of compensation
Status: in_force

11-31-04. Manner of payment of compensation

Payment for the work actually performed by the county engineer may be made out of the

county road and bridge fund or the general funds of the county upon certified vouchers showing

the time actually expended and the contract price agreed upon. Such vouchers shall be filed

with the county auditor and approved by the board of county commissioners, in the manner now

provided by law for the filing and approval of other claims against the counties.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-13-12 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-13 / Section 11-13-12
11-13-12. Auditor's certificate of taxes and special assessments on deeds, contracts for deed, plats, replats, and patents
Status: in_force

11-13-12. Auditor's certificate of taxes and special assessments on deeds, contracts

for deed, plats, replats, and patents.

1. Whenever a deed, contract for deed, or patent is presented to the county auditor for

transfer, the auditor shall ascertain from the books and records in the auditor's office

and in the office of the county treasurer whether there are delinquent taxes, special

assessments, or an unsatisfied lien created under section 57-02-08.3 against the land

described in the instrument, or whether the land has been sold for taxes.

a. If there are delinquent taxes, special assessments, or an unsatisfied lien created

under section 57-02-08.3 against lands described in the instrument, the auditor

shall certify the same. When the receipt of the county treasurer is produced for

the delinquent and current taxes or special assessments, the auditor shall enter

"Taxes and special assessments paid and transfer accepted".

b. If the land described has been sold for taxes to a purchaser other than the

county, the auditor shall enter "Taxes paid by sale of the land described within

and transfer accepted".

c. If the instrument presented is entitled to record without regard to taxes, the

auditor shall enter "Transfer accepted".

d. Acceptances required under this subsection must be accompanied by the

auditor's signature.

2. Whenever a deed, contract for deed, or patent is presented to the county auditor for

transfer, the auditor shall ascertain from the books and records in the auditor's office

whether there are current taxes, current special assessments, or an unsatisfied lien

created under section 57-02-08.3 against the land described in the instrument. If there

are current taxes, current special assessments, or an unsatisfied lien created under

section 57-02-08.3 against the land described in the instrument, the auditor shall place

a statement on the instrument showing the amount of any current taxes, current

special assessments, or unsatisfied lien created under section 57-02-08.3. When the

receipt of the county treasurer is produced showing payment of delinquent and current

taxes and special assessments, and satisfaction of all liens created under section

57-02-08.3, if any, the auditor shall enter "Taxes and special assessments paid, all

liens created under section 57-02-08.3 satisfied, if any, and transfer accepted". For

purposes of this subsection:

a. "Current special assessments" means special assessments that have been

certified to the county auditor for collection but are not yet delinquent and have

become due on the first day of January under section 57-20-01.

b. "Current taxes" means real estate taxes, as shown on the most recent tax list

prepared by the county auditor, which are not yet delinquent and have become

due on the first day of January under section 57-20-01.

3. Whenever a plat, replat, auditor's lot, or any instrument that changes the current

property description, including condominium ownership established under chapter

47-04.1, is presented to the county auditor for transfer, the auditor shall ascertain from

the books and records in the auditor's office and in the office of the county treasurer

whether there are current or delinquent taxes, special assessments, or an unsatisfied

lien created under section 57-02-08.3 and, after February first of each year, the tax

estimate for that year against the land described in the instrument or whether the land

has been sold for taxes. If there are current taxes, delinquent taxes, delinquent special

assessments, installments of special assessments, an unsatisfied lien created under

section 57-02-08.3 or tax estimates against lands described in the instrument, the

auditor shall certify the same.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-01-39 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-01 / Section 11-01-39
11-01-39. Renville County
Status: in_force

11-01-39. Renville County

Beginning at the southwest corner of township one hundred fifty-eight north, range

eighty-six west of the fifth principal meridian; thence east along the line between townships one

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

hundred fifty-eight north, range eighty-one west; thence north along the line between ranges

eighty and eighty-one west to the northeast corner of township one hundred fifty-eight north,

range eighty-one west; thence west 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 eighty-four west; thence north along the line between ranges eighty-three and

eighty-four west to the northeast corner of township one hundred sixty north, range eighty-four

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 eighty-four west; thence

continuing north along the line between ranges eighty-three and eighty-four west, to the

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

international boundary line to the line between ranges eighty-seven and eighty-eight west;

thence south along the line between ranges eighty-seven and eighty-eight west to the

southwest corner of township one hundred sixty-one north, range eighty-seven 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 eighty-six west; thence south along the line

between ranges eighty-six and eighty-seven west to the point of beginning.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-15-13 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-15 / Section 11-15-13
11-15-13. Fees to be endorsed on process
Status: in_force

11-15-13. Fees to be endorsed on process

When a sheriff or other officer serves a summons, subpoena, bench warrant, venire, or

other process in any action to which the state or any county is a party, the officer shall endorse

upon the writ or process, or upon a paper attached thereto, at the time the officer makes the

return of service thereon, a statement of the officer's fees for the service, the number of miles

traveled, and the amount of the officer's mileage. If the officer fails to make the return with the

statement and does not file the return with the clerk of the court from which the process issued

before judgment is rendered in the action to which the process relates, the officer shall receive

no fees for such service, and the board of county commissioners of the county shall not allow

the same.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-09-17 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-09 / Section 11-09-17
11-09-17. Auditor - Who to act
Status: in_force

11-09-17. Auditor - Who to act

Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, in counties adopting a short form of county

managership, the functions imposed on the county auditor by general statute shall be performed

by or under the direction of the county manager, and in counties adopting a county manager

form of government, by the director of finance.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-20-18 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-20 / Section 11-20-18
11-20-18. Papers to be delivered upon termination of employment - Penalty
Status: in_force

11-20-18. Papers to be delivered upon termination of employment - Penalty

When a county surveyor resigns or is removed from office, the surveyor shall deliver all

books and papers relating to the office to the surveyor's successor or to the board of county

commissioners if no successor has been appointed. A county surveyor who shall neglect to so

deliver such books and papers within one month after the termination of employment, or any

executor or administrator, within thirty days after appointment and qualification, of a deceased

county surveyor who shall neglect to so deliver any such books and papers coming into the

person's custody within one month after the death of the county surveyor, shall forfeit and pay to

the county a sum of not less than ten dollars nor more than fifty dollars. Such amount shall be

fixed by the board of county commissioners at its meeting after such failure. A similar sum shall

be paid for each month thereafter until such books and papers are delivered as is required by

this section.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-05-09.2 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-05 / Section 11-05-09.2
11-05-09.2. Consolidated county
Status: in_force

11-05-09.2. Consolidated county

On the first Monday in January following the election of county officers, or on another date

as prescribed in the approved consolidation plan, the affected counties are for all purposes a

single county as prescribed in the consolidated plan. All rights, privileges, and franchises of

each of the counties, and all assets and liabilities, are deemed transferred to the new

consolidated county. Any suit which may have been brought against a previous county may be

brought, after consolidation, against the consolidated county.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-05-01 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-05 / Section 11-05-01
11-05-01. Definition of terms
Status: repealed

11-05-01. Definition of terms

Repealed by S.L. 1993, ch. 401, § 53.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-20-17 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-20 / Section 11-20-17
11-20-17. Assistants - How paid
Status: in_force

11-20-17. Assistants - How paid

All necessary chainmen and other assistants of the county surveyor shall be paid for their

services by the person requiring the work to be done, unless it is otherwise specially agreed.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-11-70 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-11 / Section 11-11-70
11-11-70. Development by a foreign adversary - Prohibition
Status: in_force

11-11-70. Development by a foreign adversary - Prohibition

Expired under S.L. 2023, ch. 109, § 5.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-04-11 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-04 / Section 11-04-11
11-04-11. Interval required between elections for the removal of a county seat
Status: in_force

11-04-11. Interval required between elections for the removal of a county seat

An election for the removal of a county seat may not be held more often than once in four

years.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-28.3-15 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-28.3 / Section 11-28.3-15
11-28.3-15. Territory to be annexed
Status: in_force

11-28.3-15. Territory to be annexed

1. Any territory adjacent to the boundary of an existing ambulance district may be

annexed to the district. If the territory to be annexed is within the designated service

area as established under subsection 1 of section 23-27-01, the board, upon its own

motion, may annex the territory if a majority of qualified electors residing in the existing

and proposed territory approve of the annexation at a regular or special election.

2. If the area to be annexed is not within the designated service area as established

under subsection 1 of section 23-27-01, the proceedings for the annexation may be

initiated by a presentation to the county auditor. If more than one county is in the

proposed annexed territory, the auditor serving the larger portion shall coordinate with

other county auditors to create a petition stating the desires and purposes of the

petitioners signed by fifty qualified electors, or if there are not fifty qualified electors in

the proposed territory, fifty percent of qualified electors residing within the boundaries

of the territory. The petition must contain a description of the boundaries of the territory

proposed to be annexed and must be accompanied by a map or plat and a deposit for

publication costs.

3. The county auditor shall determine and certify whether the petition complies with the

requirements of this section and ensure the qualified electors signing the petition

reside within the boundaries. The county auditor shall forward a completed petition,

map or plat, and certificate to the board of directors of the district the annexed property

is seeking to join.

4. Within thirty days after receiving the petition, map or plat, and certificate of the county

auditor, the board of directors shall send a written report approving or denying the

proposal to the county auditor.

5. If the report of the board of directors denies the proposal, the petition must be rejected.

If the report is favorable, the county auditor promptly shall designate a time and place

for an election upon the petition and shall give notice of the election in the manner

prescribed by section 11-28.3-03. At the election, any qualified elector residing within

the boundaries of the territory to be annexed may cast a vote. If the majority cast a

vote in favor of the question of annexation, the new territory must be annexed.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-05-17 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-05 / Section 11-05-17
11-05-17. Trial of criminal cases transferred to adjoining county
Status: repealed

11-05-17. Trial of criminal cases transferred to adjoining county

Repealed by S.L. 1993, ch. 401, § 53.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-33-16 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-33 / Section 11-33-16
11-33-16. Enforcement
Status: in_force

11-33-16. Enforcement

The board of county commissioners shall provide for the enforcement of this chapter and of

resolutions and regulations made thereunder and may impose enforcement duties on any

officer, department, agency, or employee of the county.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-38-10 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-38 / Section 11-38-10
11-38-10. Report to board of county commissioners
Status: in_force

11-38-10. Report to board of county commissioners

An extension agent shall file a statement of the agent's work with the board of county

commissioners either monthly or within a mutually agreed upon time frame not to exceed one

year.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-01-19 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-01 / Section 11-01-19
11-01-19. Grand Forks County
Status: in_force

11-01-19. Grand Forks County

Beginning at the southwest corner of township one hundred forty-nine north, range fifty-six

west of the fifth principal meridian, a point on the twelfth standard parallel; thence east along the

twelfth standard parallel to the main channel of the Red River of the North; thence in a northerly

direction along the main channel of the Red River of the North to a point where the line between

townships one hundred fifty-four and one hundred fifty-five north intersects the main channel of

the Red River of the North; thence west along the line between townships one hundred fifty-four

and one hundred fifty-five north to the northwest corner of township one hundred fifty-four north,

range fifty-six west; thence south along the line between ranges fifty-six and fifty-seven west to

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

the thirteenth standard parallel; thence east along the thirteenth standard parallel to the

northwest corner of township one hundred fifty-two north, range fifty-six west; thence continuing

south along the line between ranges fifty-six and fifty-seven west to the point of beginning.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-11-38 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-11 / Section 11-11-38
11-11-38. Proceedings of county commissioners - Copies received as evidence
Status: in_force

11-11-38. Proceedings of county commissioners - Copies received as evidence

Copies of the proceedings of the board of county commissioners, duly certified and attested

by the county auditor under seal, shall be received as evidence in all courts of this state.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-09-28 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-09 / Section 11-09-28
11-09-28. County justice - Office abolished - Who to perform duties
Status: repealed

11-09-28. County justice - Office abolished - Who to perform duties

Repealed by S.L. 1965, ch. 98, § 54.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-14-20 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-14 / Section 11-14-20
11-14-20. Loaning county funds - Penalty
Status: in_force

11-14-20. Loaning county funds - Penalty

If any county treasurer shall loan any money belonging to the treasurer's county, with or

without interest, or shall use the same for the treasurer's own purposes, the treasurer shall

forfeit and pay, for every such offense, not more than five hundred dollars nor less than one

hundred dollars. The forfeiture shall be recovered for the benefit of the county in an action

brought by the state of North Dakota.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-03-28 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-03 / Section 11-03-28
11-03-28. Elections governed by general election law
Status: in_force

11-03-28. Elections governed by general election law

All elections held under this chapter, when it is not otherwise provided, shall be conducted

in the manner prescribed by law for the conduct of general elections. The refusal or neglect on

the part of an official to perform the official's lawful duties in connection with an election under

this chapter shall not affect the validity of the election.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-05.1-05 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-05.1 / Section 11-05.1-05
11-05.1-05. Approval of new county government plan
Status: in_force

11-05.1-05. Approval of new county government plan

If the committee shall recommend a new form of county government among the optional

plans provided by law, they shall submit a report of their findings to the board of county

commissioners. If the plan submitted by the committee is the consolidated office form of

government, the board of county commissioners shall proceed as provided in chapter 11-08 or if

the plan is that of county managership form, then the board of county commissioners shall

proceed as provided in chapter 11-09.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-05-12 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-05 / Section 11-05-12
11-05-12. Records and equipment transferred to adjoining county
Status: repealed

11-05-12. Records and equipment transferred to adjoining county

Repealed by S.L. 1993, ch. 401, § 53.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-33.2-14 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-33.2 / Section 11-33.2-14
11-33.2-14. Recording plat
Status: in_force

11-33.2-14. Recording plat

Upon final approval of a plat as required under this chapter, the subdivider shall record the

plat in the office of the recorder of the county wherein the plat is located. Whenever plat

approval is required by a county, the recorder shall not accept any plat for recording unless such

plat officially notes the final approval of the board of county commissioners.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-28.2-01 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-28.2 / Section 11-28.2-01
11-28.2-01. Establishment of recreation service districts - Petition - Purpose
Status: in_force

11-28.2-01. Establishment of recreation service districts - Petition - Purpose

The board of county commissioners of any county, at any meeting of the board, by majority

vote of all of the members may, upon the petition of ten percent of the individuals who qualify

under section 11-28.2-03 as voters of an area to be included within a proposed recreation

service district, call for an election of all of the qualified voters of the district to determine the

question of the establishment of a recreation service district for the purpose of providing

services, which may include police protection, sewer and water, garbage removal services, and

public road construction and maintenance, in addition to those provided by the local governing

body or agency to summer homes, cottages, and other residences and establishments that exist

within the area, and provide for the improvement and control of the environmental quality of the

recreation service district. The recreation service district must be limited in size and location to

an area contiguous to or within one-quarter mile [402.34 meters] of the recreational waters of

the area or to the areas of land which are dedicated to public use for recreational purposes. In

addition, the district must consist of not less than forty privately owned seasonal homes or

cottages and other residences and establishments. If a petition is presented to the board of

county commissioners calling for an election, the petition must be accompanied by any

information required by the board of county commissioners, including the boundaries of the

proposed recreation district, the approximate number of qualified voters, and a sufficient deposit

of money to cover all costs of the election. Within sixty days after the calling of an election, the

board of county commissioners shall provide an election on the question of whether a recreation

service district should be established and shall establish procedures for voting and other

necessary matters not inconsistent with this chapter. The county commissioners shall give at

least thirty days' notice of the election by certified mail to all qualified voters. If a majority of the

qualified electors voting on the question approve of the establishment of a recreation service

district, the district must be organized.

The board of commissioners of a recreation service district may extend the boundaries of

the district to property within or contiguous to the one-quarter mile [402.34 meters] limit through

the annexation procedures provided in sections 11-28.2-06 through 11-28.2-08.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-11.1-03 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-11.1 / Section 11-11.1-03
11-11.1-03. Powers and duties of job development authorities
Status: in_force

11-11.1-03. Powers and duties of job development authorities

The job development authority or joint job development authority shall use its financial and

other resources to encourage and assist in the development of employment and promotion of

tourism within the county or counties. In fulfilling this objective, the authority may exercise the

following powers:

1. To sue and be sued.

2. To make and execute contracts and other instruments necessary or convenient to the

exercise of the powers of the authority.

3. To hire professional personnel skilled in seeking and promoting new or expanded

opportunities within the county or counties.

4. To make, amend, and repeal resolutions consistent with the provisions of this chapter

as necessary to carry into effect the powers and purposes of the authority.

5. To acquire by gift, trade, or purchase, and to hold, improve, and dispose of property.

6. To certify a tax levy as provided in section 11-11.1-04 and to expend moneys raised by

the tax for the purposes provided in this chapter. A job development authority may

accept and expend moneys from any other source.

7. To insure or provide for insurance of any property in which the authority has an

insurable interest.

8. To invest any funds held by the authority.

9. To cooperate with political subdivisions in exercising any of the powers granted by this

section, including enabling agreements permitted under chapter 54-40.

10. To loan, grant, or convey any funds or other property held by the authority for any

purpose necessary or convenient to carry into effect the objective of the authority

established by this chapter.

11. To use existing uncommitted funds held by the authority to guarantee loans or make

other financial commitments to enhance economic development.

12. To take equity positions in, provide loans to, or use other innovative financing

mechanisms to provide capital for new or expanding businesses in this state or for

businesses relocating to this state.

13. To exercise any other powers necessary to carry out the purposes and provisions of

this chapter.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-32-03 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-32 / Section 11-32-03
11-32-03. May join with cities, school districts, and other agencies in erection and operation
Status: in_force

11-32-03. May join with cities, school districts, and other agencies in erection and

operation.

The board of county commissioners, in carrying out the provisions of sections 11-32-01 and

11-32-02, may join with a city, school district, or other public or private nonprofit corporation or

agency, or any or all of same, in the erection and operation of said memorial, or memorials, or

other suitable recognition in any proportion deemed advisable by said board. Said board in

conjunction with the other cooperating body or bodies may provide for the operation and

administration of said memorial, memorials, or other suitable recognition. In the event that a

school building, gymnasium, or other school-related building is constructed by a school district

and wholly or partially financed through moneys from the memorial fund created by this chapter,

and, due to a reorganization of such school district, is transferred to another school district, such

other school district shall be authorized to sell and transfer title to such building in the same

manner provided by law notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 11-32.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-18-14 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-18 / Section 11-18-14
11-18-14. Recorder to remove and destroy certain documents - Records to be made
Status: in_force

11-18-14. Recorder to remove and destroy certain documents - Records to be made

The recorder in each county in this state, unless otherwise earlier permitted by law, shall

remove from the files in the recorder's office, and destroy, all chattel mortgages, agricultural

processor's liens, agricultural supplier's liens, agister's liens, mechanic's liens, repairman's liens,

unpaid earned insurance premium liens, and sales contracts together with any releases for the

instrument upon which a claim for relief has accrued and which claim for relief is more than ten

years old. At the time of destroying the files the recorder shall note on the margin of the index

opposite the record of each instrument so removed and destroyed the date when the instrument

was destroyed.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-11-18 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-11 / Section 11-11-18
11-11-18. Board to submit extraordinary outlay to vote
Status: repealed

11-11-18. Board to submit extraordinary outlay to vote

Repealed by S.L. 2015, ch. 439, § 104.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-01-07 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-01 / Section 11-01-07
11-01-07. Bowman County
Status: in_force

11-01-07. Bowman County

Beginning at the point where the boundary line between the states of North Dakota and

Montana intersects the seventh standard parallel; thence east along the seventh standard

parallel to the southeast corner of township one hundred twenty-nine north, range ninety-nine

west of the fifth principal meridian; thence north along the line between ranges ninety-eight and

ninety-nine west to the northeast corner of township one hundred thirty-two north, range

ninety-nine west, a point on the eighth standard parallel; thence west along the eighth standard

parallel to the boundary line between the states of North Dakota and Montana; thence south

along said boundary line to the point of beginning.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-30-11 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-30 / Section 11-30-11
11-30-11. Officers of organized county bonded for benefit of unorganized county
Status: in_force

11-30-11. Officers of organized county bonded for benefit of unorganized county

The officers and employees of the organized county to which the disorganized county is

attached shall be bonded automatically in the state bonding fund as provided by law for the

benefit of the disorganized county in the amounts for which the corresponding officers of the

disorganized county would be required by law to be bonded if the county were not disorganized.

The premium for such bonds shall be charged against the disorganized county. The condition of

each bond shall be that the officer or employee named therein as principal faithfully and

impartially shall discharge and perform the duties of the said office or employment relating to the

disorganized county, including such duties as are or may be imposed upon the officer or

employee by law, and shall render a true account of all moneys and property of every kind that

shall come into the officer's or employee's hands as such officer or employee and shall pay over

and deliver the same according to law.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-03-12 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-03 / Section 11-03-12
11-03-12. Indebtedness of new county to original county to be paid in bonds
Status: in_force

11-03-12. Indebtedness of new county to original county to be paid in bonds

The amount of indebtedness of a county organized under this chapter, as ascertained by

the two boards of county commissioners, shall be paid to the county from which it segregates in

the bonds of the new county.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-18-03 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-18 / Section 11-18-03
11-18-03. Instruments entitled to record without regard to taxes
Status: in_force

11-18-03. Instruments entitled to record without regard to taxes

The following instruments may be recorded by the recorder without the auditor's certificate

referred to in section 11-18-02:

1. A sheriff's or referee's certificate of sale on execution or on foreclosure of a mortgage.

2. A mineral deed conveying oil, gas, and other minerals in or under the surface of lands.

3. A personal representative's deed or any document terminating joint tenancy or a life

estate or any judgment or decree affecting title to real estate, which must be presented

to the auditor's office prior to being placed of record in order to allow the auditor to

make such changes in the tax rolls of the auditor's office as may be necessary.

4. Any deed conveying to the state, or to any political subdivision or municipal

corporation thereof, any right of way for use as a public street, alley, or highway.

5. Any plat, replat, or auditor's lot accompanied by a resolution requesting the recording

of the plat, replat, or auditor's lot by the governing body of a political subdivision.

6. A statement of succession in interest to minerals deemed to be abandoned under

7. A transfer on death deed or revocation instrument authorized under chapter 30.1-32.1.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-21-01 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-21 / Section 11-21-01
11-21-01. Public administrator - Appointment - Term of office
Status: in_force

11-21-01. Public administrator - Appointment - Term of office

The presiding judge of the judicial district in which a county is located may, after

consultation with the judges of the judicial district, appoint a public administrator for that county.

A public administrator may be a corporation or limited liability company. The initial appointments

under this section may be made upon completion of the terms of public administrators elected in

1984. The public administrator shall hold office for four years and until a successor is appointed

and qualified. The presiding judge may appoint a single public administrator to serve more than

one county within the district court's jurisdiction.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-10-33 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-10 / Section 11-10-33
11-10-33. When a county may maintain or vacate streets in a dissolved city
Status: in_force

11-10-33. When a county may maintain or vacate streets in a dissolved city

If a dissolved city is located in an unorganized township, the county may choose to maintain

or vacate, under chapter 40-39, the streets and alleys in the dissolved city.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-33.2-13 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-33.2 / Section 11-33.2-13
11-33.2-13. Remedies to effect completion of improvements
Status: in_force

11-33.2-13. Remedies to effect completion of improvements

In the event that any public improvements which may be required to be installed by the

subdivider have not been installed as provided in the subdivision resolution or in accordance

with the plat as finally approved, the board of county commissioners is hereby granted the

power to enforce any surety bond, or other security, required of said subdivider by appropriate

legal and equitable remedies. If the proceeds of the bond, or other security, are insufficient to

pay the cost of installing or making repairs or corrections to all the improvements covered by the

security, the board of county commissioners may, at its option, install part of such improvements

in all or part of the subdivision and may institute appropriate legal or equitable action to recover

the moneys necessary to complete the remainder of the improvements. All of the proceeds,

whether resulting from the security or from any legal or equitable action brought against the

subdivider, or both, shall be used solely for the installation of the improvements covered by such

security, and not for any other purpose.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-24-07 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-24 / Section 11-24-07
11-24-07. Rate of pay for making copies of plats
Status: in_force

11-24-07. Rate of pay for making copies of plats

The board of county commissioners shall not pay more than twenty dollars per sheet for

copies of original plats and plans. This sum shall include the work necessary for making the

negatives, one set of prints, the necessary covers, and two typewritten copies of descriptions

and dedications.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-16-05 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-16 / Section 11-16-05
11-16-05. Restrictions on powers of state's attorney - Option regarding full-time state's attorneys - Penalty for breach of duty
Status: in_force

11-16-05. Restrictions on powers of state's attorney - Option regarding full-time

state's attorneys - Penalty for breach of duty.

The state's attorney shall not:

1. Present a claim, account, or other demand for allowance against the county, except for

the state's attorney's own services, nor in any way advocate the relief asked for by the

claim or demand of another.

2. Be eligible to or hold any state or federal judicial office except that of United States

commissioner.

3. Receive a fee or reward from or on behalf of a prosecutor or other individual for

services in any prosecution or business to which it is the state's attorney's official duty

to attend.

4. Be concerned as attorney or counsel for any party, other than the state or county, in

any civil action depending upon, or arising out of, a state of facts upon which a

pending and undetermined criminal prosecution depends.

5. Be concerned as attorney or counsel for any party, other than the state or county, or

other than a city within the county, when so authorized by resolution of the board of

county commissioners, in any action or proceeding whatsoever when employed by a

county having a population exceeding thirty-five thousand or by any other county

whose board of commissioners has, by resolution, determined that the state's attorney

shall be restricted in this manner. A board of county commissioners may adopt or

rescind a resolution under this subsection in any year. However, in the general election

year in which the state's attorney is to be elected, such action must be taken prior to

June first. Such adoption or rescission shall not be effective during the state's

attorney's current term of office unless agreed upon between the board and the state's

attorney.

A violation of any provision of this section shall constitute an infraction, and the offender may be

removed from office.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-14-07 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-14 / Section 11-14-07
11-14-07. Treasurer to keep record of cash
Status: in_force

11-14-07. Treasurer to keep record of cash

The county treasurer shall keep an accurate and detailed record of all moneys which shall

come into the treasurer's hands by virtue of the treasurer's office.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-10-14 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-10 / Section 11-10-14
11-10-14. Fees received by county officers turned over to county treasurer
Status: in_force

11-10-14. Fees received by county officers turned over to county treasurer

The salaries fixed by this chapter shall be full compensation for all county officials, deputies,

clerks, and assistants, respectively, and all fees and compensation received by any official,

deputy, clerk, or assistant for any act or service rendered in an official capacity shall be

accounted for and paid over monthly to the county treasurer and be credited to the general fund

of said county, except that such official, deputy, clerk, and assistant shall be entitled to retain

such fees as now are allowed to that officer and permitted by law or as may be hereafter

permitted and allowed.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-11-44 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-11 / Section 11-11-44
11-11-44. District court may enter final judgment on appeal - Enforcement
Status: in_force

11-11-44. District court may enter final judgment on appeal - Enforcement

The district court may enter a final judgment on an appeal from a decision of a board of

county commissioners and cause the judgment to be executed, or it may send the judgment to

the board with an order showing how to proceed. The court may require the board to comply

with its order by mandamus or by attachment for contempt.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-01-51 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-01 / Section 11-01-51
11-01-51. Walsh County
Status: in_force

11-01-51. Walsh County

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

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

fifty-four and one hundred fifty-five north to the main channel of the Red River of the North;

thence in a northerly direction along the main channel of the Red River of the North to the point

where the line between townships one hundred fifty-eight and one hundred fifty-nine north

intersects the main channel of the Red River of the North; thence west along the line between

townships one hundred fifty-eight and one hundred fifty-nine to the northwest corner of township

one hundred fifty-eight north, range fifty-nine west; thence south along the line between ranges

fifty-nine and sixty west to the southwest corner of township one hundred fifty-seven north,

range fifty-nine west, a point on the fourteenth standard parallel; thence east along the

fourteenth standard parallel to the northwest corner of township one hundred fifty-six north,

range fifty-nine west; thence continuing south along the line between ranges fifty-nine and sixty

west to the point of beginning.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-30-19 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-30 / Section 11-30-19
11-30-19. Levy of taxes in an unorganized county - Funds of unorganized county to be kept in separate fund
Status: in_force

11-30-19. Levy of taxes in an unorganized county - Funds of unorganized county to

be kept in separate fund.

Sufficient taxes to pay the debts of the unorganized county and to furnish the necessary

public services therein shall be levied within the unorganized county by the adjoining county to

which the unorganized county is attached in the manner provided for the levy of taxes in

organized counties and subject to the limitations therein imposed. Financial obligations or

burdens shall not be imposed upon an organized county by reason of the attachment of an

unorganized county to it, but all expenses incidental thereto shall be charged to the unorganized

county. All funds which shall accrue from any source whatever to the unorganized county shall

be kept separate and apart from any funds of the organized county to which it is attached.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-11-03.1 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-11 / Section 11-11-03.1
11-11-03.1. Commissioners' service on other boards - Term
Status: in_force

11-11-03.1. Commissioners' service on other boards - Term

Except as otherwise provided in this section, a member of a board of county commissioners

who is appointed to serve on another board by the board of county commissioners or who is a

member of another board because of the individual's status as a member of the board of county

commissioners may serve on the other board only so long as the individual is a member of the

board of county commissioners. After the individual is no longer a member of the board of

county commissioners, the board of county commissioners may reappoint the individual to serve

on the other board unless membership on the board of county commissioners is a requirement

of membership.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-33-09 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-33 / Section 11-33-09
11-33-09. Publication of resolutions - Effective date
Status: repealed

11-33-09. Publication of resolutions - Effective date

Following the public hearing, the board of county commissioners may adopt the proposed

resolutions or any amendments thereto, with such changes as it may deem advisable. Upon

adoption of any resolution or any amendment thereto, the county auditor shall file a certified

copy thereof with the recorder. Immediately after the adoption of any such resolution or any

amendment thereto, the county auditor shall cause notice of the same to be published for two

successive weeks in the official newspaper of the county and in such other newspapers

published in the county as the board of county commissioners may deem necessary. Said

notice shall describe the nature, scope, and purpose of the adopted resolution, and shall state

the times at which it will be available to the public for inspection and copying at the office of the

recorder. Proof of such publication shall be filed in the office of the county auditor. If no petition

for a separate hearing is filed pursuant to section 11-33-10, the resolution or amendment thereto

shall take effect upon the expiration of the time for filing said petition. If a petition for a separate

hearing is filed pursuant to section 11-33-10, the resolution shall not take effect until the board of

county commissioners has affirmed such resolution or amendment in accordance with the

procedures of section 11-33-10. Any such resolution may, from time to time, be amended or

repealed by the board of county commissioners upon like proceedings as in case of the

adoption of a resolution.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-30-05 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-30 / Section 11-30-05
11-30-05. Ballot - Form
Status: in_force

11-30-05. Ballot - Form

The ballot to be used in an election held under this chapter shall be in substantially the

following form:

Shall the county of __________ (name of county) be disorganized and become an

unorganized county?

Yes ☐

No ☐
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-15-09 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-15 / Section 11-15-09
11-15-09. Allowances when plaintiff bids in property at sale
Status: in_force

11-15-09. Allowances when plaintiff bids in property at sale

When the person in whose favor an execution or order of sale has been issued by the court

bids in the property sold under the execution or pursuant to the judgment, the sheriff or other

person making the sale shall collect on behalf of the county either of the following fees, and no

more:

1. When the amount for which the property is bid on does not exceed one thousand

dollars, forty dollars.

2. When the amount for which the property is bid on exceeds one thousand dollars,

seventy-five dollars.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-06-03 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-06 / Section 11-06-03
11-06-03. Election required - Duties of boards of county commissioners
Status: in_force

11-06-03. Election required - Duties of boards of county commissioners

The boards of county commissioners to which petitions are addressed under the provisions

of this chapter shall order an election to be held in their respective counties to vote upon the

question of the change in county lines specified in the petitions if the petitions comply with the

requirements of this chapter. Such election shall be held at and in connection with the general

election next following the filing of the petitions.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-07-04 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-07 / Section 11-07-04
11-07-04. Commissioners' terms of office - Staggered terms
Status: in_force

11-07-04. Commissioners' terms of office - Staggered terms

1. When redistricting is completed or if failure to redistrict requires at large election of

commissioners as provided in section 11-07-03, all commissioners then holding office

who will be elected in the same manner, either from districts or at large, as they were

elected at the last election shall complete the remainder of that term of office.

However, an election must be held at the next general election in any district where

redistricting places two or more holdover commissioners in that district or leaves a

district without a commissioner residing in the district. In those counties retaining the

same method of electing county commissioners as that utilized before a decennial, or

other, redistricting, elections must continue on a staggered basis in accordance with

the same classes in force before the effective date of a redistricting. At the first general

election following redistricting of the county or election of commissioners at large, the

county commissioner offices held by commissioners whose terms would end in the

month of December following that general election must be open for election.

2. If the county previously elected county commissioners at large and the county has

been divided into districts, those elected in districts designated by even numbers

constitute one class and those elected in districts designated by odd numbers

constitute the other class. If election of commissioners at large is necessary and the

county previously was districted, classes of such commissioners must be determined

by assigning a number to their respective offices according to the numerical total of the

votes cast for them at the general election at which they were elected. The

commissioners of one class elected in the first election held following a redistricting

pursuant to this chapter hold office for two years and those of the other class hold

office for four years. The determination of the two classes must be by lot so that

one-half of the commissioners, as nearly as practicable, may be elected biennially. An

individual mutually agreed upon by the two classes of commissioners shall perform the

lot in the presence of all of the newly elected commissioners affected by this

subsection within thirty days after the date of the first general election following

redistricting or election of commissioners at large, if required, and shall certify in

writing the results of such lot to the county auditor within five days after its completion.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-10.1-07 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-10.1 / Section 11-10.1-07
11-10.1-07. Joint county director of tax equalization - County directors may also be city assessors or township assessors
Status: in_force

11-10.1-07. Joint county director of tax equalization - County directors may also be

city assessors or township assessors.

The respective boards of county commissioners of two or more counties may by agreement

and resolutions of the respective boards of county commissioners employ a joint county director

of tax equalization who shall act as county director of tax equalization for each of the counties

participating in the agreement. The salary and expense of the joint county director of tax

equalization and that of the office and staff must be prorated among the counties participating in

accordance with the assessed valuation of the counties concerned or upon any other basis as

may be agreed upon by the respective boards of county commissioners. The respective boards

of county commissioners, acting jointly, shall appoint the joint county director of tax equalization

on the same basis and in the same manner as a county director of tax equalization may be

appointed for a single county. The joint county director of tax equalization may be discharged

upon the resolution of the board of county commissioners of any county participating in the

agreement. Any participating county may withdraw from the joint agreement upon resolution of

the board of county commissioners and by giving written notice to the boards of county

commissioners of the other participating counties at least ninety days in advance of July first of

the year of withdrawal. The joint county director of tax equalization shall have all the powers and

duties of the county director of tax equalization of a single county and shall keep all records of

assessment for each county entirely separate from the records of other counties served by the

joint county director of tax equalization. The governing boards of a county and of any city, or any

township, may by agreement and resolutions of the respective boards employ a joint county

director of tax equalization and city or township assessor.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-03-07 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-03 / Section 11-03-07
11-03-07. Temporary county seat - How located
Status: in_force

11-03-07. Temporary county seat - How located

The board of county commissioners appointed by the governor shall fix the temporary

location of the county seat. The county seat shall remain at such location until after the first

general election thereafter.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-11-61 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-11 / Section 11-11-61
11-11-61. Booster station levy exemptions - Townships not served
Status: repealed

11-11-61. Booster station levy exemptions - Townships not served

Repealed by S.L. 2015, ch. 439, § 104.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-01-17 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-01 / Section 11-01-17
11-01-17. Foster County
Status: in_force

11-01-17. Foster County

Beginning at the southwest corner of township one hundred forty-five north, range

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

east along the eleventh standard parallel to the southeast corner of township one hundred

forty-five north, range sixty-two west; thence north along the line between ranges sixty-one and

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

sixty-two west; thence west along the line between townships one hundred forty-seven and one

hundred forty-eight north to the northwest corner of township one hundred forty-seven north,

range sixty-seven west; thence south along the line between ranges sixty-seven and sixty-eight

west to the point of beginning.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-33-17 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-33 / Section 11-33-17
11-33-17. Violation of zoning regulations and restrictions - Remedies
Status: in_force

11-33-17. Violation of zoning regulations and restrictions - Remedies

If any building or structure is erected, constructed, reconstructed, altered, repaired,

converted, or maintained, or if any building, structure, or land is used in violation of this chapter,

the proper county authorities or any affected citizen or property owner, in addition to other

remedies, may institute any appropriate action or proceedings:

1. To prevent such unlawful erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, repair,

conversion, maintenance, or use.

2. To restrain, correct, or abate such violations.

3. To prevent the occupancy of the building, structure, or land.

4. To prevent any illegal act, conduct, business, or use in or about such premises.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-01-12 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-01 / Section 11-01-12
11-01-12. Dickey County
Status: in_force

11-01-12. Dickey County

Beginning at the southwest corner of township one hundred twenty-nine north, range

sixty-six 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 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-two north, range

fifty-nine 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 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 § 11-23-09 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-23 / Section 11-23-09
11-23-09. Expenditures - Bills approved - Unexpended balances
Status: in_force

11-23-09. Expenditures - Bills approved - Unexpended balances

The expenditure of money by a county shall be in accordance with the annual

appropriations of the board of county commissioners. All bills in connection with any public office

or undertaking shall be approved by the official or officials in charge of the office or undertaking

before being allowed by the board of county commissioners. At the closing of the auditor's

books on December thirty-first, the balance to the credit of each annual appropriation shall

become a part of the general unappropriated balance in the county treasury. A special

appropriation, however, shall not lapse until the work for which it was made has been

completed, the bills paid, and the account closed, provided that the county fair fund mentioned

in section 11-39-02 shall not be affected by this section but shall be maintained as a continuing

fund for the maintenance of the county fair.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-06-05 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-06 / Section 11-06-05
11-06-05. Petition and election within three years of prior election
Status: repealed

11-06-05. Petition and election within three years of prior election

Repealed by S.L. 1993, ch. 401, § 53.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-15-15 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-15 / Section 11-15-15
11-15-15. Penalties for not reporting or turning over fees
Status: repealed

11-15-15. Penalties for not reporting or turning over fees

Repealed by S.L. 1975, ch. 106, § 673.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-21-04 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-21 / Section 11-21-04
11-21-04. Filing of bond and oath
Status: in_force

11-21-04. Filing of bond and oath

The public administrator shall file the administrator's oath and bond with the judge of the

district court. The bond and oath must be recorded at length in the record books of the court.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-09-21 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-09 / Section 11-09-21
11-09-21. Designation of depository in lieu of appointment of treasurer
Status: in_force

11-09-21. Designation of depository in lieu of appointment of treasurer

In a county adopting any form of county managership, the board of county commissioners,

in lieu of the appointment of a treasurer, may select and designate annually, by ordinance or

recorded resolution, some bank or trust company as an official treasury for the funds of the

county. Any bank or trust company serving as depository for county funds shall be subject to

such requirements as to security therefor and interest thereon as are provided by general

statutes for public depositories. All interest on moneys so deposited shall accrue to the benefit

of the county.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-06-01 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-06 / Section 11-06-01
11-06-01. Changing county lines by transfer of territory from one county to another authorized - Petitions required
Status: in_force

11-06-01. Changing county lines by transfer of territory from one county to another

authorized - Petitions required.

Territory may be transferred from one county to another by compliance with the provisions

of this chapter. A majority of the qualified electors, as determined by the vote cast for the office

of governor at the last general election, residing in any territory comprising an area of not less

than one congressional township, may petition the board of county commissioners of the county

in which they reside, and the board of county commissioners of the county to which they desire

territory transferred, for permission to have the territory described in the petition transferred from

one county to another. Such petition shall be presented to the boards of county commissioners

of the counties affected at least sixty days before a general election.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-11-30 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-11 / Section 11-11-30
11-11-30. When contracts for furnishing election supplies let
Status: in_force

11-11-30. When contracts for furnishing election supplies let

Contracts for the furnishing of election ballots and supplies shall be let by the board of

county commissioners at its first regular meeting in April of each year to run for a period of one

year.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-01-35 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-01 / Section 11-01-35
11-01-35. Pembina County
Status: in_force

11-01-35. Pembina County

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

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 main channel of the Red River of the North;

thence in a northerly direction along the main channel of the Red River of the North to the point

where such channel intersects the international boundary line between North Dakota and

Canada; thence west along the international boundary line to the line between ranges fifty-six

and fifty-seven west; thence south along the line between ranges fifty-six and fifty-seven west to

the southwest corner of township one hundred sixty-one north, range fifty-six 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 fifty-six west; thence continuing south along

the line between ranges fifty-six and fifty-seven west to the point of beginning.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-31-02 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-31 / Section 11-31-02
11-31-02. Qualification and employment basis
Status: in_force

11-31-02. Qualification and employment basis

The person employed or appointed as county highway engineer must be a duly qualified

highway engineer. The compensation and other terms of service of such engineer shall be

determined by the board of county commissioners and may be on a monthly or a per diem

basis. Several counties may employ or appoint the same engineer.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-10-10.5 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-10 / Section 11-10-10.5
11-10-10.5. County superintendent of schools - Officer
Status: in_force

11-10-10.5. County superintendent of schools - Officer

For purposes of sections 11-10-10, 11-10-15, and 11-10-20, the county superintendent of

schools employed by the board of county commissioners is an officer of the county. A board of

county commissioners shall employ a county superintendent of schools, as provided for in

section 15.1-11-01, or assign the duties of the county superintendent of schools, as provided for

in section 15.1-11-02.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-09.1-05.1 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-09.1 / Section 11-09.1-05.1
11-09.1-05.1. Sales tax revenue transfer to school districts prohibited
Status: in_force

11-09.1-05.1. Sales tax revenue transfer to school districts prohibited

Notwithstanding the provisions of chapters 54-40 and 54-40.3 or any other provision of law,

revenue from sales, use, or other excise taxes levied under this chapter may not be transferred

to or for the primary benefit of a school district except for payment of bonded indebtedness

incurred before April 19, 2007, or for capital construction and associated costs approved by the

electors of the county before April 19, 2007.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-19.1-10 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-19.1 / Section 11-19.1-10
11-19.1-10. Deceased human bodies to be held pending investigation
Status: in_force

11-19.1-10. Deceased human bodies to be held pending investigation

All deceased human bodies in the custody of the coroner must be held until such time as

the coroner after consultation with the state's attorney, the police department of the city, the

state highway patrol troopers on duty in that county, or the sheriff has reached a decision that it

is not necessary to hold the body longer to enable the coroner to decide on a diagnosis, giving a

reasonable and true cause of death, or that the body is no longer necessary to assist any one of

those officials in their duties.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-05-26 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-05 / Section 11-05-26
11-05-26. Board of county commissioners of consolidated county may issue evidences of indebtedness
Status: in_force

11-05-26. Board of county commissioners of consolidated county may issue

evidences of indebtedness.

If authorized in the approved consolidation plan, the board of county commissioners of the

consolidated county may compromise debts and obligations of a previous county and may issue

bonds or certificates of indebtedness in settlement or compromise of, or to fund, those debts

and obligations. Bonds or certificates issued under this section must bear upon their face a

statement that the principal and interest to become due may be paid only from taxes levied

upon the property within the territory which constituted the previous county prior to the

consolidation.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-10-10.3 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-10 / Section 11-10-10.3
11-10-10.3. Salaries of county superintendents of schools for 1947, 1948, 1949, and 1950
Status: repealed

11-10-10.3. Salaries of county superintendents of schools for 1947, 1948, 1949, and

1950.

Repealed by omission from this code.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-09-29 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-09 / Section 11-09-29
11-09-29. Public administrator - Office abolished - Who to perform duties
Status: in_force

11-09-29. Public administrator - Office abolished - Who to perform duties

In counties adopting any form of county managership, the office of public administrator is

abolished. The county manager shall perform the functions of that office in counties adopting a

short form of county managership, and in counties adopting a county manager form of

government, by a suitable person appointed by the presiding judge of the judicial district in

which the county is located, after consultation with the judges of the judicial district. Any person

so appointed is entitled to receive compensation at the rate allowed the administrator of an

estate.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-03-03 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-03 / Section 11-03-03
11-03-03. Notice of election - Canvass and return of votes cast
Status: in_force

11-03-03. Notice of election - Canvass and return of votes cast

Notice of the election shall be given and the votes polled at the election shall be canvassed

and returned as in the case of general elections.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-11.1-01 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-11.1 / Section 11-11.1-01
11-11.1-01. Job development authority - Board of directors' members qualifications
Status: in_force

11-11.1-01. Job development authority - Board of directors' members qualifications

1. The board of county commissioners, by resolution, may create a job development

authority for the county, or may discontinue a job development authority which has

been created for the county.

a. If the authority is created, the question of discontinuing the authority may be

placed on the ballot at the next regular election by petition filed with the county

auditor at least ninety days before any countywide election and signed by

electors of the county who are residents of the area subject to taxation under

section 11-11.1-04 equal in number to ten percent of the votes cast in the county

in the area subject to taxation under section 11-11.1-04 for the office of governor

in the last general election.

b. The question to be voted on at the election must be submitted by ballot in

substantially the following form:

Should the (insert name of job development authority) Yes ☐

be terminated? No ☐

c. 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.

The question to discontinue the authority requires a majority of the electors voting

on the question for passage.

2. If the authority is created, a board of directors of not fewer than ten nor more than

twenty members must be appointed by the county commissioners and must consist of

representatives from the following groups, as they may exist:

a. Two members from the county commission.

b. One member from the city council or commission of each city within the county

which has a population of five hundred or more.

c. One member selected from among the city governments of the remaining cities of

the county.

d. If a majority of the townships in the county are organized townships, two

members selected from the township governments of the organized townships in

the county.

e. The remaining members must be selected from a list of candidates from the

following fields:

(1) A representative of the local job service office nearest the county seat.

(2) A member of the local airport authority.

(3) A member of a local institution of higher education.

(4) A member from among the school boards of the county.

(5) A member from a local industrial development organization.

(6) A member of the regional planning council serving the county.

(7) A member of the legislative assembly representing a district within the

county.

(8) Members at large from the county.

3. The county commissioners shall make appointments to the board from a slate of

candidates submitted by the chambers of commerce within the county. If no chamber

of commerce exists in the county, the nominations may be submitted by any civic or

patriotic organization within the county. If names submitted are unacceptable, the

county commission may request additional nominees. The members must be

appointed without regard to political affiliation and upon their fitness to serve as

members by reason of character, experience, and training. All members of the board

who do not reside in the area subject to taxation under section 11-11.1-04 are

nonvoting members of the board.

4. The board of county commissioners in a county where an active industrial

development organization exists may enter a contract with the industrial development

organization for performance of the functions of a job development authority or joint

job development authority as provided in this chapter and may use the proceeds of the

levy authority under section 11-11.1-04 for that purpose.

5. Notwithstanding any provision in this chapter, if a board of county commissioners

elects to contract with an active economic development organization to perform the

functions of a job development authority:

a. The board of county commissioners, as an alternative to subsections 2 and 3,

may authorize the board of directors of an active economic development

organization to serve as the board of directors for the job development authority

authorized under this chapter.

b. The board of directors of the active economic development organization may

elect to seat some or all of the organization's board of directors on the board of

directors of the job development authority. The board of directors of the

job development authority must be approved by the board of county

commissioners.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-32-01 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-32 / Section 11-32-01
11-32-01. County commissioners authorized to erect a memorial or memorials or other suitable recognition - To make levy
Status: in_force

11-32-01. County commissioners authorized to erect a memorial or memorials or

other suitable recognition - To make levy.

1. The board of county commissioners of any county in this state is hereby authorized to

erect a memorial or memorials, or other suitable recognition, in commemoration of the

people of the county who rendered services, or who lost their lives in the service of

their country during a period of service as defined in section 37-01-40. The board may

for such purpose use funds out of the general fund of the county if there is sufficient

moneys in said fund, or use funds heretofore raised by tax levy for such memorial or

memorials. The board may use for memorial purposes funds donated to the county for

that purpose, or may use for such purpose funds out of the general fund of such

county, if there is sufficient money in said fund, in conjunction with the funds so

donated or obtained by such levy and tax, and the proceeds of such levy, tax, and

donations, together with the amount taken out of the general fund, shall be used solely

for the purpose of erecting such memorial or memorials, or other suitable recognition.

2. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to prohibit said board from expending any

additional moneys derived from sources other than taxation. Such memorial or

memorials, or other suitable recognition, shall be erected within the county at a place

determined upon by such board and when erected, shall be properly and permanently

maintained. The board may provide for such maintenance or erection by necessary

expenditures from the general fund of the county or from funds donated to the county

therefor or from either or both such funds, or may enter into a written agreement with

any public or private nonprofit agency or corporation for the assumption of part or all of

such responsibility by such agency or corporation. Pursuant to such agreement, the

county may acquire or divest itself of any title to or jurisdiction over such memorial or

other suitable recognition.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-03-01 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-03 / Section 11-03-01
11-03-01. Division of counties - Electors' petition - Election held
Status: in_force

11-03-01. Division of counties - Electors' petition - Election held

Whenever it is desired to form a new county out of one or more of the then existing

counties, a petition conforming to the provisions of this chapter shall be presented to the board

of county commissioners of each county to be affected by the division. If it appears to such

boards of county commissioners that a new county can be constitutionally formed, they shall

make the necessary orders to provide for the submission at the next general election of the

question of the formation of such new county to the qualified electors of the counties to be

affected.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-27-04 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-27 / Section 11-27-04
11-27-04. Reservation of mineral rights
Status: repealed

11-27-04. Reservation of mineral rights

Repealed by S.L. 1951, ch. 112, § 1.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-33-13 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-33 / Section 11-33-13
11-33-13. Not to affect use
Status: in_force

11-33-13. Not to affect use

The lawful use or occupation of land or premises existing at the time of the adoption of a

resolution hereunder may be continued, although such use or occupation does not conform to

the provisions thereof, but if such nonconforming use or occupancy is discontinued for a period

of more than two years, any subsequent use or occupancy of the land or premises shall be a

conforming use or occupancy. If the state acquires title to any land or premises, all further use

or occupancy thereof shall be a conforming use or occupancy.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-11-71 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-11 / Section 11-11-71
11-11-71. Floodplain management ordinances - Requirements - Limitations - Definitions - Enforcement
Status: in_force

11-11-71. Floodplain management ordinances - Requirements - Limitations -

Definitions - Enforcement.

1. As used in this chapter:

a. "Floodplain management" has the same meaning as in section 61-16.2-02.

b. "Floodplain management ordinance" has the same meaning as in section

61-16.2-02.

c. "Indian country" means all:

(1) Land within the limits of any Indian reservation that is under the jurisdiction

of the United States government and located within this state,

notwithstanding the issuance of any patent, and, including rights of way

running through the reservation;

(2) Dependent Indian communities within this state whether within the original

or subsequently acquired territory of the state; and

(3) Indian allotments within this state, the Indian titles to which have not been

extinguished, including rights of way running through the allotted lands.

2. A board of county commissioners may undertake floodplain management as provided

in chapter 61-16.2. If a board of county commissioners undertakes floodplain

management under this section, the board of county commissioners shall enact a

floodplain management ordinance applying to all persons and property within the

boundaries of the county, except for persons and property within a city's zoning

jurisdiction as provided under chapter 40-47 or within the exterior boundaries of Indian

country.

3. Notwithstanding subsection 2, if a board of township supervisors approves by a written

resolution that the township desires to undertake floodplain management under

chapter 61-16.2, the board of township supervisors shall avail itself the authority to

regulate floodplain management. Upon the adoption of the resolution, the board of

township supervisors has exclusive authority to regulate floodplain management under

chapter 61-16.2. If a board of township supervisors undertakes floodplain

management under this section, the board of township supervisors shall enact a

floodplain management ordinance applying to all persons and property within the

boundaries of the township, except for persons and property within a city's zoning

jurisdiction as provided under chapter 40-47 or within the exterior boundaries of Indian

country. The township clerk shall forward a copy of the written resolution to the county

auditor of the county in which the township is located and the department of water

resources for inclusion in the central repository established under section 61-16.2-15.

4. After acquiring floodplain management authority from the county under subsection 3,

the township may relinquish its floodplain management authority back to the county

upon execution of a written agreement signed by the board of county commissioners

and the board of township supervisors. The county may not require the township to

convey an additional authority legally afforded to the township in exchange for the

written agreement. The relinquishment of authority may not become effective sooner

than sixty days after the board of township supervisors delivers a written notice of

proposed relinquishment to the appropriate board of county commissioners.

5. If a township previously exercised floodplain management authority and becomes

subject to county floodplain management authority under this section, the township

shall defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the county and its agents, officers, and

employees from and against a claim for damages arising from a township's

noncompliance with chapter 61-16.2 and the national flood insurance program

[42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.].

6. Upon enactment of a floodplain management ordinance by a county under this

section, the county auditor shall forward the ordinance to the department of water

resources for inclusion in the central repository established under section 61-16.2-15.

7. The county auditor of a county exercising floodplain management authority shall certify

to the department of water resources by March thirty-first of each year a list of the

jurisdictions over which the county is exercising floodplain management authority

under chapter 61-16.2.

8. A county exercising floodplain management authority is not required to activate its

zoning authority under chapter 11-33 before enacting a floodplain management

ordinance.

9. In a county exercising floodplain management, the board of county commissioners

shall enforce an ordinance or regulation enacted under this section. The board of

county commissioners may impose enforcement duties on an officer, department,

agency, or employee of the county.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-31-03 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-31 / Section 11-31-03
11-31-03. Powers and duties
Status: in_force

11-31-03. Powers and duties

Under the direction and supervision of the board of county commissioners, the county

engineer shall:

1. Design and make plans for county and township highways.

2. Set up a comprehensive plan of county highways, showing by the use of maps,

existing roads, operations in progress, and future plans.

3. Superintend county construction and maintenance operations pertaining to highways

and bridges.

4. Keep a complete record of costs and expenditures.

5. Check all accounts, claims, and demands for expenditures in connection with all

matters supervised by the county engineer and indicate the county engineer's

recommendation prior to the submission of such accounts, claims, and demands to the

board of county commissioners.

6. Keep a complete inventory of all equipment, repairs, gasoline and oil, and

miscellaneous items.

7. Supervise the use and disposition of all county-owned road equipment and materials.

8. Employ and supervise all other personnel engaged in county road operations,

terminating such employment when required in the best interest of the county.

9. Prepare and submit to the board of county commissioners a complete yearly report

and such additional reports as may be required by the board of county commissioners

at any time.

10. Cooperate with the federal highway administration or successors, the state department

of transportation, and the townships of the county.

11. Perform such other duties as may be designated by the board of county

commissioners.

When so directed by the board of county commissioners, the county engineers shall also, under

the direction and supervision of the board of county commissioners or the drainage board, as

the case may be, prepare plans and specifications and supervise the construction and repair of

drainage ditches.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-10-16 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-10 / Section 11-10-16
11-10-16. Statement to claim mileage
Status: in_force

11-10-16. Statement to claim mileage

Unless the expense was incurred by the use of a purchasing card, before an allowance for

mileage or travel expense may be paid by a county, the individual for whose travel the claim is

made shall file with the county auditor an itemized statement verified by affidavit showing the

number of miles traveled, the mode of travel, the days of traveling, the purpose of the travel,

and the destination. Before a claim for mileage is allowed or paid, the claimant shall file the

statement and affidavit with the board of county commissioners which shall decide whether to

allow the claim.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-01-37 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-01 / Section 11-01-37
11-01-37. Ramsey County
Status: in_force

11-01-37. Ramsey County

Beginning at the southeast corner of township one hundred fifty-three north, range sixty-one

west of the fifth principal meridian, a point on the thirteenth standard parallel; thence north along

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

hundred fifty-four north, range sixty-one west; thence east along the line between townships one

hundred fifty-four and one hundred fifty-five north to the southeast corner of township one

hundred fifty-five north, range sixty west; thence north along the line between ranges fifty-nine

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

a point on the fourteenth standard parallel; thence west along the fourteenth standard parallel to

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

continuing north along the line between ranges fifty-nine and sixty west to the northeast corner

of township one hundred fifty-eight north, range sixty west; thence west along the line between

townships one hundred fifty-eight and one hundred fifty-nine north to the northwest corner of

township one hundred fifty-eight north, range sixty-four west; thence south along the line

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

fifty-seven north, range sixty-four west, a point on the fourteenth standard parallel; thence west

along the fourteenth standard parallel to the northwest corner of township one hundred fifty-six

north, range sixty-six west; thence south along the line between ranges sixty-six and sixty-seven

west to a point where said line intersects the center of Mauvaise Coulee; thence southeasterly

along the center of said Mauvaise Coulee to the intersection with the meander line of Devils

Lake at the mouth of the Mauvaise Coulee; thence along the west meander line of Devils Lake,

said line being generally in a southerly and easterly direction, to the line between townships one

hundred fifty-three and one hundred fifty-four north; thence east along the line between

townships one hundred fifty-three and one hundred fifty-four north to the northwest corner of

township one hundred fifty-three north, range sixty-five west; thence south along the line

between ranges sixty-five and sixty-six west to a point where said line intersects the thirteenth

standard parallel; thence east on the thirteenth standard parallel to a point where the said

thirteenth standard parallel intersects the meander line of Devils Lake as re-established by the

United States department of the interior in surveys accepted in 1972; thence easterly along said

meander line to the point on the southern extremity of East Devils Lake; thence northerly along

the east meander line of said East Devils Lake to a point where said meander line intersects the

south line of lot one, section eight, township one hundred fifty-one north, range sixty-two west;

thence east along the quarter quarter line to the intersection of said line with the east boundary

of the Devils Lake Indian Reservation; thence southeasterly to where said east boundary line

intersects the south line of lot one, section ten, township one hundred fifty-one north, range

sixty-two west; thence east along the quarter quarter line to the range line between ranges

sixty-one and sixty-two west, being a point one thousand three hundred twenty feet, more or

less, south of the northeast corner of section twelve, township one hundred fifty-one north,

range sixty-two west; thence north along the line between ranges sixty-one and sixty-two west

to the northeast corner of township one hundred fifty-two north, range sixty-two west, a point on

the thirteenth standard parallel; thence east along the thirteenth standard parallel to the point of

beginning.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-28.1-15 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-28.1 / Section 11-28.1-15
11-28.1-15. Board of county park commissioners may contract - Contents
Status: in_force

11-28.1-15. Board of county park commissioners may contract - Contents

Any board of county park commissioners may contract with one or more political

subdivisions for the participation in or the performance of police protection and garbage removal

services in accordance with section 54-40-08. Any such contract shall set forth fully the purpose,

powers, rights, obligations, and the responsibilities, financial and otherwise, of the contracting

parties.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-18-19 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-18 / Section 11-18-19
11-18-19. Injury or damage to the facility - Civil cause of action
Status: repealed

11-18-19. Injury or damage to the facility - Civil cause of action

Repealed by S.L. 1995, ch. 455, § 8.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-18-22 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-18 / Section 11-18-22
11-18-22. Document preservation fund
Status: in_force

11-18-22. Document preservation fund

The county treasurer shall establish a document preservation fund to receive the portion of

the recording fees authorized by section 11-18-05. The revenue in this fund may be used only

for contracting for and purchasing equipment and software for a document preservation,

storage, and retrieval system; training employees to operate the system; maintaining and

updating the system; and contracting for the offsite storage of microfilm or electronic duplicates

of documents for the county recorder's office.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-03-08 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-03 / Section 11-03-08
11-03-08. Board of county commissioners to appoint county officers - Exception
Status: in_force

11-03-08. Board of county commissioners to appoint county officers - Exception

The board of county commissioners appointed by the governor, after the members thereof

have qualified, shall appoint all the county officers of the newly organized county. Such officers,

after having qualified, hold their offices until the first general election thereafter and until their

successors are elected and qualified.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-01-25 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-01 / Section 11-01-25
11-01-25. Logan County
Status: in_force

11-01-25. Logan County

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

seventy-three 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 sixty-seven west; thence north along the line between ranges sixty-six

and sixty-seven west to the northeast corner of township one hundred thirty-six north, range

sixty-seven 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 seventy-three

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

point of beginning.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-28-05 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-28 / Section 11-28-05
11-28-05. Powers and duties of the board of park commissioners
Status: in_force

11-28-05. Powers and duties of the board of park commissioners

The board of county park commissioners shall have the power and it shall be its duty to:

1. Sue and be sued in the name of the board.

2. Accept on behalf of the county any and all lands and waters and any and all interests,

easements, or rights therein, and any gifts, grants, donations, or trusts in money or

property, or other assistance, financial or otherwise, from federal, state, municipal, and

other public or private sources for park and recreational purposes; accept and assume

the supervision, control, and management of any privately owned property or

recreational area, when the conditions of the offer for its public use are such as in the

judgment of the board will be conducive to the best interests of the people of the

county and state; and acquire by lease, purchase, gift, devise, or otherwise and hold,

own, possess, and maintain real and personal property for parks and recreational

purposes.

3. Cooperate and contract with the state or federal government or any department or

agency thereof in furnishing assurances and meeting local cooperation requirements

in connection with any project involving the construction, improvement, operation,

maintenance, conservation, or use of any park or recreational area under the

jurisdiction, supervision, control, and management of the board.

4. Regulate, supervise, control, and manage all areas of land and water owned or held

by the county or which may be, under written agreement, placed by an individual, a

corporation, a limited liability company, the federal, state, or a municipal government,

or any department or agency thereof, under the jurisdiction, supervision, control, and

management of the board of county park commissioners for park or recreational

purposes.

5. Promulgate, publish, and impose rules and regulations concerning the uses to which

such land and water areas may be put, including the regulation or prohibition of the

construction, establishment, or maintenance therein or thereon or within one-half mile

[.80 kilometer] thereof of any concession, dancehall, dance parlor, dance pavilion, soft

or hard drink parlor or bar, and of any and all establishments of every name, nature, or

description which may, in the judgment of the board, be unsightly, noisome, improper,

inappropriate, or detrimental to the social usages of the area or areas for park and

recreational purposes.

6. Regulate, supervise, control, and manage all such land and water areas, including all

lakes, streams, and ponds and all artificial bodies of water created by any water

development or water conservation or flood control project of the county, state, or

federal government not under the jurisdiction, supervision, or control of any other

board, department, or governing body.

7. Exercise full police power, supervision, control, and management over such areas and

the adjoining and adjacent lands within one-half mile [.80 kilometer] thereof, and by

regulations duly promulgated, published, and imposed regulate or prohibit the

construction, establishment, maintenance, or operation within one-half mile [.80

kilometer] of any such land or water area of any dancehall, dance parlor, dance

pavilion, soft or hard drink parlor or bar, and any and all establishments of every name,

nature, and description which may, in the judgment of the board, be unsightly,

noisome, improper, inappropriate, or detrimental to the social usages of any land area

or body of water so developed or created. The authority provided by these subsections

is intended to be exercised for the protection of the health, safety, good morals, and

general welfare of the people of the county and state to the fullest extent permissible

under the police power of the county and state.

8. Prevent the pollution, contamination, or other misuse of any water resource, stream, or

body of water under its jurisdiction, supervision, control, or management.

9. Certify to the county auditor the amount of money necessary to meet the estimated

expenses and costs of properly conducting its business and activities, including the

operation, maintenance, and improvement of the park and recreational areas under its

control and those recreational activities of benefit to the general populace of the

county which are under the control of a city or a city park district within the county for

the ensuing year, such certificate to be filed with the county auditor not later than the

first day of July each year. Such certificate shall be accompanied by an itemized

budget statement showing the detailed expenditure program, as nearly as possible, of

the board for the ensuing year.

10. Do all the things reasonably necessary and proper to preserve the benefits accruing

from the park and recreational areas under the jurisdiction, supervision, control, and

management of the board of county park commissioners.

11. To exercise the power of eminent domain in the manner provided by title 32 for the

purpose of acquiring and securing any right, title, interest, estate, or easement

necessary to carry out the duties imposed by this chapter, and particularly to acquire

the necessary rights in land for the control of the shores of any lake and to protect the

right of ingress and egress therefrom and to provide recreational areas or facilities.

12. Lease lands owned or controlled by the board for residential, camping, concession,

and other purposes under terms determined by the board, and to deposit and expend

any income from the lease as other moneys under the control of the board.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-33-02.1 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-33 / Section 11-33-02.1
11-33-02.1. Farming and ranching regulations - Requirements - Limitations - Definitions (Effective through July 31, 2026)
Status: in_force

11-33-02.1. Farming and ranching regulations - Requirements - Limitations -

Definitions. (Effective through July 31, 2026)

1. For purposes of this section:

a. "Animal feeding operation" means a lot or facility, other than normal wintering

operations for cattle and an aquatic animal production facility, where the following

conditions are met:

(1) Animals, other than aquatic animals, have been, are, or will be stabled or

confined and fed or maintained for at least forty-five days in a twelve-month

period; and

(2) Crops, vegetation, forage growth, or postharvest residues are not sustained

in the normal growing season over any portion of the lot or facility.

b. "Farming or ranching" means cultivating land for the production of agricultural

crops or livestock, or raising, feeding, or producing livestock, poultry, milk, or fruit.

The term does not include:

(1) The production of timber or forest products; or

(2) The provision of grain harvesting or other farm services by a processor or

distributor of farm products or supplies in accordance with the terms of a

contract.

c. "Livestock" includes beef cattle, dairy cattle, sheep, swine, poultry, horses, bison,

elk, fur animals raised for their pelts, and any other animals that are raised, fed,

or produced as a part of farming or ranching activities.

d. "Location" means the setback distance between a structure, fence, or other

boundary enclosing an animal feeding operation, including its animal waste

collection system, and the nearest occupied residence, the nearest buildings

used for nonfarm or nonranch purposes, or the nearest land zoned for residential,

recreational, or commercial purposes. The term does not include the setback

distance for the application of manure or for the application of other recycled

agricultural material under a nutrient management plan approved by the

department of environmental quality.

2. For purposes of this section, animal units are determined as provided in subdivision c

of subsection 7 of section 23.1-06-15.

3. A board of county commissioners may not prohibit or prevent the use of land or

buildings for farming or ranching and may not prohibit or prevent any of the normal

incidents of farming or ranching.

4. A board of county commissioners may not preclude the development of an animal

feeding operation in the county.

5. A board of county commissioners may not prohibit the reasonable diversification or

expansion of a farming or ranching operation.

6. A board of county commissioners may adopt regulations that establish different

standards for the location of animal feeding operations based on the size of the

operation and the species and type being fed.

7. If a regulation would impose a substantial economic burden on an animal feeding

operation in existence before the effective date of the regulation, the board of county

commissioners shall declare that the regulation is ineffective with respect to any

animal feeding operation in existence before the effective date of the regulation.

8. a. A board of county commissioners may establish high-density agricultural

production districts in which setback distances for animal feeding operations and

related agricultural operations are less than those in other districts.

b. A board of county commissioners may establish, around areas zoned for

residential, recreational, or nonagricultural commercial uses, low-density

agricultural production districts in which setback distances for animal feeding

operations and related agricultural operations are greater than those in other

districts; provided, the low-density agricultural production districts may not extend

more than one and one-half miles [2.40 kilometers] from the edge of the area

zoned for residential, recreational, or nonagricultural commercial uses.

c. A board of county commissioners may not adopt or enforce setbacks applicable

to animal feeding operations that exceed the setback distances provided in

subsection 7 of section 23.1-06-15.

d. For purposes of this subsection, a "related agricultural operation" means a facility

that produces a product or byproduct used by an animal feeding operation.

9. A person intending to construct an animal feeding operation may petition the board of

county commissioners for a determination whether the animal feeding operation would

comply with zoning regulations adopted under this section and filed with the

department of environmental quality under section 11-33-22 before the date the

petition was received by the county. The petition must contain a description of the

nature, scope, and location of the proposed animal feeding operation and a site map

showing road access, the location of any structure, and the distance from each

structure to the nearest section line. If the board of county commissioners does not

validly object to the petition within sixty days of receipt, the animal feeding operation is

deemed in compliance with the county zoning regulations. If the county allows animal

feeding operations as a conditional use, the conditional use regulations must be

limited to the board's authority under this section, and the approval process must

comply with this section. The county shall make a valid determination on the

application within sixty days of the receipt of a complete conditional use permit

application. If the board of county commissioners determines the animal feeding

operation would comply with zoning regulations or fails to object under this section, the

county may not impose additional zoning regulations relating to the nature, scope, or

location of the animal feeding operation later, provided an application is submitted

promptly to the department of environmental equality, the department issues a final

permit, and construction of the animal feeding operation commences within three

years from the date the department issues its final permit and any permit appeals are

exhausted. Any objection or determination that subsequently is reversed, set aside, or

invalidated by a court of this state, is not a valid objection or decision for the purpose

of calculating a procedural timeline under this section. A procedural timeline imposed

by this section continues to be in effect during the pendency of any appeal of a county

action or determination. A board of county commissioners may not:

a. Regulate or impose zoning restrictions or requirements on animal feeding

operations or other agricultural operations except as expressly permitted under

this section;

b. Impose water quality, closure, site security, lagoon, or nutrient plan regulations or

requirements on animal feeding operations;

c. Charge fees or expenses of any kind totaling, in the aggregate, more than five

hundred dollars in connection with any permit, petition, application, or other

request relating to animal feeding operations; or

d. Require an existing animal feeding operation to have a permit for improvements

or other modifications of an operation that is in current compliance with state and

federal regulations or require an existing operation to have a permit for

improvements or other modifications that bring the operation into compliance with

state or federal regulations, if the modifications or improvements do not cause the

operation to exceed animal numbers of the setback requirement.

10. If a party challenges the validity of a county ordinance, determination, decision, or

objection related to animal feeding operations, the court shall award the prevailing

party actual attorney's fees, costs, and expenses.

Farming and ranching regulations - Requirements - Limitations - Definitions.

(Effective after July 31, 2026)

1. For purposes of this section:

a. "Animal feeding operation" means a lot or facility, other than normal wintering

operations for cattle and an aquatic animal production facility, where the following

conditions are met:

(1) Animals, other than aquatic animals, have been, are, or will be stabled or

confined and fed or maintained for at least forty-five days in a twelve-month

period; and

(2) Crops, vegetation, forage growth, or postharvest residues are not sustained

in the normal growing season over any portion of the lot or facility.

b. "Farming or ranching" means cultivating land for the production of agricultural

crops or livestock, or raising, feeding, or producing livestock, poultry, milk, or fruit.

The term does not include:

(1) The production of timber or forest products; or

(2) The provision of grain harvesting or other farm services by a processor or

distributor of farm products or supplies in accordance with the terms of a

contract.

c. "Livestock" includes beef cattle, dairy cattle, sheep, swine, poultry, horses, bison,

elk, fur animals raised for their pelts, and any other animals that are raised, fed,

or produced as a part of farming or ranching activities.

d. "Location" means the setback distance between a structure, fence, or other

boundary enclosing an animal feeding operation, including its animal waste

collection system, and the nearest occupied residence, the nearest buildings

used for nonfarm or nonranch purposes, or the nearest land zoned for residential,

recreational, or commercial purposes. The term does not include the setback

distance for the application of manure or for the application of other recycled

agricultural material under a nutrient management plan approved by the

department of environmental quality.

2. For purposes of this section, animal units are determined as provided in subdivision c

of subsection 7 of section 23.1-06-15.

3. A board of county commissioners may not prohibit or prevent the use of land or

buildings for farming or ranching and may not prohibit or prevent any of the normal

incidents of farming or ranching.

4. Except as provided in this section, a board of county commissioners may not preclude

the development of an animal feeding operation in the county.

5. A board of county commissioners may not prohibit the reasonable diversification or

expansion of a farming or ranching operation.

6. A board of county commissioners may adopt regulations that establish different

standards for the location of animal feeding operations based on the size of the

operation and the species and type being fed.

7. If a regulation would impose a substantial economic burden on an animal feeding

operation in existence before the effective date of the regulation, the board of county

commissioners shall declare the regulation ineffective with respect to any animal

feeding operation in existence before the effective date of the regulation.

8. a. A board of county commissioners may establish high-density agricultural

production districts in which setback distances for animal feeding operations and

related agricultural operations are less than those in other districts.

b. A board of county commissioners may establish, around areas zoned for

residential, recreational, or nonagricultural commercial uses, low-density

agricultural production districts in which setback distances for animal feeding

operations and related agricultural operations are greater than those in other

districts; provided, the low-density agricultural production districts may not extend

more than one and one-half miles [2.40 kilometers] from the edge of the area

zoned for residential, recreational, or nonagricultural commercial uses.

c. A board of county commissioners may not adopt or enforce setbacks applicable

to animal feeding operations that exceed the setback distances provided in

subsection 7 of section 23.1-06-15, except setback distances may be reduced or

extended based on the results of the odor footprint tool developed by the

agriculture commissioner. A county may not use an odor annoyance free

percentage exceeding ninety-four percent.

d. For purposes of this subsection, a "related agricultural operation" means a facility

that produces a product or byproduct used by an animal feeding operation.

9. a. A person intending to construct an animal feeding operation may petition the

board of county commissioners for a determination whether the animal feeding

operation would comply with zoning regulations adopted under this section and

filed with the department of environmental quality under section 11-33-22 before

the date the petition was received by the county.

b. The petition must contain a description of the nature, scope, and location of the

proposed animal feeding operation and a site map showing road access, the

location of any structure, and the distance from each structure to the nearest

section line.

c. If the board of county commissioners does not validly object to the petition within

sixty days of receipt, the animal feeding operation is deemed in compliance with

the county zoning regulations. If the county allows animal feeding operations as a

conditional use, the conditional use regulations must be limited to the board's

authority under this section, and the approval process must comply with this

section. The county shall make a valid determination on the application within

sixty days of the receipt of a complete conditional use permit application.

d. If the board of county commissioners determines the animal feeding operation

would comply with zoning regulations or fails to object under this section, the

county may not impose additional zoning regulations relating to the nature,

scope, or location of the animal feeding operation later, provided an application is

submitted promptly to the department of environmental equality, the department

issues a final permit, and construction of the animal feeding operation

commences within three years from the date the department issues its final

permit and any permit appeals are exhausted. Any objection or determination that

subsequently is reversed, set aside, or invalidated by a court of this state, is not a

valid objection or decision for the purpose of calculating a procedural timeline

under this section.

e. A procedural timeline imposed by this section continues to be in effect during the

pendency of any appeal of a county action or determination.

f. A board of county commissioners may not:

(1) Regulate or impose zoning restrictions or requirements on animal feeding

operations or other agricultural operations except as expressly permitted

under this section;

(2) Impose water quality, closure, site security, lagoon, or nutrient plan

regulations or requirements on animal feeding operations;

(3) Charge fees or expenses of any kind totaling, in the aggregate, more than

five hundred dollars in connection with any permit, petition, application, or

other request relating to animal feeding operations; or

(4) Require an existing animal feeding operation to have a permit for

improvements or other modifications of an operation that is in current

compliance with state and federal regulations or require an existing

operation to have a permit for improvements or other modifications that

bring the operation into compliance with state or federal regulations, if the

modifications or improvements do not cause the operation to exceed animal

numbers of the setback requirement.

10. If a party challenges the validity of a county ordinance, determination, decision, or

objection related to animal feeding operations, the court shall award the prevailing

party actual attorney's fees, costs, and expenses.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-08-07 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-08 / Section 11-08-07
11-08-07. Appointive officers - County commissioners, sheriff, and state's attorney elected - Terms of office - How vacancy filled
Status: in_force

11-08-07. Appointive officers - County commissioners, sheriff, and state's attorney

elected - Terms of office - How vacancy filled.

The board of county commissioners shall appoint each county officer mentioned in section

11-08-06, except the members of the board of county commissioners, who must be elected in

the manner provided in section 11-11-02, and the sheriff and the state's attorney, who must be

elected as provided in section 11-10-02, except as provided in section 11-10-02.3. Each county

officer shall hold office for a term of four years, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, and

until the officer's successor is duly appointed and qualified. The board of county commissioners

shall fill any vacancy resulting from any cause.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-28.3-03 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-28.3 / Section 11-28.3-03
11-28.3-03. Notice of election
Status: in_force

11-28.3-03. Notice of election

In addition to the usual requirements of notices of election, the notice for an election at

which the question provided for in this chapter will be voted upon must include a statement

describing the boundaries of the proposed rural ambulance service district, expressed,

wherever possible, in terms of the government survey, a statement setting forth a maximum

allowed mill levy for the proposed district, which levy may not exceed the limitation in section
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-28-14 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-28 / Section 11-28-14
11-28-14. Secretary and treasurer
Status: repealed

11-28-14. Secretary and treasurer

Repealed by S.L. 2015, ch. 439, § 104.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-07-02 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-07 / Section 11-07-02
11-07-02. When districts must be changed - Additional meeting - Public hearing - Notice
Status: in_force

11-07-02. When districts must be changed - Additional meeting - Public hearing -

Notice.

Each redistricting board shall, within three months after official publication of each federal

decennial census, meet at the call of the chairman to organize as provided in this chapter and to

consider redistricting, unless the county commissioners are currently elected at large pursuant

to subsection 3 of section 11-07-03 and neither a resolution of the board of county

commissioners nor a citizen petition pursuant to this section has called for such meeting. A

redistricting board may additionally meet during a census interim if a resolution calling for a

meeting is passed by the board of county commissioners or a petition calling for a meeting

signed by ten percent of the qualified electors of the county as determined by the number of

votes cast for governor in the last gubernatorial election is presented to the board of county

commissioners. If any one district in the county varies more than ten percent from the average

population per commissioner in such county determined by dividing the total population of the

county at the last federal decennial census by the number of commissioners' districts in such

county, or if county commissioners are elected at large, the redistricting board shall redistrict the

county, as provided in this chapter. If redistricting of a county is required, the chairman of the

redistricting board shall, not less than thirty days before the filing of the plan pursuant to section

11-07-03, call a meeting for the purpose of conducting a public hearing to review alternative

plans for such redistricting. Notice of such meeting shall be published or caused to be published

by the chairman in the official county newspaper at least ten days prior to the date of such

hearing.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-14-05 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-14 / Section 11-14-05
11-14-05. County treasurer to certify abstracts - Fees
Status: repealed

11-14-05. County treasurer to certify abstracts - Fees

Repealed by S.L. 1999, ch. 105, § 1.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-07-05 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-07 / Section 11-07-05
11-07-05. First redistricting under chapter
Status: in_force

11-07-05. First redistricting under chapter

The first redistricting of county commissioners' districts under this chapter shall be

completed as required in this chapter no later than December 31, 1971, and at least each ten

years thereafter. Failure of any redistricting board to complete such redistricting plan and file it

with the county auditor, as required by this chapter, shall result in all county commissioners'

districts being abolished at such date, and all county commissioners holding office shall be

elected at large at the next general election, as provided in this chapter, and shall continue to be

elected at large at succeeding elections until a proper redistricting plan is so filed.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-10.2-01 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-10.2 / Section 11-10.2-01
11-10.2-01. County officer combination, separation, and redesignation options
Status: in_force

11-10.2-01. County officer combination, separation, and redesignation options

1. A county may, without requiring local citizens to permit county home rule powers:

a. Combine any elective county office with one or more functionally related elective

or appointive county offices;

b. Separate an elective county office into two or more elective or appointive offices;

or

c. Redesignate an elective county office as an appointive office or an appointive

office as an elective office.

2. A combination or separation of any elected or appointed county office may include the

reassignment of any statutory function of that office or service provided by that office,

but 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.

3. This option is available in addition to, or in lieu of, other county structural options

authorized under this title, unless a specific mandate for combining or separating

particular county offices is otherwise provided by law. The office of sheriff is excluded

from the application of this chapter.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-20-14.1 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-20 / Section 11-20-14.1
11-20-14.1. Disputed property lines - Petition to district court - Effect of survey - Payment of expenses
Status: in_force

11-20-14.1. Disputed property lines - Petition to district court - Effect of survey -

Payment of expenses.

1. One or more owners of property may file with the clerk of district court a petition

requesting the district court to direct the county surveyor to survey the property. The

court shall set a time and place for a hearing on the petition. The hearing may not

occur until three weeks after the petitioner has published notice of the petition,

containing the substance of the petition, a description of the lands affected, and the

names of the owners of the affected lands as they appear in the latest tax roll, and

after the petitioner has mailed written notice to each occupant of land affected by the

survey.

2. At the hearing on the petition, all interested parties may appear and be heard. If the

district court finds that there is a dispute as to the location of a property line, the court

may grant the petition. If a county surveyor is not available to conduct the survey, the

court may appoint a registered land surveyor to conduct the survey. The surveyor shall

provide reasonable advance written notice to occupants of affected lands specifying

the date when the survey will begin.

3. After the survey has been completed, the surveyor shall file a record of survey under

sections 11-20-12 and 11-20-13. The certificate of the surveyor is presumptive

evidence of the facts contained in the survey and certificate.

4. After the survey has been completed, the surveyor shall make a certified report to the

district court showing in detail the entire expense of the survey with recommendations

as to apportionment of the expense. The court shall apportion equitably the expense of

the survey to the several tracts affected and provide written notice of the proposed

assessment to each owner affected. The notice must inform the affected owners of

their right to appear in district court no sooner than fourteen days after the notices are

mailed to object to the assessments. Following consideration of any objections, the

court shall make any corrections or adjustments necessary, enter an order confirming

the assessment, and order the parties to pay the surveyor within thirty days.

5. Upon certification by the surveyor that an affected owner has not paid the fees ordered

by the district court within thirty days, the county auditor shall assess the amount

against the land of each person affected. The county treasurer shall collect the

assessments in the same manner as general property taxes are collected. On the

order of the county auditor, the county treasurer shall pay any fees and expenses to a

registered land surveyor who has conducted the survey.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-19.1-08 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-19.1 / Section 11-19.1-08
11-19.1-08. Records of coroner's office
Status: in_force

11-19.1-08. Records of coroner's office

The coroner shall keep full and complete records. All records must be kept in the office of

the coroner if the coroner maintains an office as coroner. If the coroner maintains no separate

office, the records must be kept in the office of the recorder of the county, unless the board of

county commissioners designates a different official. The records must be properly indexed,

stating the name, if known, of every deceased individual, the place where the body was found,

date of death, cause of death, and all other available information required by this chapter. The

report of the coroner and the detailed findings of the autopsy, if one was performed, must be

attached to the report of every case. The coroner promptly shall deliver or cause to be delivered

to the state's attorney of the county in which a death occurred copies of all necessary records

relating to every death in which the coroner or state's attorney determines further investigation

advisable. The sheriff of the county, the police of the city, or the state highway patrol troopers on

duty in that county in which the death occurred may be requested to furnish more information or

make further investigation by the coroner or the coroner's deputy. The state's attorney may

obtain from the office of the coroner copies of records and other information necessary for

further investigation. Except for a report of death and autopsy reports, which may be used and

disclosed only as authorized by subsection 4 of section 11-19.1-11, all records of the coroner

are the property of the county and are public records.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-21-03 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-21 / Section 11-21-03
11-21-03. Bond of public administrator may be increased - Annual statement
Status: in_force

11-21-03. Bond of public administrator may be increased - Annual statement

The judge of the district court shall require the public administrator to make a statement

annually, under oath, of the amount of property in the administrator's hands or under the

administrator's control as administrator, for the purpose of ascertaining the amount of bond

necessary to secure such property. The court, from time to time and as occasion may require,

may demand additional security from the administrator, and if the same is not furnished within

twenty days after such demand, may remove the public administrator and appoint another.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-10.3-03 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-10.3 / Section 11-10.3-03
11-10.3-03. Office sharing among political subdivisions
Status: in_force

11-10.3-03. Office sharing among political subdivisions

A proposal for combining appointive offices of two or more counties, appointive offices of a

county and another political subdivision, or appointive offices of two or more political

subdivisions which are not counties may be implemented through the execution of a joint

powers agreement, unless a specific procedure for combining particular appointive offices is

otherwise provided by law. The proposal is not subject to the referendum or election procedures

of this chapter. A proposal for combining both elective and appointive offices of two or more

counties, between a county and another political subdivision, or between two or more political

subdivisions which are not counties, is subject to the referendum procedures of this chapter only

in the county or other political subdivision of the elective office.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-11-46 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-11 / Section 11-11-46
11-11-46. Payment of judgment obtained by state or an agency thereof against county - Duty of county commissioners and auditor
Status: repealed

11-11-46. Payment of judgment obtained by state or an agency thereof against county

- Duty of county commissioners and auditor.

Repealed by S.L. 2015, ch. 439, § 104.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-33.2-10 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-33.2 / Section 11-33.2-10
11-33.2-10. Board to enforce chapter
Status: in_force

11-33.2-10. Board to enforce chapter

The board of county commissioners shall provide for the enforcement of this chapter and of

any resolution and amendments adopted hereunder, and may impose enforcement duties on

any officer, department, agency, or employee of the county.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-05-07 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-05 / Section 11-05-07
11-05-07. Affirmative vote necessary to consolidate counties
Status: in_force

11-05-07. Affirmative vote necessary to consolidate counties

A majority of the legal votes cast on the question of consolidation in each of the counties

affected is necessary for approval of a county consolidation plan.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-14-09 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-14 / Section 11-14-09
11-14-09. Treasurer's receipts for money received - Copy deposited with auditor
Status: in_force

11-14-09. Treasurer's receipts for money received - Copy deposited with auditor

Whenever the county treasurer receives money, the treasurer shall make out triplicate

receipts and shall deliver one copy thereof to the person paying, and deposit one copy thereof

with the county auditor at the close of the business day, and retain one copy thereof which shall

be filed numerically in the treasurer's office. The county auditor shall charge the county

treasurer with the amount of the receipts, and the county treasurer shall enter the amount of the

receipts in the treasurer's cash book.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-01-53 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-01 / Section 11-01-53
11-01-53. Wells County
Status: in_force

11-01-53. Wells County

Beginning at the southwest corner of township one hundred forty-five north, range

seventy-three west of the fifth principal meridian, a point on the eleventh standard parallel;

thence east along the eleventh standard parallel to the southeast corner of township one

hundred forty-five north, range sixty-eight west; thence north along the line between ranges

sixty-seven and sixty-eight west to the northeast corner of township one hundred forty-eight

north, range sixty-eight west, a point on the twelfth standard parallel; thence west along the

twelfth standard parallel to the southeast corner of township one hundred forty-nine north, range

sixty-eight west; thence continuing north along the line between ranges sixty-seven and

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

west; thence west along the line between townships one hundred fifty and one hundred fifty-one

north to the northwest corner of township one hundred fifty north, range seventy-three west;

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

southwest corner of township one hundred forty-nine north, range seventy-three west, a point

on the twelfth standard parallel; thence east along the twelfth standard parallel to the northwest

corner of township one hundred forty-eight 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 § 11-10-02.3 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-10 / Section 11-10-02.3
11-10-02.3. Appointment of state's attorney upon voter approval
Status: in_force

11-10-02.3. Appointment of state's attorney upon voter approval

Upon the submission to the board of county commissioners of a petition signed by ten

percent or more of the total number of qualified electors of the county voting for governor at the

most recent gubernatorial election or upon resolution of the board of county commissioners, the

county auditor shall place the question of appointing the state's attorney on the ballot at the next

primary or general election, whichever occurs first. If a majority of the qualified electors of the

county voting on the question approves the change from elective to appointive, the change is

effective at the end of the term of office of the state's attorney holding office at the time of the

election.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-20-01 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-20 / Section 11-20-01
11-20-01. Duties of county surveyor - Surveys presumptively correct
Status: in_force

11-20-01. Duties of county surveyor - Surveys presumptively correct

The county surveyor shall make all surveys of land within the county which the county

surveyor may be called upon to make by the owner of the land or the owner's representative, or

which the county surveyor is directed to make by the district court, by the board of county

commissioners, or by the board of township supervisors of any township within the county. The

county surveyor also shall make a survey of the public roads and of all lands, tracts, or lots

owned by the county when directed to do so by the board of county commissioners. The

surveys of the county surveyor or of the county surveyor's deputies are presumptively correct.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-28.3-04 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-28.3 / Section 11-28.3-04
11-28.3-04. Form of ballot - Vote required to approve
Status: in_force

11-28.3-04. If the board wishes to levy a tax in excess of that approved by the electors,

the board, upon its own motion, may place the question of increasing the maximum

allowable mill levy for the electors to approve at a regular or special election. The

amount levied under this section may not exceed a mill rate of fifteen mills upon the

taxable property within the district for the maintenance of the rural ambulance service

district for the fiscal year as provided by law.

2. The tax levied for a rural ambulance service district must be:

a. Collected as other taxes are collected in the county.

b. Deposited by the secretary-treasurer in a bank or credit union account.

c. Paid out upon warrants drawn upon the district account by authority of the board

of directors of the district, bearing the signature of the secretary-treasurer and the

countersignature of the president.

3. The amount of the tax levy may not exceed the amount of funds required to defray the

expenses of the district for a period of one year as embraced in the annual estimate of

expense, including the amount of principal and interest upon the indebtedness of the

district for the ensuing year. The district may include in its operating budget no more

than ten percent of its annual operating budget as a depreciation expense to be set

aside in a dedicated emergency medical services sinking fund deposited with the

treasurer for the replacement of equipment and ambulances. The ten percent

emergency medical services sinking fund may be in addition to the actual annual

operating budget, but the total of the annual operating budget and the annual

ten percent emergency medical services sinking fund shall not exceed the amount of

revenue that would be generated by application of the maximum mill levy approved by

the electors.

4. If an ambulance operations area identified by the department of health and human

services under section 23-27-01 is situated, in whole or in part, within the boundaries

of a rural ambulance service district formed under this chapter, and the district does

not provide emergency medical services to the territory in the ambulance operations

area, whether directly or through a contract under section 11-28.3-12, the property

situated in the ambulance operations area which does not receive emergency medical

services from the district is exempt from the district's tax levy under this section.

Changes to the ambulance operations area will not impact the district under this

section until the subsequent tax year. The excluded territory remains responsible and

must discharge its proportionate share of outstanding obligations pursuant to the

procedure under section 11-28.3-17.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-21-11 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-21 / Section 11-21-11
11-21-11. Civil officers to inform public administrator as to property
Status: in_force

11-21-11. Civil officers to inform public administrator as to property

All civil officers shall inform the public administrator of all property and estate known to them

which is liable to loss, waste, or injury and which, by law, ought to be in the hands of the public

administrator.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-03-14 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-03 / Section 11-03-14
11-03-14. County treasurer to keep bond register
Status: in_force

11-03-14. County treasurer to keep bond register

The county treasurer of a county issuing bonds under the provisions of this chapter shall

provide a book to be called the "bond register" wherein the treasurer shall note, as to each such

bond:

1. The number and denomination thereof.

2. The date of its issue.

3. When and where the same is payable.

4. Such other facts as the county commissioners of the county shall direct.

The bond register when completed shall be deposited with the county auditor and shall be and

remain a part of the records of that office.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-07-01 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-07 / Section 11-07-01
11-07-01. County redistricting board - Membership - Powers
Status: in_force

11-07-01. County redistricting board - Membership - Powers

The redistricting board shall be composed of the following members:

1. The chairman of the board of county commissioners, who shall act as chairman of the

redistricting board.

2. The state's attorney.

3. A citizen or member of the governing body selected by the governing body of the city

having the largest population, according to the most recent federal decennial census,

in the county.

4. A township supervisor selected by the township supervisors at a meeting called by the

county auditor, if more than one-half of the townships are organized, whose service

upon the board shall be contingent upon that person's service in office as a township

supervisor, or a citizen member at large appointed by the county commission if less

than one-half of the townships are organized.

5. A citizen at large selected by representatives of each of the cities of the county,

excluding the largest city, if there is a total of at least three incorporated cities in such

county. Such representatives shall consist of one member of and selected by the

governing body of each of the cities in the county, other than the largest city. The

selection of the member of the redistricting board shall be made at a meeting called by

the county auditor for such purpose. In the event there is not a total of three cities in

the county, or that the selection is not made at the meeting called by the county

auditor, such citizen at large shall be selected by the redistricting board at its first

meeting. Such citizen at large shall serve until the time of the next decennial

redistricting.

6. The county auditor, or such other county official responsible for conducting elections

within the county, as an ex officio, nonvoting member for the purpose of advising the

redistricting board on other existing election districts and precinct boundaries.

Vacancies upon the board shall be filled in the same manner as in the case of original selection.

Such board may change the boundaries of the commissioners' districts of the county in

accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-16-13 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-16 / Section 11-16-13
11-16-13. Warrants on state's attorney's contingent fund
Status: in_force

11-16-13. Warrants on state's attorney's contingent fund

All disbursements from the state's attorney's contingent fund must be made in the usual

manner by the county treasurer upon the warrant of the county auditor. The auditor's warrant

must be executed and delivered in the amount and to the person designated by the order of the

state's attorney.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-28.1-12 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-28.1 / Section 11-28.1-12
11-28.1-12. Board of county commissioners to hear and determine appeals and objections to assessments - Altering assessments - Limitations
Status: in_force

11-28.1-12. Board of county commissioners to hear and determine appeals and

objections to assessments - Altering assessments - Limitations.

At the regular meeting of the board of county commissioners at which the assessment list is

to be acted upon, any person aggrieved by the determination of the special assessment

commission in regard to any assessment who has appealed therefrom as provided in section

11-28.1-11 may appear before the board of county commissioners and present the person's

reasons why the action of the commission should not be confirmed. The board of county

commissioners shall hear and determine the appeals and objections and may increase or

diminish any of such assessments as it may deem just, except that the aggregate amount of all

the assessments returned by the special assessment commission shall not be changed and no

assessments as adjusted shall exceed the benefits to the parcel of land on which it is assessed

as determined by the special assessment commission.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-09-14 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-09 / Section 11-09-14
11-09-14. Administrative activities, responsibility of county manager
Status: in_force

11-09-14. Administrative activities, responsibility of county manager

The county manager shall be responsible to the board of county commissioners for the

administration of the following activities:

1. All duties now or hereafter imposed by general law on the county auditor in the matter

of assessment of property for taxation and the preparation of the tax rolls.

2. The collection of the taxes, license fees, and other revenues of the county and its

subdivisions.

3. The custody of and accounting for all public funds belonging to or handled by the

county.

4. The purchase of all supplies for the county except those specifically excepted by this

chapter.

5. The care of all county buildings.

6. The care and custody of all the personal property of the county.

7. The recording of deeds, mortgages, and other instruments, and the entry and

preservation of such other public records as the law requires.

8. The construction and maintenance of county highways and bridges.

9. Such relief and welfare activities as by general law are made county functions.

10. Public health work and the operation of the county hospitals.

11. Such other activities of the county as are not assigned specifically to some other

officer or agency by this chapter.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-28.2-04.1 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-28.2 / Section 11-28.2-04.1
11-28.2-04.1. Power of recreation service districts to make improvements - Creating district - Determining necessity - Contracting for improvement - Levying special assessments and taxes and imposing service charges - Issuance of warrants
Status: in_force

11-28.2-04.1. Power of recreation service districts to make improvements - Creating

district - Determining necessity - Contracting for improvement - Levying special

assessments and taxes and imposing service charges - Issuance of warrants.

Each recreation service district established under the provisions of this chapter shall have

the authority to make those improvements specified in subdivisions a, b, and f of subsection 8 of

section 21-03-06. In making any such improvement, in addition to any other powers granted in

chapter 21-03, a recreation service district shall, subject to the provisions of this section, be

deemed to be a "municipality", as the term is used in chapters 40-22 through 40-27, for the

purpose of creating an improvement district, determining the necessity of making an

improvement, contracting for an improvement, levying special assessments and general taxes

and imposing service charges to pay the cost of an improvement, issuing temporary, definitive,

and refunding warrants to finance an improvement, and levying general taxes to pay any

deficiency in moneys available to pay the principal and interest on any warrants so issued. The

above language refers to all projects and services costing more than five thousand dollars.

Provided, however, with respect to section 40-22-15, if the resolution declaring improvements

necessary is required to be published, it shall also be sent by first-class mail to the owners of all

property within the improvement district not more than ten days after the first publication of the

resolution.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-01-29 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-01 / Section 11-01-29
11-01-29. McLean County
Status: in_force

11-01-29. McLean County

Beginning at the point where the line between ranges ninety-one and ninety-two west of the

fifth principal meridian intersects the main channel of the Missouri River; thence in a general

southeasterly direction along the main channel of the Missouri River to the line between

townships one hundred forty-two and one hundred forty-three north; thence east along the line

between townships one hundred forty-two and one hundred forty-three north to the southeast

corner of township one hundred forty-three north, range eighty west; thence north along the line

between ranges seventy-nine and eighty west to the northeast corner of township one hundred

forty-four north, range eighty west, a point on the eleventh standard parallel; thence east along

the eleventh standard parallel to the southeast corner of township one hundred forty-five north,

range seventy-nine west; thence north along the line between ranges seventy-eight and

seventy-nine west to the northeast corner of township one hundred forty-eight north, range

seventy-nine west, a point on the twelfth standard parallel; thence east along the twelfth

standard parallel to the southeast corner of township one hundred forty-nine north, range

seventy-eight west; thence north along the line between ranges seventy-seven and

seventy-eight west to the northeast corner of township one hundred fifty north, range

seventy-eight west; thence west along the line between townships one hundred fifty and one

hundred fifty-one north to the northwest corner of township one hundred fifty north, range

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

the point of beginning.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-01-46 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-01 / Section 11-01-46
11-01-46. Stark County
Status: in_force

11-01-46. Stark County

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

ninety-nine west of the fifth principal meridian, 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 ninety-one west; thence north along the line between ranges ninety and ninety-one

west to the northeast corner of township one hundred forty north, range ninety-one 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 ninety-one west; thence continuing north

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

twenty-five, township one hundred forty-one north, range ninety-one west; thence west along a

line parallel to and two miles [3.2 kilometers] distant in a northerly direction from the tenth

standard parallel to the northwest corner of section thirty, township one hundred forty-one north,

range ninety-three west; thence south along the line between ranges ninety-three and

ninety-four west to the southwest corner of township one hundred forty-one north, range

ninety-three west, a point on the tenth standard parallel; thence west along the tenth standard

parallel to the northwest corner of township one hundred forty north, range ninety-nine west;

thence south along the line between ranges ninety-nine and one hundred west to the point of

beginning.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-21-07 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-21 / Section 11-21-07
11-21-07. Public administrator to prosecute necessary suits
Status: in_force

11-21-07. Public administrator to prosecute necessary suits

The public administrator shall institute all manner of suits and prosecutions that may be

necessary to recover the property, debts, papers, or other estate of any deceased person or of

any minor or incapacitated person when such estate or person is in the administrator's charge

or custody.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-39-08 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-39 / Section 11-39-08
11-39-08. Director's civil immunity
Status: in_force

11-39-08. Director's civil immunity

The individual members of the board of directors of any fair association are immune from

civil liability for any act or omission relating to service as a director for the negligence of any

person, firm, corporation, or limited liability company staging any show, race, or other

amusement at any county or municipal fair and are immune from civil liability for any negligence

of any person employed by the board of directors or the association conducting such fair.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-12-07 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-12 / Section 11-12-07
11-12-07. Decrease in number of commissioners authorized - Redistricting county - When effective
Status: in_force

11-12-07. Decrease in number of commissioners authorized - Redistricting county -

When effective.

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

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

decrease, the existing board of county commissioners shall continue in office until the time

when the terms of office of two members of the board expire simultaneously. At that time, the

board shall declare that such two offices are abolished and at its first regular meeting thereafter

shall redistrict the county into three commissioners' districts and shall designate the district

which each of the three remaining commissioners shall represent. The terms of office of such

remaining commissioners shall not be affected.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-10.1-05 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-10.1 / Section 11-10.1-05
11-10.1-05. Powers and duties of county director of tax equalization - Qualifications of assessors
Status: in_force

11-10.1-05. Powers and duties of county director of tax equalization - Qualifications of

assessors.

1. The county director of tax equalization has the power, duty, and responsibility to call

upon and confer with assessors in the county and to assist them in the preparation

and proper use of land maps and property record cards, preparation of assessment

books, changes in assessment laws and rules, determination of proper standards of

value, use of proper classifications of property, determination of what property qualifies

as exempt from property taxes, and authority to require attendance at meetings, to

promote uniform assessment of all real property in the county.

2. Any city with a population of under five thousand or township may, by resolution of its

governing body, retain an assessor who is certified or eligible to be certified as a

class II assessor who shall retain the powers, duties, and responsibilities of the office.

Any city with a population of five thousand or greater may, by resolution of its

governing body, retain an assessor who is certified or eligible to be certified as a

class I assessor who shall retain the powers, duties, and responsibilities of the office. A

person may not serve as an assessor for longer than twenty-four months before being

certified by the state supervisor of assessments as having met the minimum

requirements. The expenses of the city or township assessors must be paid by the city

or township exercising this option.

3. The county director of tax equalization shall supervise all individuals performing

assessor services in the county and arrange for the assessment of property within the

county, except within the jurisdiction of a city or township in which the governing body

retains a certified class I or class II assessor.

4. Any city or township that does not retain a certified class I or class II assessor shall

utilize the certified assessor of the county in which the city or township is located. The

county commission may require the city or township to reimburse the county for the

expenses incurred in assessing the property of that city or township.

5. Any assessment made by an assessor who is not currently certified must be reviewed

and approved by a certified assessor, prior to the township or city board of equalization

annual meeting. The cost of the assessment review must be paid by the township or

city having jurisdiction over the assessment at the same rate as paid to a special

assessor in section 57-14-08.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-03-25 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-03 / Section 11-03-25
11-03-25. Judges to appoint term of district court in new county
Status: in_force

11-03-25. Judges to appoint term of district court in new county

The judges of the judicial district in which a county organized under this chapter is situated

shall appoint and hold at least two terms of the district court each year at the county seat of

such county.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-01-03 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-01 / Section 11-01-03
11-01-03. Barnes County
Status: in_force

11-01-03. Barnes County

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

sixty-one west of the fifth principal meridian, 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 fifty-six west; thence north along the line between ranges fifty-five and fifty-six to

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

of township one hundred forty-one north, range fifty-six west; thence continuing north along the

line between ranges fifty-five and fifty-six west to the northeast corner of township one hundred

forty-three north, range fifty-six west; 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 sixty-one west; thence south along the line between ranges

sixty-one and sixty-two west to the tenth standard parallel; thence east along the tenth standard

parallel to the northwest corner of township one hundred forty north, range sixty-one west;

thence continuing south along the line between ranges sixty-one and sixty-two west to the point

of beginning.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-28-01 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-28 / Section 11-28-01
11-28-01. Board of county park commissioners - Appointment by county commissioners - Number
Status: in_force

11-28-01. Board of county park commissioners - Appointment by county

commissioners - Number.

The board of county commissioners shall establish a five-member to seven-member board

of county park commissioners consisting of at least two members of the county commission and

at least two resident citizens of the county.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-23-03 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-23 / Section 11-23-03
11-23-03. Notice of meeting to act on county budget
Status: repealed

11-23-03. Notice of meeting to act on county budget

Repealed by S.L. 2017, ch. 411, § 23.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-28.1-05 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-28.1 / Section 11-28.1-05
11-28.1-05. Assessment of expenses
Status: in_force

11-28.1-05. Assessment of expenses

The expenses of maintaining the service provided by the service district shall be assessed

against the parcels of land properly chargeable therewith, in amounts to be determined by and

in accordance with the provisions of section 40-23-05. For the purpose of assessing the

expenses of a service district, the board of county park commissioners shall serve as the

special assessment commission.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-28-02 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-28 / Section 11-28-02
11-28-02. Eligibility for appointment - Term - Vacancy - Compensation
Status: in_force

11-28-02. Eligibility for appointment - Term - Vacancy - Compensation

Any resident citizen of the county, including county, city, and township officers, is eligible for

appointment to the board of county park commissioners. Each appointed county park

commissioner shall hold office for a term of three years, or until a successor is appointed and

qualified. Any vacancy in the board must be filled for the unexpired term by appointment by the

board of county commissioners as soon as practicable. The appointing authority shall establish

the rate of compensation for park commissioners and actual expenses incurred by the

commissioners may be reimbursed at the official reimbursement rates of the appointing

authority. Unless otherwise agreed upon, the board of county park commissioners shall meet at

the time of the regular meetings of the board of county commissioners upon the order of the

chairman, and appointed members only are entitled to compensation for attendance at the

concurrent meetings.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-33-11 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-33 / Section 11-33-11
11-33-11. May adjust enforcement
Status: in_force

11-33-11. May adjust enforcement

The board of county commissioners is authorized to adjust the application or enforcement of

any provision of a resolution hereunder in any specific case when a literal enforcement of such

provision would result in great practical difficulties, unnecessary hardship, or injustice, so as to

avoid such consequences, provided such action shall not be contrary to the public interest or

the general purposes hereof.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-03-04 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-03 / Section 11-03-04
11-03-04. Ballot - Form
Status: in_force

11-03-04. Ballot - Form

The ballot to be used in an election under this chapter shall be in substantially the following

form:

Shall the county of _______________ (name county) be formed from territory in the

county of ___________________, or the counties of ________________ (name the

county or counties affected)?

Yes ☐

No ☐
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-09-22 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-09 / Section 11-09-22
11-09-22. County judge - Election - Duties
Status: repealed

11-09-22. County judge - Election - Duties

Repealed by S.L. 1991, ch. 326, § 203.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-33-06 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-33 / Section 11-33-06
11-33-06. Investigations
Status: in_force

11-33-06. Investigations

The county planning commission in conjunction with the township boards of the affected

areas shall investigate and determine the necessity of establishing districts and prescribing

regulations therefor, as herein provided; and, for that purpose, shall consult with residents of

affected areas, and with federal, state, and other agencies concerned. State, county, township,

and city officials, departments, or agencies are hereby required to make available, upon request

of the county planning commission, such pertinent information as they may possess, to render

technical assistance, and to cooperate in assembling and compiling pertinent information.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-07-06 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-07 / Section 11-07-06
11-07-06. Petitions - Signers required - Submission of question to voters
Status: in_force

11-07-06. Petitions - Signers required - Submission of question to voters

The board of county commissioners, upon receipt of a petition signed by at least ten percent

of the qualified electors of the county as determined by the number of votes cast for the office of

governor at the preceding general election, shall, in accordance with applicable provisions of

title 16.1, cause the question of whether commissioners shall be elected at large to be

submitted to the qualified electors of the county at the next succeeding primary or general

election. If approved by sixty percent of the qualified electors voting at such election, all county

commissioner districts in the county must be immediately dissolved, and thereafter as the term

of office of each member of the board of county commissioners expires, the office must be filled

by an election at large.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-19.1-09 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-19.1 / Section 11-19.1-09
11-19.1-09. State's attorney may subpoena witnesses
Status: repealed

11-19.1-09. State's attorney may subpoena witnesses

Repealed by S.L. 1973, ch. 92, § 2.
N.D. Cent. Code § 11-05-15 — ND Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-05 / Section 11-05-15
11-05-15. Officers of petitioning county to hold office until time expires - Duties
Status: repealed

11-05-15. Officers of petitioning county to hold office until time expires - Duties

Repealed by S.L. 1965, ch. 98, § 54.