N.D. Cent. Code § 46-06-06 — ND Code / Title 46 / Chapter 46-06 / Section 46-06-06
46-06-06. Newspaper receiving highest number of votes elected - Canvass
Status: in_force

46-06-06. Newspaper receiving highest number of votes elected - Canvass

The newspaper receiving the highest number of votes at the general election must be

declared elected. The county auditor, upon the canvass and return of the vote by the county

canvassing board, shall issue a certificate of election to such newspaper, and it shall become

the official newspaper beginning on the first Monday in January following the election, and shall

act as the official newspaper for a period of four years and until a successor is chosen and

takes office. The canvass of the votes for the official newspaper must be made by the county

canvassing board at the time other election returns are canvassed.
N.D. Cent. Code § 46-03.1-03 — ND Code / Title 46 / Chapter 46-03.1 / Section 46-03.1-03
46-03.1-03. Legal material in official electronic record
Status: in_force

46-03.1-03. Legal material in official electronic record

1. If an official publisher publishes legal material only in an electronic record, the

publisher shall:

a. Designate the electronic record as official; and

b. Comply with sections 46-03.1-04, 46-03.1-06, and 46-03.1-07.

2. An official publisher that publishes legal material in an electronic record and also

publishes the material in a record other than an electronic record may designate the

electronic record as official if the publisher complies with sections 46-03.1-04,

46-03.1-06, and 46-03.1-07.
N.D. Cent. Code § 46-03-12 — ND Code / Title 46 / Chapter 46-03 / Section 46-03-12
46-03-12. Popular edition of session laws - How printed - Classification
Status: repealed

46-03-12. Popular edition of session laws - How printed - Classification

Repealed by S.L. 1951, ch. 275, § 17.
N.D. Cent. Code § 46-06-08 — ND Code / Title 46 / Chapter 46-06 / Section 46-06-08
46-06-08. Vacancy - How filled
Status: in_force

46-06-08. Vacancy - How filled

If a newspaper elected as the official newspaper suspends publication or ceases to possess

the qualifications prescribed in section 46-06-02, a vacancy must be deemed to exist. The board

of county commissioners at once shall designate another newspaper having the required

qualifications to act as the official newspaper of the county until a successor is elected and

takes office.
N.D. Cent. Code § 46-02-13 — ND Code / Title 46 / Chapter 46-02 / Section 46-02-13
46-02-13. Printing accounts - How certified and paid
Status: repealed

46-02-13. Printing accounts - How certified and paid

Repealed by S.L. 1987, ch. 547, § 11.
N.D. Cent. Code § 46-03-06 — ND Code / Title 46 / Chapter 46-03 / Section 46-03-06
46-03-06. Calendar of bills and resolutions - Contents - Synopsis - Edited by clerk - Copies furnished on request
Status: repealed

46-03-06. Calendar of bills and resolutions - Contents - Synopsis - Edited by clerk -

Copies furnished on request.

Repealed by S.L. 1973, ch. 369, § 1.
N.D. Cent. Code § 46-04-19 — ND Code / Title 46 / Chapter 46-04 / Section 46-04-19
46-04-19. Legislative council may dispose of laws
Status: in_force

46-04-19. Legislative council may dispose of laws

The legislative council may dispose of all volumes of the laws that are ten or more years

old, except one volume of each, which must be retained for historical purposes.
N.D. Cent. Code § 46-02-12 — ND Code / Title 46 / Chapter 46-02 / Section 46-02-12
46-02-12. The office of management and budget - Inferior printing and work
Status: in_force

46-02-12. The office of management and budget - Inferior printing and work

The office of management and budget may reject any and all printing that is not done in a

workmanlike manner or with good material and with ordinary promptness. It may require

contractors to present specimen pages of type they propose to use, and may reject the same in

its discretion and require new material. Its ruling and determination are final and conclusive on

the contractor. Only good, clean, and satisfactory work may be accepted, and it must be done

within a reasonable time. The action of the office in this matter is final and conclusive upon such

contractor and the contractor's sureties.
N.D. Cent. Code § 46-03-19 — ND Code / Title 46 / Chapter 46-03 / Section 46-03-19
46-03-19. When documents officially printed - Faith and credit given
Status: in_force

46-03-19. When documents officially printed - Faith and credit given

All laws, journals, and documents printed and published by central duplicating services of

the office of management and budget or any contractor under this title, and duly certified by the

secretary of state and the legislative council as provided in section 46-03-15 or rules of the

senate and house of representatives, are deemed officially to be printed and published, and full

faith and credit must be given to them as such.
N.D. Cent. Code § 46-01-01 — ND Code / Title 46 / Chapter 46-01 / Section 46-01-01
46-01-01. Office of management and budget to purchase printing
Status: in_force

46-01-01. Office of management and budget to purchase printing

The authority to purchase and supervise all printing for the various state departments and

agencies is vested in the state office of management and budget.
N.D. Cent. Code § 46-02-03 — ND Code / Title 46 / Chapter 46-02 / Section 46-02-03
46-02-03. Paper - Quality
Status: repealed

46-02-03. Paper - Quality

Repealed by S.L. 1987, ch. 547, § 11.
N.D. Cent. Code § 46-04-04 — ND Code / Title 46 / Chapter 46-04 / Section 46-04-04
46-04-04. Session laws, compilations, and codifications remain property of state
Status: in_force

46-04-04. Session laws, compilations, and codifications remain property of state

Except as otherwise provided by law, each copy of laws, compilations, or codifications

furnished to any officer, department, or agency of the state, or to the legislative assembly, its

officers, or committees is the property of the state and must be surrendered to the legislative

council or to the recipient's successor in office.
N.D. Cent. Code § 46-01-03 — ND Code / Title 46 / Chapter 46-01 / Section 46-01-03
46-01-03. State printer - Duties
Status: repealed

46-01-03. State printer - Duties

Repealed by S.L. 1959, ch. 372, § 117.
N.D. Cent. Code § 46-03.1-08 — ND Code / Title 46 / Chapter 46-03.1 / Section 46-03.1-08
46-03.1-08. Standards
Status: in_force

46-03.1-08. Standards

In implementing this chapter, an official publisher of legal material in an electronic record

shall consider:

1. Standards and practices of other jurisdictions;

2. The most recent standards regarding authentication of, preservation and security of,

and public access to, legal material in an electronic record and other electronic

records, as promulgated by national standard-setting bodies;

3. The needs of users of legal material in an electronic record;

4. The views of governmental officials and entities and other interested persons; and

5. To the extent practicable, methods and technologies for the authentication of,

preservation and security of, and public access to, legal material which are compatible

with the methods and technologies used by other official publishers in this state and in

other states that have adopted a law substantially similar to this chapter.
N.D. Cent. Code § 46-03-05 — ND Code / Title 46 / Chapter 46-03 / Section 46-03-05
46-03-05. Bills, resolutions, and journals - Printing
Status: in_force

46-03-05. Bills, resolutions, and journals - Printing

The printing or reproduction of legislative bills, resolutions, and journals must be in

accordance with the rules of the senate and house of representatives of the state of North

Dakota.
N.D. Cent. Code § 46-03.1-10 — ND Code / Title 46 / Chapter 46-03.1 / Section 46-03.1-10
46-03.1-10. Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act
Status: in_force

46-03.1-10. Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act

This chapter modifies, limits, and supersedes the Electronic Signatures in Global and

National Commerce Act [15 U.S.C. 7001 et seq.] but does not modify, limit, or supersede

section 101(c) of that Act [15 U.S.C. 7001(c)] or authorize electronic delivery of any of the

notices described in section 103(b) of that Act [15 U.S.C. 7003(b)].
N.D. Cent. Code § 46-05-03 — ND Code / Title 46 / Chapter 46-05 / Section 46-05-03
46-05-03. Legal notices - Fees
Status: in_force

46-05-03. Legal notices - Fees

To effect uniformity, the office of management and budget may compute a standard price on

those legal notices which are widely published such as ballots, insurance statements, and

official proclamations. All newspapers must use the rates, type size, and column width as shown

on its legal notice rate certification issued by the office of management and budget.

Certifications must be issued within fifteen days after samples are submitted, or as soon

thereafter as practicable.

The office of management and budget shall biennially review and adjust rates to reflect

changes in economic conditions within the newspaper industry and the general economy, and

those adjustments become effective on each July first following the review. These biennial

changes may be percentage increases or decreases in the base rates, and they may

incorporate revisions in the base rate structure. Whenever the office of management and budget

considers an adjustment in the legal publication rates contained herein, it shall consult with

representatives of the daily and weekly newspaper industry of the state and with representatives

of state and local units of government.
N.D. Cent. Code § 46-03-17 — ND Code / Title 46 / Chapter 46-03 / Section 46-03-17
46-03-17. Authority to increase number of session laws, journals, and other material printed vested in state publication and printing commission
Status: repealed

46-03-17. Authority to increase number of session laws, journals, and other material

printed vested in state publication and printing commission.

Repealed by S.L. 1951, ch. 275, § 17.
N.D. Cent. Code § 46-03-16 — ND Code / Title 46 / Chapter 46-03 / Section 46-03-16
46-03-16. Style and binding of executive reports
Status: repealed

46-03-16. Style and binding of executive reports

Repealed by S.L. 1951, ch. 275, § 17.
N.D. Cent. Code § 46-06-03 — ND Code / Title 46 / Chapter 46-06 / Section 46-06-03
46-06-03. Application to place name on ballot at primary election
Status: in_force

46-06-03. Application to place name on ballot at primary election

The county auditor shall place the name of a newspaper upon the primary election ballot if

the newspaper is qualified to serve as the official newspaper within the county and if, before four

p.m. of the sixty-fourth day prior to the primary election, an application asking that the name of

the newspaper be placed upon the ballot to be voted upon for nomination as official newspaper

of the county and an affidavit indicating the newspaper meets all of the requirements of an

official newspaper pursuant to sections 46-05-01 and 46-06-02 are filed with the county auditor

by a person, partnership, corporation, or limited liability company owning or operating the

newspaper. The county auditor shall endorse upon the application the name of the newspaper

and the date upon which the application is filed.
N.D. Cent. Code § 46-02-04 — ND Code / Title 46 / Chapter 46-02 / Section 46-02-04
46-02-04. Classes of printing
Status: in_force

46-02-04. Classes of printing

The printing of the state is divided into the following classes:

1. The printing of bills and resolutions of the legislative assembly constitutes the first

class. However, certain bills and resolutions may be excepted from this class, as

directed by officers of the legislative assembly or as provided for in the rules of the

senate and the house of representatives.

2. The printing and binding of the journals of the senate and the house of representatives

constitutes the second class.

3. The printing and binding of the reports and other documents that are prepared and

submitted to the governor and secretary of state, and which make up the

governmental biennial reports in accordance with sections 54-06-03 and 54-06-04,

constitutes the third class. This class does not include the official budget report.

4. The printing and binding of the volumes of laws and legislative resolutions constitutes

the fourth class.

5. All printing not included in the foregoing classes constitutes the sixth class.
N.D. Cent. Code § 46-02-19 — ND Code / Title 46 / Chapter 46-02 / Section 46-02-19
46-02-19. Unlawful for public officials to place name on public documents in large-size type - Penalty
Status: repealed

46-02-19. Unlawful for public officials to place name on public documents in

large-size type - Penalty.

Repealed by S.L. 1997, ch. 386, § 1.
N.D. Cent. Code § 46-04-10 — ND Code / Title 46 / Chapter 46-04 / Section 46-04-10
46-04-10. Duties of legislative council - Exchange of laws with other states
Status: in_force

46-04-10. Duties of legislative council - Exchange of laws with other states

The legislative council may distribute copies of all laws passed by each legislative assembly

and all compilations or codifications of laws passed by each legislative assembly:

1. In exchange for like publications of other states.

2. To replace copies lost or damaged in official use.

3. To provide copies as needed to state officers, boards, commissions, institutions, or

agencies of the state.

4. To provide copies as needed to the national conference of commissioners on uniform

state laws.
N.D. Cent. Code § 46-04-08 — ND Code / Title 46 / Chapter 46-04 / Section 46-04-08
46-04-08. Retention of ownership of session laws, compilations, and codifications distributed by municipalities
Status: in_force

46-04-08. Retention of ownership of session laws, compilations, and codifications

distributed by municipalities.

Each copy of laws, compilations, or codifications distributed by a county or other

municipality forever must remain the property thereof, and, at the end of an officer's term, must

be delivered by each officer to that officer's successor.
N.D. Cent. Code § 46-03.1-06 — ND Code / Title 46 / Chapter 46-03.1 / Section 46-03.1-06
46-03.1-06. Preservation and security of legal material in official electronic record
Status: in_force

46-03.1-06. Preservation and security of legal material in official electronic record

1. An official publisher of legal material in an electronic record that is or was designated

as official under section 46-03.1-04 shall provide for the preservation and security of

the record in an electronic form or a form that is not electronic.

2. If legal material is preserved under subsection 1 in an electronic record, the official

publisher shall:

a. Ensure the integrity of the record;

b. Provide for backup and disaster recovery of the record; and

c. Ensure the continuing usability of the material.
N.D. Cent. Code § 46-03.1-01 — ND Code / Title 46 / Chapter 46-03.1 / Section 46-03.1-01
46-03.1-01. Definitions
Status: in_force

46-03.1-01. Definitions

1. "Electronic" means relating to technology having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless,

optical, electromagnetic, or similar capabilities.

2. "Legal material" means, whether or not in effect:

a. The Constitution of North Dakota.

b. The North Dakota Century Code.

c. The North Dakota Session Laws, also known as the Laws of North Dakota.

d. The North Dakota Administrative Code.

3. "Official publisher" means the North Dakota legislative council, for the Constitution of

North Dakota, North Dakota Century Code, North Dakota Session Laws, and North

Dakota Administrative Code.

4. "Publish" means to display, present, or release to the public, or cause to be displayed,

presented, or released to the public, by the official publisher.

5. "Record" means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in

an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.

6. "State" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the

United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the

jurisdiction of the United States.
N.D. Cent. Code § 46-06-09 — ND Code / Title 46 / Chapter 46-06 / Section 46-06-09
46-06-09. Publications required to be made in official newspaper
Status: in_force

46-06-09. Publications required to be made in official newspaper

There must be published in the official newspaper:

1. All official proceedings of the board of county commissioners of the county in which it

is elected.

2. All notices and publications which are required by law to be published by any county

officer.

3. All publications of every nature which are required to be published within the county in

which the newspaper is elected by any elective or appointive state officer.
N.D. Cent. Code § 46-03.1-07 — ND Code / Title 46 / Chapter 46-03.1 / Section 46-03.1-07
46-03.1-07. Public access to legal material in official electronic record
Status: in_force

46-03.1-07. Public access to legal material in official electronic record

An official publisher of legal material in an electronic record that is required to be preserved

under section 46-03.1-06 shall ensure that the material is reasonably available for use by the

public on a permanent basis.
N.D. Cent. Code § 46-02-06 — ND Code / Title 46 / Chapter 46-02 / Section 46-02-06
46-02-06. Opening of bids - Awards
Status: in_force

46-02-06. Opening of bids - Awards

If the legislative assembly requests the office of management and budget to invite bids for

printing materials in classifications 1, 2, and 4, the office of management and budget shall

award the contract for classifications 1, 2, and 4 of printing to the lowest bidder, subject to the

provisions of this title. If two or more persons bid the same and the lowest price for any class of

printing, the office of management and budget shall award the contract to one or more of the

lowest bidders as the office of management and budget believes will best serve the interests of

the state.
N.D. Cent. Code § 46-04-18 — ND Code / Title 46 / Chapter 46-04 / Section 46-04-18
46-04-18. Legislative council to sell certain laws
Status: in_force

46-04-18. Legislative council to sell certain laws

During the biennium immediately after publication, the legislative council shall sell copies of

the session laws for the cost of publication and handling plus ten percent. In subsequent

bienniums, the legislative council may determine and set a price for the copies of the session

laws not sold in the biennium immediately after their publication. The price set should maximize

the recovery of the cost of publication and handling and minimize the number of volumes

subject to disposal under section 46-04-19. All moneys received under this section must be paid

to the state treasurer and credited to the general fund.
N.D. Cent. Code § 46-05-08 — ND Code / Title 46 / Chapter 46-05 / Section 46-05-08
46-05-08. Contents of real property notices
Status: repealed

46-05-08. Contents of real property notices

Repealed by S.L. 1975, ch. 420, § 1.
N.D. Cent. Code § 46-04-03 — ND Code / Title 46 / Chapter 46-04 / Section 46-04-03
46-04-03. Distribution of session laws, compilations, and codifications by legislative council
Status: in_force

46-04-03. Distribution of session laws, compilations, and codifications by legislative

council.

The legislative council shall distribute as provided in sections 46-04-01 and 46-04-02 the

publication of any session laws, compilations, or codifications, and copies of those documents,

as soon as practicable. The legislative council shall furnish to the legislative assembly additional

copies as necessary upon resolution of the respective branches or committees of the legislative

assembly and shall furnish to each member of the legislative assembly, upon request, current

volumes of laws not obtained by the member through service in previous sessions.
N.D. Cent. Code § 46-03.1-05 — ND Code / Title 46 / Chapter 46-03.1 / Section 46-03.1-05
46-03.1-05. Effect of authentication
Status: in_force

46-03.1-05. Effect of authentication

1. Legal material in an electronic record that is authenticated under section 46-03.1-04 is

presumed to be an accurate copy of the legal material.

2. If another state has adopted a law substantially similar to this chapter, legal material in

an electronic record that is designated as official and authenticated by the official

publisher in that state is presumed to be an accurate copy of the legal material.

3. A party contesting the authentication of legal material in an electronic record

authenticated under section 46-03.1-04 has the burden of proving by a preponderance

of the evidence that the record is not authentic.
N.D. Cent. Code § 46-05-09 — ND Code / Title 46 / Chapter 46-05 / Section 46-05-09
46-05-09. Publication of legal notices on website
Status: in_force

46-05-09. Publication of legal notices on website

1. When a legal notice is required by law to be published in a newspaper, the newspaper

also shall publish the notice on a statewide legal notices website maintained by the

North Dakota newspaper association and on the newspaper's website in a location

open and free to the public, if the newspaper maintains a website, at no additional cost

to the entity placing the notice.

2. A state agency may request immediate publication of a notice on the North Dakota

newspaper association public notice website and the North Dakota newspaper

association must provide an affidavit of the posting. The posting is considered legal

notification if a newspaper fails to publish the legal notice in the newspaper.

3. If an insubstantial error in the notice occurs as a result of placement on the website

and the error is the fault of the newspaper, the error does not affect the validity and

effectiveness of the notice.

4. A notice required by law which is published on a statewide legal notices website

maintained by the North Dakota newspaper association or on a website maintained by

the proper governmental unit, fulfills the publication requirement if a newspaper fails to

publish the notice required by law in the newspaper.
N.D. Cent. Code § 46-05-07 — ND Code / Title 46 / Chapter 46-05 / Section 46-05-07
46-05-07. Publications of county meetings and notices
Status: in_force

46-05-07. Publications of county meetings and notices

In any county in which two or more newspapers having the qualifications prescribed in

section 46-05-01 are published, the board of county commissioners, by resolution, may provide

for publication of proceedings of the board of county commissioners and of notices and

publications required by law to be published by any county officer in one or more of such

newspapers in addition to the official publication in the official newspaper of the county. The

provisions of section 46-05-03 do not apply to such additional publications.
N.D. Cent. Code § 46-03-08 — ND Code / Title 46 / Chapter 46-03 / Section 46-03-08
46-03-08. Journals - How printed
Status: repealed

46-03-08. Journals - How printed

Repealed by S.L. 1959, ch. 327, § 7.
N.D. Cent. Code § 46-03-10 — ND Code / Title 46 / Chapter 46-03 / Section 46-03-10
46-03-10. Arranging and correcting laws
Status: repealed

46-03-10. Arranging and correcting laws

In arranging the laws, memorials, and resolutions for publication, the legislative council shall

make such corrections in orthography, grammatical construction, and punctuation of the same

as in its judgment are proper. When any law published in the code contains a reference to

customary weights and measures, the equivalent weights and measures of the metric system

must be added to the law as an insertion. When any such words or clauses are inserted, the

same must be enclosed in brackets. In arranging the laws for publication and in publishing and

maintaining the laws, the legislative council may change statutory references to numbers and

letters to correct references to redesignated or repealed chapters, sections, or portions of

sections and change statutory references to institutions, agencies, offices, and officers to be

consistent with other statutory usage and constitutional provisions.
N.D. Cent. Code § 46-04-16 — ND Code / Title 46 / Chapter 46-04 / Section 46-04-16
46-04-16. Officers to deliver volumes of laws to successors
Status: in_force

46-04-16. Officers to deliver volumes of laws to successors

Whenever any person is elected to fill any of the county, township, or district offices in this

state, such person, before taking possession of the office, shall procure from the county auditor

of that person's county a copy of the receipts filed with such auditor by the outgoing officer for

any volumes of the laws of this state. Such copy of the receipt must be exhibited by the person

so elected to that person's predecessor in office at the time the person assumes the duties of

office, and the person shall require from that predecessor all the volumes of laws which the

predecessor may have received as shown by such receipt. Such officer after having received

from the predecessor the volumes of laws shall make out duplicate receipts of the same, one of

which receipts the person shall give to the predecessor in office and the other of which the

person shall transmit forthwith to the county auditor of the county, who shall file the same in the

auditor's office.
N.D. Cent. Code § 46-02-20 — ND Code / Title 46 / Chapter 46-02 / Section 46-02-20
46-02-20. In-plant print shops
Status: repealed

46-02-20. In-plant print shops

Repealed by S.L. 2023, ch. 402, § 2.
N.D. Cent. Code § 46-03-14 — ND Code / Title 46 / Chapter 46-03 / Section 46-03-14
46-03-14. Official and authenticated edition of session laws - How printed - Classification
Status: repealed

46-03-14. Official and authenticated edition of session laws - How printed -

Classification.

Repealed by S.L. 1951, ch. 275, § 17.
N.D. Cent. Code § 46-02-02 — ND Code / Title 46 / Chapter 46-02 / Section 46-02-02
46-02-02. Union label on printed matter - Prerequisite - Penalty
Status: in_force

46-02-02. Union label on printed matter - Prerequisite - Penalty

Unconstitutional.
N.D. Cent. Code § 46-01-02 — ND Code / Title 46 / Chapter 46-01 / Section 46-01-02
46-01-02. Printing duties of office of management and budget
Status: in_force

46-01-02. Printing duties of office of management and budget

The office of management and budget shall:

1. Bid all printing requisitions as requested and let all contracts.

2. Determine the price of any legal notice or publication when requested by any state

agency or department, or by any political subdivision. Its decision on the proper fee for

the publication is binding and final, subject to review by the courts.
N.D. Cent. Code § 46-02-10 — ND Code / Title 46 / Chapter 46-02 / Section 46-02-10
46-02-10. Printing and binding done without unnecessary delay - Time within which laws and public documents must be delivered - How extension granted
Status: in_force

46-02-10. Printing and binding done without unnecessary delay - Time within which

laws and public documents must be delivered - How extension granted.

1. Each contractor under this chapter, promptly and without unnecessary delay, shall

execute all orders issued to that contractor by the legislative assembly, either branch

of the legislative assembly, the legislative council, or the office of management and

budget on behalf of the executive officers of the state.

2. Volumes of public documents must be delivered to the secretary of state in

accordance with the deadline provided in the contract for printing. The session laws

must be completed and delivered to the secretary of state in accordance with the

deadline provided in the contract for printing.

3. The legislative council, with the assistance of the secretary of state, with reasonable

expedition, shall furnish a printing contractor, if any, with true and correct copies of the

laws and resolutions to be contained in the session laws and copy for the index to the

session laws.

4. The office of management and budget, with the concurrence of the legislative council

in the case of a contractor for the printing of the session laws or journals, for good

cause shown, may extend the time for the execution of any printing contract.
N.D. Cent. Code § 46-03-02 — ND Code / Title 46 / Chapter 46-03 / Section 46-03-02
46-03-02. Executive and public documents and reports - How printed
Status: repealed

46-03-02. Executive and public documents and reports - How printed

Repealed by S.L. 1963, ch. 346, § 73.
N.D. Cent. Code § 46-04-12 — ND Code / Title 46 / Chapter 46-04 / Section 46-04-12
46-04-12. Distribution of journals
Status: in_force

46-04-12. Distribution of journals

Copies of the permanent journal must be distributed in accordance with the rules of the

senate and house of representatives of the state of North Dakota.
N.D. Cent. Code § 46-06-05 — ND Code / Title 46 / Chapter 46-06 / Section 46-06-05
46-06-05. Names of two papers receiving highest number of votes to be placed on general election ballot
Status: in_force

46-06-05. Names of two papers receiving highest number of votes to be placed on

general election ballot.

The county auditor shall place the names of the two newspapers receiving the highest

number of votes at the primary election on the general election ballot upon which appear the

names of candidates for county offices. The names must appear in the same place and in the

same manner as on the primary election ballot.
N.D. Cent. Code § 46-03-13 — ND Code / Title 46 / Chapter 46-03 / Section 46-03-13
46-03-13. Authentication of popular edition of session laws - Date of distribution
Status: repealed

46-03-13. Authentication of popular edition of session laws - Date of distribution

Repealed by S.L. 1951, ch. 275, § 17.
N.D. Cent. Code § 46-04-07 — ND Code / Title 46 / Chapter 46-04 / Section 46-04-07
46-04-07. Marking session laws, codifications, and compilations - Distinctive color and wording
Status: in_force

46-04-07. Marking session laws, codifications, and compilations - Distinctive color

and wording.

All session laws, compilations, and codifications distributed under sections 46-04-01 to

46-04-04, except those issued to a member of the legislative assembly through service, must be

bound in some distinctive and unusual color, and must be marked plainly in large letters on the

outside covers with the words "Property of the State of North Dakota".
N.D. Cent. Code § 46-03-07 — ND Code / Title 46 / Chapter 46-03 / Section 46-03-07
46-03-07. Legislative journals - How printed - Filed with secretary of state
Status: repealed

46-03-07. Legislative journals - How printed - Filed with secretary of state

Repealed by S.L. 1959, ch. 327, § 7.
N.D. Cent. Code § 46-02-11 — ND Code / Title 46 / Chapter 46-02 / Section 46-02-11
46-02-11. Contractor - Failure on contract - Cancellation of contract - Penalty
Status: repealed

46-02-11. Contractor - Failure on contract - Cancellation of contract - Penalty

Repealed by S.L. 1987, ch. 547, § 11.
N.D. Cent. Code § 46-03-03 — ND Code / Title 46 / Chapter 46-03 / Section 46-03-03
46-03-03. Reports of state officers - Number printed
Status: repealed

46-03-03. Reports of state officers - Number printed

Repealed by S.L. 1951, ch. 275, § 17.
N.D. Cent. Code § 46-03.1-02 — ND Code / Title 46 / Chapter 46-03.1 / Section 46-03.1-02
46-03.1-02. Applicability
Status: in_force

46-03.1-02. Applicability

This chapter applies to all legal material in an electronic record that is designated as official

under section 46-03.1-03 and published electronically after July 31, 2013.
N.D. Cent. Code § 46-04-06 — ND Code / Title 46 / Chapter 46-04 / Section 46-04-06
46-04-06. Distribution of session laws, compilations, and codifications in municipalities
Status: repealed

46-04-06. Distribution of session laws, compilations, and codifications in

municipalities.

Repealed by S.L. 1951, ch. 275, § 17.
N.D. Cent. Code § 46-02-05 — ND Code / Title 46 / Chapter 46-02 / Section 46-02-05
46-02-05. Printing services - Classifications 1, 2, and 4 - Form, style, quantity, timing specifications
Status: in_force

46-02-05. Printing services - Classifications 1, 2, and 4 - Form, style, quantity, timing

specifications.

The legislative assembly may enter an agreement with central duplicating services of the

office of management and budget to print materials in classifications 1, 2, and 4, before any

regular, reconvened, or special session. Alternatively, the legislative assembly may request the

office of management and budget, at least two months immediately preceding a regular session

of the legislative assembly, invite sealed bids for doing all printing constituting each of

classifications 1, 2, and 4, required by the legislative assembly for the two succeeding years

commencing with the first day of December next following the date of the contract. The invitation

for bids for the classes of printing under this section must include the specifications for form,

style, quantity, and timing in accordance with the rules of the senate and house of

representatives of the previous legislative session or as directed by the legislative council. All

bids must specify the price and cost for which the printing work will be performed and the stock

furnished.
N.D. Cent. Code § 46-05-01 — ND Code / Title 46 / Chapter 46-05 / Section 46-05-01
46-05-01. Newspapers qualified to do legal printing - File copies with state historical society - Publishing notices in adjoining county
Status: in_force

46-05-01. Newspapers qualified to do legal printing - File copies with state historical

society - Publishing notices in adjoining county.

1. As used in this section:

a. "E-edition" means a digital facsimile of a newspaper print edition which is

substantially the same in both format and content as the print edition.

b. "Publish" means the dissemination in the print edition of a qualified newspaper or

in the newspaper's e-edition if it has one, or in both.

2. Before a newspaper in this state is qualified to publish a legal notice or a matter

required by law to be printed or published in a newspaper in the state, or any public

notice for a political subdivision within this state, the newspaper must:

a. Have been established in a regular and continuous circulation of at least one

year, with a bona fide subscription list of at least one hundred fifty regular

subscribers;

b. Be nonsectarian and printed in English; and

c. Have been admitted to the United States mails and have complied with the

requirements of the federal laws governing periodicals mailing privileges for at

least one year.

3. The owner or publisher of each legal newspaper shall send to the state historical

society, to the address designated by the director, one copy of each print and e-edition

issue of the newspaper. In a county in which no newspaper is published, a notice

required by law to be published may be published in a newspaper published in an

adjoining county and having a general circulation in the county.
N.D. Cent. Code § 46-03-11 — ND Code / Title 46 / Chapter 46-03 / Section 46-03-11
46-03-11. Publication of session laws and pocket supplements
Status: in_force

46-03-11. Publication of session laws and pocket supplements

The legislative council shall correct ministerial or clerical errors and supervise the

publication of the session laws and pocket part supplements to this code in a manner and form

prescribed by the legislative council, correlating each year's laws with this code.
N.D. Cent. Code § 46-02-07 — ND Code / Title 46 / Chapter 46-02 / Section 46-02-07
46-02-07. Proposals - How made
Status: in_force

46-02-07. Proposals - How made

Each proposal for classifications 1, 2, and 4 of state printing let under competitive bids must

be in writing, sealed, and addressed to the office of management and budget. The office of

management and budget may reject any bid made by anyone other than a regularly established

and thoroughly competent printer and also may reject any or all bids if in its judgment the best

interests of the state would be subserved thereby.
N.D. Cent. Code § 46-02-09 — ND Code / Title 46 / Chapter 46-02 / Section 46-02-09
46-02-09. Printing classifications 3 and 6 - Procured by the office of management and budget - Exceptions
Status: in_force

46-02-09. Printing classifications 3 and 6 - Procured by the office of management and

budget - Exceptions.

All state printing in classifications 3 and 6 must be purchased by the office of management

and budget, or delegated, according to chapter 54-44.4, unless the work is done by the central

duplicating service of the office of management and budget or determined to be the most

cost-effective or advantageous to print on agency printers to meet the identified printing needs

of the agency.
N.D. Cent. Code § 46-03-15 — ND Code / Title 46 / Chapter 46-03 / Section 46-03-15
46-03-15. Authentication of session laws
Status: in_force

46-03-15. Authentication of session laws

All laws contained in the session laws must be printed or published with the word

"approved" and the date of approval and with the word "filed" and the date of filing. In each

authenticated volume of the session laws there must be a general certificate made by the

secretary of state and the legislative council to the effect that all laws, memorials, and

resolutions contained therein are correct copies of the originals in the office of the secretary of

state.
N.D. Cent. Code § 46-04-14 — ND Code / Title 46 / Chapter 46-04 / Section 46-04-14
46-04-14. Legislative council to forward laws to counties
Status: in_force

46-04-14. Legislative council to forward laws to counties

As soon as the laws of each session of the legislative assembly are printed and ready for

distribution, the legislative council shall forward the laws to which each county is entitled to the

county auditor of the county.
N.D. Cent. Code § 46-04-13 — ND Code / Title 46 / Chapter 46-04 / Section 46-04-13
46-04-13. Secretary of state to furnish documents to state and United States officials
Status: repealed

46-04-13. Secretary of state to furnish documents to state and United States officials

Repealed by S.L. 1963, ch. 346, § 73.
N.D. Cent. Code § 46-06-02 — ND Code / Title 46 / Chapter 46-06 / Section 46-06-02
46-06-02. Qualifications required of an official newspaper
Status: in_force

46-06-02. Qualifications required of an official newspaper

A newspaper is qualified to serve as an official newspaper if it meets all the requirements of

a legal newspaper set forth in section 46-05-01 and maintains its principal editorial office within

the county in which it is a candidate for official newspaper. In a county in which no newspaper

maintains its principal editorial office, a newspaper published in an adjoining county with general

circulation in the first county is qualified to serve as that county's official newspaper.
N.D. Cent. Code § 46-03-09 — ND Code / Title 46 / Chapter 46-03 / Section 46-03-09
46-03-09. Journals and laws - Number printed
Status: repealed

46-03-09. Journals and laws - Number printed

Repealed by S.L. 1951, ch. 275, § 17.
N.D. Cent. Code § 46-03-11.2 — ND Code / Title 46 / Chapter 46-03 / Section 46-03-11.2
46-03-11.2. Publication of the century code
Status: in_force

46-03-11.2. Publication of the century code

The legislative council may establish specifications for publication of this code and contract

with a publisher with respect to editorial, information processing, and publication services. The

legislative council may continue any agreement with the publisher and may contract for

continuing editorial work and publication services to assure continuity in editorial preparation,

printing, and binding of supplements and replacement volumes of the code as long as the

council deems it to the advantage and best interests of the state. Chapters 46-01 and 46-02 do

not apply to any contract under this section.
N.D. Cent. Code § 46-02-08 — ND Code / Title 46 / Chapter 46-02 / Section 46-02-08
46-02-08. Bids - When received - Not changed
Status: in_force

46-02-08. Bids - When received - Not changed

No bids may be received after the hour specified in the published notice. No bid may be

changed after the same has been received.
N.D. Cent. Code § 46-05-06 — ND Code / Title 46 / Chapter 46-05 / Section 46-05-06
46-05-06. Legal notices - Penalty for violations in printing
Status: in_force

46-05-06. Legal notices - Penalty for violations in printing

Any person, association, corporation, or limited liability company publishing any legal notice

or doing any public printing contrary to the provisions of this chapter shall be liable to a fine of

not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than two hundred dollars and to a forfeiture of all pay

for any such printing.
N.D. Cent. Code § 46-04-02 — ND Code / Title 46 / Chapter 46-04 / Section 46-04-02
46-04-02. State libraries entitled to receive copy of state laws
Status: in_force

46-04-02. State libraries entitled to receive copy of state laws

The state libraries shall receive copies of the session laws, compilations, or codifications as

follows:

1. The supreme court law library, five copies.

2. The law library of the state university and the school of mines, fifty copies.

3. The library in each state institution of higher education and junior college which

receives state support, one copy.
N.D. Cent. Code § 46-06-10 — ND Code / Title 46 / Chapter 46-06 / Section 46-06-10
46-06-10. When publication null and void
Status: in_force

46-06-10. When publication null and void

A legal publication of any kind or character described in section 46-06-09 which is not

published in the duly elected official newspaper is null and void.
N.D. Cent. Code § 46-02-15 — ND Code / Title 46 / Chapter 46-02 / Section 46-02-15
46-02-15. Public printing resident bidder preference
Status: in_force

46-02-15. Public printing resident bidder preference

If practicable, all state, county, and other political subdivision public printing, binding, and

blank book manufacturing, blanks, and other printed stationery must be awarded to a resident

North Dakota bidder as defined in section 44-08-02.
N.D. Cent. Code § 46-03.1-09 — ND Code / Title 46 / Chapter 46-03.1 / Section 46-03.1-09
46-03.1-09. Uniformity of application and construction
Status: in_force

46-03.1-09. Uniformity of application and construction

In applying and construing this chapter, consideration must be given to the need to promote

uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.
N.D. Cent. Code § 46-06-01 — ND Code / Title 46 / Chapter 46-06 / Section 46-06-01
46-06-01. Selection of official newspaper
Status: in_force

46-06-01. Selection of official newspaper

At the general election starting with the year 1978 and every four years thereafter, in

accordance with section 46-06-06, the qualified electors in each county shall select one

newspaper in the county, or if there is no newspaper published in the county, then a newspaper

published in an adjoining county with general circulation in the first county, to be the official

newspaper within such county.
N.D. Cent. Code § 46-06-07 — ND Code / Title 46 / Chapter 46-06 / Section 46-06-07
46-06-07. Bond of official newspaper
Status: repealed

46-06-07. Bond of official newspaper

Repealed by S.L. 1987, ch. 551, § 1.
N.D. Cent. Code § 46-04-11 — ND Code / Title 46 / Chapter 46-04 / Section 46-04-11
46-04-11. Distribution of executive documents
Status: repealed

46-04-11. Distribution of executive documents

Repealed by S.L. 1963, ch. 346, § 73.
N.D. Cent. Code § 46-06-04 — ND Code / Title 46 / Chapter 46-06 / Section 46-06-04
46-06-04. Where name of newspaper placed on ballot
Status: in_force

46-06-04. Where name of newspaper placed on ballot

The county auditor shall place the names of all newspapers to be voted upon for nomination

as official newspaper of the county at the bottom of the ballot upon which appear the names of

the candidates for county offices. The names of the newspapers must be rotated as is required

for the names of candidates on the primary election ballot.
N.D. Cent. Code § 46-03.1-04 — ND Code / Title 46 / Chapter 46-03.1 / Section 46-03.1-04
46-03.1-04. Authentication of official electronic record
Status: in_force

46-03.1-04. Authentication of official electronic record

An official publisher of legal material in an electronic record that is designated as official

under section 46-03.1-03 shall authenticate the record. To authenticate an electronic record, the

publisher shall provide a method for a user to determine that the record received by the user

from the publisher is unaltered from the official record published by the publisher.
N.D. Cent. Code § 46-05-05 — ND Code / Title 46 / Chapter 46-05 / Section 46-05-05
46-05-05. Rates for political announcements - Labeling political matter - Penalty for violation
Status: repealed

46-05-05. Rates for political announcements - Labeling political matter - Penalty for

violation.

Repealed by S.L. 2001, ch. 203, § 9.
N.D. Cent. Code § 46-04-15 — ND Code / Title 46 / Chapter 46-04 / Section 46-04-15
46-04-15. Delivery of laws and documents by county auditor
Status: in_force

46-04-15. Delivery of laws and documents by county auditor

The county auditor shall deliver such publications to such persons and institutions as are

entitled to receive them, when requested so to do, and shall take receipts therefor and file the

same in the county auditor's office subject to inspection.
N.D. Cent. Code § 46-03-18 — ND Code / Title 46 / Chapter 46-03 / Section 46-03-18
46-03-18. Copies of journals and legislative documents to be furnished printer
Status: in_force

46-03-18. Copies of journals and legislative documents to be furnished printer

The secretary of the senate and the chief clerk of the house shall furnish journal copy for

their respective houses and copies of legislative documents to the printer of the legislative

documents or daily journals. A contractor is not accountable under section 46-02-10 for any

delay occasioned by the failure to furnish the copy on a timely basis.
N.D. Cent. Code § 46-05-04 — ND Code / Title 46 / Chapter 46-05 / Section 46-05-04
46-05-04. Rates and methods of computation applicable to legal notices and publications generally
Status: in_force

46-05-04. Rates and methods of computation applicable to legal notices and

publications generally.

The rates or compensation and the method of calculating the same provided for in section

46-05-03 apply in all cases in which publication of legal notices of any kind, proceedings of the

board of county commissioners, reports, election returns, and other publications and reports are

required and allowed by law.
N.D. Cent. Code § 46-04-01 — ND Code / Title 46 / Chapter 46-04 / Section 46-04-01
46-04-01. Official distribution of state laws - Legislative council to control
Status: in_force

46-04-01. Official distribution of state laws - Legislative council to control

Each member of the legislative assembly, constitutional officer of the state, and judge of the

supreme and district courts for the use of their respective offices and departments is entitled to

receive from the state a copy of any publication of the laws of the state and of any compilation

or codification of the laws of the state published under authority of the state. The district court in

every county in the state is entitled to a copy of the publications. The codification of laws of the

state received by each member of the legislative assembly is subject to section 54-03-23. The

legislative council shall designate other offices and agencies of the state that are entitled to

receive copies of a publication of the laws for the use of the state offices and agencies and also

shall determine the number of copies of any publication to be received by any recipient in a

distribution under the provisions of this section, if more than one copy is needed by the recipient

for official use. All agencies that are funded entirely from special state funds or federal funds

must be charged for the actual cost of each copy of the publications that the agency requests.
N.D. Cent. Code § 46-05-02 — ND Code / Title 46 / Chapter 46-05 / Section 46-05-02
46-05-02. Publisher to file affidavit with county auditor
Status: repealed

46-05-02. Publisher to file affidavit with county auditor

Repealed by S.L. 2003, ch. 392, § 5.
N.D. Cent. Code § 46-02-18 — ND Code / Title 46 / Chapter 46-02 / Section 46-02-18
46-02-18. Maximum cost of public printing
Status: repealed

46-02-18. Maximum cost of public printing

Repealed by S.L. 1987, ch. 547, § 11.
N.D. Cent. Code § 46-03-01 — ND Code / Title 46 / Chapter 46-03 / Section 46-03-01
46-03-01. Governor's messages - How printed
Status: in_force

46-03-01. Governor's messages - How printed

All regular messages from the governor and all inaugural messages of the governor-elect

must be printed in pamphlet form.
N.D. Cent. Code § 46-02-17 — ND Code / Title 46 / Chapter 46-02 / Section 46-02-17
46-02-17. Serial numbering of forms - Penalty
Status: in_force

46-02-17. Serial numbering of forms - Penalty

All printed forms for acknowledging the receipt of cash, and for warrants, checks, or other

orders for the payment or disbursement of funds supplied to municipalities, as defined by

chapter 21-03, must be serially numbered by the printer, and no printer may furnish any

unnumbered copies of said forms to any municipality. Any person violating the provisions of this

section is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
N.D. Cent. Code § 46-04-17 — ND Code / Title 46 / Chapter 46-04 / Section 46-04-17
46-04-17. Where laws, journals, and documents preserved
Status: in_force

46-04-17. Where laws, journals, and documents preserved

All copies of the journals, executive documents, and laws which are not distributed under

this title must be preserved in the office of the secretary of state, subject to distribution as

provided by law or rules of the senate and house of representatives.
N.D. Cent. Code § 46-04-09 — ND Code / Title 46 / Chapter 46-04 / Section 46-04-09
46-04-09. Unauthenticated edition of session laws - Distribution
Status: repealed

46-04-09. Unauthenticated edition of session laws - Distribution

Repealed by S.L. 1951, ch. 275, § 17.
N.D. Cent. Code § 46-03-04 — ND Code / Title 46 / Chapter 46-03 / Section 46-03-04
46-03-04. Blue books - Printing - Distribution
Status: repealed

46-03-04. Blue books - Printing - Distribution

Repealed by omission from this code.
N.D. Cent. Code § 46-04-20 — ND Code / Title 46 / Chapter 46-04 / Section 46-04-20
46-04-20. Destruction of public records
Status: repealed

46-04-20. Destruction of public records

Repealed by S.L. 1971, ch. 512, § 2.
N.D. Cent. Code § 46-03-11.1 — ND Code / Title 46 / Chapter 46-03 / Section 46-03-11.1
46-03-11.1. Publication of Constitution of North Dakota - Numbering and arrangement
Status: in_force

46-03-11.1. Publication of Constitution of North Dakota - Numbering and arrangement

The Constitution of North Dakota must be published in a format that will correlate and

integrate all constitutional provisions in a numbering arrangement that avoids ambiguity and

duplication and that aids in placing constitutional amendments into the constitution. The

Constitution of North Dakota, as presently numbered and arranged, must be republished in this

new format by the legislative council. The publication of the constitution under the format

authorized by this section must be accomplished when the code volume containing the

constitution is replaced.
N.D. Cent. Code § 46-02-14 — ND Code / Title 46 / Chapter 46-02 / Section 46-02-14
46-02-14. Copies of documents to accompany bills for printing
Status: repealed

46-02-14. Copies of documents to accompany bills for printing

Repealed by S.L. 1997, ch. 386, § 1.
N.D. Cent. Code § 46-04-05 — ND Code / Title 46 / Chapter 46-04 / Section 46-04-05
46-04-05. Distribution of session laws, compilations, and codifications to county officers
Status: in_force

46-04-05. Distribution of session laws, compilations, and codifications to county

officers.

The board of county commissioners of each county, immediately after the publication of any

session laws, codes, or compilations, shall cause a copy thereof to be furnished to the following

county officers upon request:

1. Auditor.

2. State's attorney.

3. Ex officio clerk of court.

4. Sheriff.

If any of the offices legally have been combined in the county, only one copy of the session

laws, codes, or compilations requested must be furnished for the combined offices. Any

codifications and copies of the session laws remain the permanent property of the county.
N.D. Cent. Code § 46-02-16 — ND Code / Title 46 / Chapter 46-02 / Section 46-02-16
46-02-16. Voucher for printing - Contents
Status: repealed

46-02-16. Voucher for printing - Contents

Repealed by S.L. 1975, ch. 106, § 673.
N.D. Cent. Code § 46-02-01 — ND Code / Title 46 / Chapter 46-02 / Section 46-02-01
46-02-01. Printing and binding - Duties of the office of management and budget
Status: in_force

46-02-01. Printing and binding - Duties of the office of management and budget

The office of management and budget shall have charge of all the printing required to be

done for all state agencies except as otherwise provided by section 46-02-09.