Ordinances finally approved by the governing body of a municipality and which require publication shall take effect and be in force from and after the publication thereof unless otherwise expressly provided in the ordinance. Ordinances which do not require publication shall take effect and be in force from and after the final approval thereof unless otherwise expressly provided therein.
40-11-08. Ordinance book required - Ordinance book and certified copies of ordinances as evidence. Each municipality shall keep an ordinance book. The city auditor shall record in such book all ordinances finally passed and approved, and when any ordinance has been published, the city auditor shall record therein the affidavit of publication or of posting. The ordinance book, or copies of ordinances as recorded therein, certified by the city auditor, shall be received as
evidence without further proof. If the ordinances of a municipality have been printed in book or pamphlet form by authority of the governing body of the municipality, such book or pamphlet shall be received as evidence of the existence of the ordinances therein contained.