Executors and administrators may bring actions of eviction in the district courts in the same manner as their testators and intestates, as the case may be.
47-32-04. Eviction actions not joinable with other actions - Exception - When counterclaims only interposable. An action of eviction cannot be brought in a district court in connection with any other action, except for rents and profits accrued or for damages arising by reason of the defendant's possession. No counterclaim can be interposed in such action, except as a setoff to a demand made for damages or for rents and profits. If the court finds for the plaintiff in the action, the court shall enter judgment that the plaintiff have immediate restitution of the premises. Upon a showing by the defendant that immediate restitution of the premises would work a substantial hardship on the defendant or the defendant's family, except in cases in which the eviction judgment is based in whole or in part on a disturbance of the peace, the court may stay the special execution for a reasonable period, not to exceed five days.
47-32-05. Sealing of records - Nonpayment of rent - Damage to property - Victim of domestic violence. 1. A person subject to a court order for eviction for nonpayment of rent or damage to the leased premises, who has resolved all nonpayment of rent and damage claims, may move to have all court records relating to the eviction proceedings sealed seven years after the order for eviction has been satisfied, provided the person has not been evicted from another property during the seven years following the eviction. 2. An individual who was subjected to domestic violence as defined under section 14-07.1-01 at the time of the victim's tenancy and was evicted from that tenancy because of a domestic violence incident may move to have all court records relating to the eviction proceedings sealed upon the conviction of the assailant for domestic violence or the issuance of a disorderly conduct restraining order, sexual assault restraining order, or domestic violence protection order against the assailant.