If any railway corporation appropriating any public lands by virtue of section 49-09-01 at any time shall abandon the use thereof for railway purposes for a period of one year, the same shall revert to the state.
When right of way reverts to state
N.D.C.C. § 49-09-04, under Acquiring and Transferring Utility Property.
N.D.C.C. § 49-09-04