Title 11 — Counties
52 chapters · 646 sections in this title.
N.D.C.C. § 11-04-01 Selection of candidates for permanent county seat at primary election
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When the temporary county seat of any county has been designated by the board of county commissioners under section 11-03-07, the question of the permanent location of such county seat may be voted upon at any primary election for the purpose of selecting candidates to be voted u…
N.D.C.C. § 11-04-02 Petitions for permanent location of county seat
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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 coun…
N.D.C.C. § 11-04-03 General election on question of permanent location of county seat
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The two sites or places receiving the highest number of votes at the primary election, and only such two, shall be placed on the official ballot at the first following general election. The city or unincorporated townsite receiving the higher number of votes cast for the county s…
N.D.C.C. § 11-04-04 County seat - Removal - Petition - Election
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Whenever a petition of qualified electors of the county equal in number to thirty-three percent of the votes cast in the county for the office of governor at the preceding gubernatorial election is presented to the board of county commissioners of that county asking removal of th…
N.D.C.C. § 11-04-05 Petition for removal of county seat must be verified
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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 an…
N.D.C.C. § 11-04-07 Form of ballot on county seat removal
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The ballot to be used at an election for the removal of a county seat must be in a form that will allow an elector to vote for the existing county seat or a place in the county named in the petition under section 11-04-04.
N.D.C.C. § 11-04-08 Affirmative vote necessary to remove county seat - Notice of result
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If two-thirds or more of all the legal votes cast by those voting on the question of removal of the county seat at such election are in favor of the removal, the board of county commissioners must give notice of the result of the election by posting notices in all of the election…
N.D.C.C. § 11-04-10 Statement of result of election for removal of county seat - Where filed
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Whenever an election for removal of a county seat has been held, the statement made by the board of county commissioners showing the result of the election must be filed in the office of the county auditor and a certified copy thereof transmitted to the secretary of state.
N.D.C.C. § 11-04-11 Interval required between elections for the removal of a county seat
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An election for the removal of a county seat may not be held more often than once in four years.
N.D.C.C. § 11-04-12 County seat not on railroad - Election any year
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Repealed by S.L. 1995, ch. 109, § 3.
N.D.C.C. § 11-04-13 City recognized as county seat - Removal and relocation
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When a city or unincorporated townsite has been recognized as the county seat of a county for more than ten years and when all of the public business required by law to be transacted at the county seat has been transacted at said place during the period of ten years last past, su…