Title 15 — Education

Repealed by S.L. 2009, ch. 153, § 8.

Repealed by S.L. 1985, ch. 82, § 162.

All township and district assessors shall examine any lands designated by the commissioner of university and school lands and report thereon in the manner and form prescribed by the commissioner. Such assessors must be paid at the rate of three dollars per day for time actually d…

For performing any duties as members of the county board of appraisers, the county auditor and county superintendent of schools shall receive only their necessary traveling expenses, and the chairman of the board of county commissioners shall receive the same mileage and per diem…

Each sale of lands under the supervision of the board of university and school lands is subject to approval and confirmation by the board. No sale may be approved or confirmed by the board unless, from an examination of the certified lists and other information received and inves…

Any sale made by mistake, or not in accordance with law, or obtained by fraud is void, and the purchase agreement or contract of purchase issued thereon is of no effect. In such case, the holder of the purchase agreement or contract shall be required to surrender it to the board …

A contract of purchase of lands, made pursuant to the provisions of this title, entitles the purchaser, or the purchaser's heirs or assigns, to the possession of the lands therein described and to maintain actions for injuries done to the lands or to recover possession thereof, u…

The purchaser of any land sold by the board of university and school lands, or the purchaser's heirs, executors, administrators, or assigns, shall pay to the commissioner of university and school lands any amounts that may become due from time to time upon the contract for princi…

When a contract has been canceled under the provisions of this chapter, the purchaser or the purchaser's heirs or assigns, during a period of one year from the date of such cancellation, may pay to the commissioner of university and school lands all past-due payments on principal…

Repealed by S.L. 1987, ch. 195, § 7.

The fee of each parcel of land sold on contract must remain in the state until a patent or deed is issued therefor as provided in this title. After a failure on the part of the purchaser, or the purchaser's heirs or assigns, to comply with the terms of the contract or with the pr…

Patents for original grant lands sold under the provisions of this title must be issued to the purchaser or the purchaser's heirs or assigns, when payment is made in full for the lands and all the terms of the contract of purchase are performed. All such patents must be signed by…

The recorders of the several counties are authorized to record all patents issued by the governor pursuant to the provisions of this title, and the record thereof has the same effect as the record of other conveyances executed according to the laws of this state.

As soon as possible after a sale of lands, the commissioner of university and school lands shall transmit to the auditor of the county in which the land is located a detailed description of the land and the name of the purchaser, and the county auditor shall enter the land upon t…

When real property owned by the state of North Dakota as trustee of permanent school funds for the use and benefit thereof is sold upon contract providing for a future conveyance, the department or office making such contract on the part of the vendor shall immediately notify the…

Repealed by omission from this code.

In the event that a vendee governed by the provisions of section 15-08-18.1, or the vendee's heirs, purchases real property under the terms and conditions of any law granting a preference right of purchase, the taxes levied upon the real property under the provisions of section 1…

Repealed by omission from this code.

Repealed by omission from this code.

The provisions of sections 15-08-18.1 and 15-08-18.3 shall not apply if the real property involved is purchased at a public sale. 15-08-19. Taxation of and foreclosure of tax lien on property sold by state on deferred payment contract. Property contracted to be sold by the state …

1. Upon written request, the commissioner of university and school lands may allow by written agreement or permit, an organized event involving public access or activity on trust lands if the event: a. Is an appropriate use of trust lands; b. Does not damage trust lands; c. Does …

1. Nonvehicular public access to leased and unleased trust lands is allowed if in the best interests of the trusts, unless: a. Specifically prohibited by the commissioner of university and school lands; or b. A lessee of any lands under the control of the board of university and …

The use of vehicles on trust lands is prohibited, except: 1. Within thirty-three feet [10.06 meters] of section lines; 2. As allowed by the terms of a lease, permit, or easement issued by the board of university and school lands; 3. When used for travel on a public road easement …

1. The following activities and items are prohibited on trust lands: a. Target shooting, explosives, and exploding targets; b. Camping, picnicking, or campfires; c. Unattended trail cameras, hunting blinds, tree stands, and screw-in steps unless otherwise authorized by the commis…

Any person who commits any trespass upon any of the surface or subsurface lands and resources controlled by the board of university and school lands is liable in treble damages in an action to be brought in the name of the state, if the trespass is adjudged to have been willful, …

Repealed by S.L. 1975, ch. 106, § 673.

Any person who willfully trespasses upon any of the lands subject to control of the board of university and school lands, either by cutting down or destroying any timber or wood standing or growing thereon, or by carrying away any timber or wood therefrom, or by mowing or cutting…

In addition to the penalties provided in this chapter for trespass upon lands, the commissioner of university and school lands may seize and take, or cause to be seized and taken, without legal process, any timber, grass, wood, or other property unlawfully severed from the lands,…

The state's attorneys of the several counties shall report promptly to the commissioner all cases of trespass committed upon lands controlled by the board of university and school lands which may come to their knowledge. When directed by the attorney general, the state's attorney…

All damages recovered for trespass or other injury upon or to any of the lands mentioned in this chapter must be paid to the state treasurer for the benefit of the fund to which the same properly belongs. 15-08-25. Lease or sale of public lands traversed or bisected by a highway,…

The lessee of any lands under the control of the board of university and school lands, within one hundred twenty days after the expiration date or cancellation date of a lease may remove any nonpermanent improvements placed upon the lands by the lessee if the removal can be accom…

In all sales of nongrant land under control of the board of university and school lands, the same reservations and exceptions to the state of North Dakota must be made as in the sales of grant land. Any such sale which does not contain such reservations and exceptions must be con…

An individual who violates any provision of this chapter, for which another penalty is not specifically provided for a substantially similar offense, is guilty of a noncriminal offense for which a fee of one hundred dollars must be assessed.