Title 32 — Judicial Remedies

Any citizen of this state may maintain a proceeding in accordance with this chapter in the district court of the county in which the person resides for the purpose of establishing the fact that the person is a citizen of the state of North Dakota.

Such proceeding shall be instituted by the filing of a petition with the clerk of the district court of the county in which the petitioner resides, setting forth: 1. That the petitioner is a resident of and resides within the state of North Dakota. 2. That the petitioner is a cit…

Upon the filing of a petition of the kind described in this chapter, the clerk of the district court with whom such petition is filed shall issue a notice under the seal of the said district court fixing the time and place for the hearing upon such petition. Such notice shall be …

Any citizen of the state may appear at the hearing provided for in this chapter and shall be heard in favor of or in opposition to the petition. The attorney general, if the attorney general has reason to believe that the petitioner is not a bona fide citizen of the state of Nort…

If, after the hearing, the court is satisfied that the petitioner is a bona fide citizen of the state of North Dakota, it shall make appropriate findings of fact and conclusions of law and shall order a judgment to that effect and such judgment shall be entered in the office of t…

The petitioner may appeal to the supreme court from a judgment of the district court denying the petition for the establishment of citizenship. Notice of such appeal must be served upon the attorney general and upon the state's attorney of the county of which the petitioner is a …