Title 40 — Municipal Government
85 chapters · 759 sections in this title.
N.D.C.C. § 40-13-01 Qualifications of elective and appointive officers
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A person is not eligible to hold an elective municipal office unless that person is a qualified elector of the municipality and has been a resident of the municipality for at least nine months preceding the election. A person is not eligible to hold an appointive office unless th…
N.D.C.C. § 40-13-02 Bonds of city officials - Requirements - Approvals - Additional bonds
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The auditor, municipal judge, assessor, and the city manager of any city, and such other officers as the governing body may direct, before entering upon the discharge of the duties of their respective offices, shall execute and deliver to the city their separate bonds payable to …
N.D.C.C. § 40-13-03 Oaths of municipal officers
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Every person elected or appointed to any municipal office, before the person enters upon the discharge of the duties thereof, shall take and subscribe the oath of office prescribed for civil officers, and, except in the case of the auditor, shall file the same with the city audit…
N.D.C.C. § 40-13-05.1 Municipal officers - Contracts - Disclosure required - Penalty
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A municipal officer may not refuse or fail to disclose to the governing board of which that person is a member any personal interest, direct or indirect, in any contract requiring the expenditure of municipal funds. Any person who violates this section is guilty of an infraction …
N.D.C.C. § 40-13-06 Penalty for illegal interest in contract of municipality - Contract void
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Repealed by S.L. 1975, ch. 106, § 673.
N.D.C.C. § 40-13-07 Office deemed vacant on removal from municipality or failure to qualify
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When any officer removes from a municipality or refuses or neglects for ten days after official notification of that person's appointment to qualify and enter upon the discharge of the duties of the office, the office shall be deemed vacant.
N.D.C.C. § 40-13-08 Vacancy existing in appointive office - How filled
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Whenever a vacancy occurs in an appointive office, the same proceedings shall be had to fill such vacancy as are provided for in case of an appointment in the first instance.
N.D.C.C. § 40-13-09 Vacancies to be filled for unexpired term
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Unless otherwise specifically provided in this title, every person elected or appointed to fill a vacancy in a municipal office shall hold the office and discharge the duties thereof for the unexpired term.
N.D.C.C. § 40-13-10 Delivery of property, books, and other effects to successor in office
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Within five days after notification and request, any officer of a municipality whose term has expired shall deliver to the person's successor in office all property, books, and effects of every description in the person's possession belonging to the municipality or pertaining to …
N.D.C.C. § 40-13-13 Nepotism by city officials restricted
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The head of an executive or administrative department of a city may not appoint that individual's spouse, son, daughter, brother, or sister to any position under the control or direction of that individual, unless the appointment has previously been approved by the governing body…