Title 40 — Municipal Government
85 chapters · 759 sections in this title.
N.D.C.C. § 40-20-01 City attorney - Duties - Docket
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The city attorney shall: 1. Conduct all law business in which the city or any of its departments is interested. 2. Furnish written opinions, when requested, upon all questions submitted to the city attorney by the governing body or any of the departments of the city. 3. Draft all…
N.D.C.C. § 40-20-02 Assistant city attorneys - Appointment - Special counsel authorized
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With the consent and approval of the governing body of the city, the city attorney may appoint assistants to do any or all of the acts which the city attorney is required to do under this chapter, but the city attorney shall be responsible to the city for the acts of such assista…
N.D.C.C. § 40-20-04 When city engineer or chief of police to be street commissioner
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In cities having no street commissioner, the city engineer shall perform the duties and have the authority of street commissioner, and in cities having no street commissioner or city engineer, the chief of police shall perform the duties and have the authority of street commissio…
N.D.C.C. § 40-20-05 Chief of police and police officers - Powers and duties - Hot pursuit
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1. The chief of police shall perform duties prescribed by the governing body for the preservation of the peace. The chief of police may administer oaths to police officers under the chief's supervision. Within the city limits, and for a distance of one and one-half miles [2.41 ki…
N.D.C.C. § 40-20-06 Arrest by chief of police or policeman outside of city - Fees
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No chief of police or policeman shall receive any fee for going outside of the city to make an arrest for violation of a state law unless the board of county commissioners is satisfied that a delay in obtaining the sheriff or a sheriff's deputy to make the arrest would have permi…
N.D.C.C. § 40-20-07 Municipalities to furnish blue uniforms to police officers
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Any municipality of this state which employs full-time police officers shall furnish each such police officer with a summer-weight and a winter-weight uniform. The uniforms must be blue in color.