Title 44, Offices and Officers
12 chapters · 223 sections in this title.
N.D.C.C. § 44-01-01 Eligibility to office
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Every elector is eligible to the office for which that person is an elector, except when otherwise specially provided. No person is eligible who is not such an elector.
N.D.C.C. § 44-01-02 Credit for military service
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Any person elected or appointed to any position or office in this state, or in any political subdivision thereof, in which length of service is one of the qualifications necessary to election or appointment, must be given credit for service in the army of the United States betwee…
N.D.C.C. § 44-01-03 When state and district officers shall qualify
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Except when otherwise specially provided, all state and district officers shall qualify on the first day of January next succeeding their election and on said first day of January shall enter upon the discharge of the duties of their respective offices, provided that when a perso…
N.D.C.C. § 44-01-03.1 Elected state officers - Date to qualify
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The agriculture commissioner, attorney general, auditor, insurance commissioner, public service commissioners, secretary of state, superintendent of public instruction, tax commissioner, and treasurer shall qualify on the first day of December next succeeding their election and s…
N.D.C.C. § 44-01-04 State, district, and county officers - Failure to qualify - Vacancy
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If any person elected to any state, district, county, or other political subdivision office fails to qualify and enter upon the duties of such office within the time fixed by law, such office must be deemed vacant and must be filled by appointment as provided by law. If there is …
N.D.C.C. § 44-01-05 Oath of civil officers
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Each civil officer in this state before entering upon the duties of that individual's office shall take and subscribe the oath prescribed in section 4 of article XI of the Constitution of North Dakota. The oath must be endorsed upon the back of, or attached to, the commission, ap…
N.D.C.C. § 44-01-05.1 Failure to file oath
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The appointment of any civil officer may be rescinded by the appointing authority if the appointed civil officer fails to file an oath of office at the place of filing required by section 44-05-04.
N.D.C.C. § 44-01-07 Officers to account for moneys collected
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Each civil officer who gives a bond shall render a true account of all moneys and property of every kind that come into that person's hands as such officer and shall pay and deliver over the same according to law.
N.D.C.C. § 44-01-11 Approval of fidelity bonds
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No officer or board charged by law with the duty of approving official bonds may approve any bond made in violation of this chapter. No bond given or approved in contravention of section 44-01-14 may be held to be invalid by reason thereof.
N.D.C.C. § 44-01-12 Bonds construed to cover all duties
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The bond of each civil officer must be construed to cover duties imposed by laws passed subsequent to the execution of such bond as well as to those duties imposed at the time of the execution of the bond. No bond is void because of its failure to comply with the law as to matter…
N.D.C.C. § 44-01-14 Public officials prohibited from becoming sureties for other officers and employees
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No officer or employee of the state who is bonded in the state bonding fund may become a surety upon any bond or undertaking while that person's coverage in such fund is effective. No officer or employee of any municipality, political subdivision, or public corporation may become…