Title 46, Printing Laws
7 chapters · 63 sections in this title.
N.D.C.C. § 46-06-01 Selection of official newspaper
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At the general election starting with the year 1978 and every four years thereafter, in accordance with section 46-06-06, the qualified electors in each county shall select one newspaper in the county, or if there is no newspaper published in the county, then a newspaper publishe…
N.D.C.C. § 46-06-02 Qualifications required of an official newspaper
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A newspaper is qualified to serve as an official newspaper if it meets all the requirements of a legal newspaper set forth in section 46-05-01 and maintains its principal editorial office within the county in which it is a candidate for official newspaper. In a county in which no…
N.D.C.C. § 46-06-03 Application to place name on ballot at primary election
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The county auditor shall place the name of a newspaper upon the primary election ballot if the newspaper is qualified to serve as the official newspaper within the county and if, before four p.m. of the sixty-fourth day prior to the primary election, an application asking that th…
N.D.C.C. § 46-06-04 Where name of newspaper placed on ballot
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The county auditor shall place the names of all newspapers to be voted upon for nomination as official newspaper of the county at the bottom of the ballot upon which appear the names of the candidates for county offices. The names of the newspapers must be rotated as is required …
N.D.C.C. § 46-06-05 Names of two papers receiving highest number of votes to be placed on general election ballot
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The county auditor shall place the names of the two newspapers receiving the highest number of votes at the primary election on the general election ballot upon which appear the names of candidates for county offices. The names must appear in the same place and in the same manner…
N.D.C.C. § 46-06-06 Newspaper receiving highest number of votes elected - Canvass
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The newspaper receiving the highest number of votes at the general election must be declared elected. The county auditor, upon the canvass and return of the vote by the county canvassing board, shall issue a certificate of election to such newspaper, and it shall become the offic…
N.D.C.C. § 46-06-08 Vacancy - How filled
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If a newspaper elected as the official newspaper suspends publication or ceases to possess the qualifications prescribed in section 46-06-02, a vacancy must be deemed to exist. The board of county commissioners at once shall designate another newspaper having the required qualifi…
N.D.C.C. § 46-06-09 Publications required to be made in official newspaper
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There must be published in the official newspaper: 1. All official proceedings of the board of county commissioners of the county in which it is elected. 2. All notices and publications which are required by law to be published by any county officer. 3. All publications of every …
N.D.C.C. § 46-06-10 When publication null and void
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A legal publication of any kind or character described in section 46-06-09 which is not published in the duly elected official newspaper is null and void.