Title 58 — Townships
19 chapters · 160 sections in this title.
N.D.C.C. § 58-02-01 Organization of township - Petition - Election
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If twenty-five percent of the qualified electors who voted for governor in the last general election of a congressional township which has taxable valuation of more than twenty thousand dollars and which contains twenty-five or more qualified electors petition the board of county…
N.D.C.C. § 58-02-02 Commissioners report to county auditor
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The board of county commissioners shall make and file a full report with the county auditor in relation to all its proceedings in the establishment of a civil township.
N.D.C.C. § 58-02-03 Name of township
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A township must be named in accordance with the expressed wish of a majority of the legal voters residing therein. If the legal voters fail to designate a name, the board of county commissioners may select one.
N.D.C.C. § 58-02-04 County auditor transmits name and report to state auditor
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Repealed by S.L. 1987, ch. 262, § 3. 58-02-05. Duty of state auditor when similar names are adopted by different townships. Repealed by S.L. 1987, ch. 262, § 3.
N.D.C.C. § 58-02-06 First township meeting
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The first township meeting of a newly organized township must be held within twenty days after the township is organized at a time and place designated by the board of county commissioners. Notice of the time and place of the meeting must be prepared by the board. The sheriff sha…
N.D.C.C. § 58-02-07 Changing boundary lines of township
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The boundary lines of an organized township may be changed only in the manner provided in this chapter.
N.D.C.C. § 58-02-08 Fractional township - Annexing to another township
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The board of county commissioners may attach a fractional congressional township to an adjoining township within the same county or divide it between two or more townships within the same county upon the petition of a majority of the qualified electors to be affected.
N.D.C.C. § 58-02-09 Annexing parts of township divided by river from rest of township
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If rivers, lakes, or creeks divide a civil or congressional township and make it inconvenient to do township business, the board of county commissioners of the county in which the township is located may annex that part of the township segregated by such river, lake, or creek to …
N.D.C.C. § 58-02-10 Division of township in which there are two or more cities
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The board of county commissioners may divide a township in which there are two or more cities, each containing two hundred or more inhabitants, upon the petition of a majority of the qualified electors to be affected. If the division is ordered, it must be made in the manner best…
N.D.C.C. § 58-02-11 Uniting congressional townships into civil townships
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The board of county commissioners may unite two or more congressional townships into one civil township or may add not more than three congressional townships to any congressional township already organized as a civil township when petitioned to do so by a majority of the qualifi…
N.D.C.C. § 58-02-17 Determination of pro rata amount due from annexed territory
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The members of the boards of township supervisors and the township clerks present at the meeting provided for in section 58-02-14 shall determine the amount due from the annexed territory to the township to which it has been annexed by taking into account the assets and liabiliti…
N.D.C.C. § 58-02-18 Tax levies against territory annexed
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At the first annual township meeting after the consolidation of the townships or the consolidation of a township and a fraction of a township, there must be levied against the fraction of a township or township annexed the sum found to be due to the township to which the annexati…
N.D.C.C. § 58-02-19 Division of organized township - Requirements
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A fractional township which contains more than eighteen sections of land and borders on a lake or river or any congressional township may be set off from the civil township of which it is a part if: 1. There are one hundred or more inhabitants residing in the proposed township; a…
N.D.C.C. § 58-02-20 Division made on congressional township lines
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The separation of a congressional township or fractional township from an organized civil township must be made only along congressional township lines.
N.D.C.C. § 58-02-21 Petition for and notice of application for division - Publication
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A petition for the division of a township as provided in section 58-02-19, addressed to the board of county commissioners and signed by a majority of the qualified electors residing within the proposed township, may be presented to the board at any regular meeting of the board. N…
N.D.C.C. § 58-02-22 Board of county commissioners may establish new township
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Upon presentation of the petition described in section 58-02-21, with proof of notice as provided in that section of the existence of the requirements for division and proof that the petition was signed by the requisite number of voters residing in the proposed township, the boar…
N.D.C.C. § 58-02-23 Division of assets and liabilities of the original township
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Within thirty days after the first election is held in a civil township established upon a petition described in section 58-02-21, the board of county commissioners, the county auditor, and a district judge designated by the presiding judge of the judicial district in which the n…
N.D.C.C. § 58-02-24 Obligations of original township enforced
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The division of a congressional or fractional township from an organized civil township does not prevent the enforcement of the obligations of the original township existing prior to the division. 58-02-25. Dissolution of township - Petition - When considered by supervisors or bo…
N.D.C.C. § 58-02-26 Question of dissolution submitted at annual meeting - Notice
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If the petition described in section 58-02-25 has been signed by the requisite number of qualified signers, the question of dissolution must be submitted to the voters of the township at the annual township meeting. A notice specifying the question of dissolution to be submitted …
N.D.C.C. § 58-02-27 Vote on question of dissolution - Form of ballot - Result
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The board of township supervisors shall preside at the meeting. The polls must be opened and closed as at other township meetings. The voters shall vote by ballot. The ballot used must be in the following form: Shall ____________________ township be dissolved? Yes ☐ No ☐ The resu…
N.D.C.C. § 58-02-28 When township dissolved - Disposition of property and records
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If a majority of votes cast at the township meeting are in favor of dissolution, the township ceases to be a corporation on the next succeeding January first. After payment of the township's debts and liabilities, any funds on hand derived from property taxes levied by the townsh…
N.D.C.C. § 58-02-29 Personal rights not affected by township dissolution
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The dissolution of a township may not affect the rights of any person in any contract or agreement to which the township is a party. 58-02-30. Township attached to other assessment district - Levy for payment of township debts. Repealed by S.L. 2015, ch. 439, § 104.
N.D.C.C. § 58-02-31 Duty of county auditor on dissolution
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The county auditor, upon dissolution of any civil township in the auditor's county, shall enter the fact of the dissolution upon the proper record book.
N.D.C.C. § 58-02-32 Proof of signatures on petition
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The fact that any petition required under any provision of this chapter is signed by the required number of signers residing in the territory described therein may be proved by the affidavit of any qualified elector residing in the territory and having knowledge of the facts.