Title 58 — Townships
19 chapters · 160 sections in this title.
N.D.C.C. § 58-05-01 Voter is eligible to office
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Every person qualified to vote at a township meeting is eligible to any township office.
N.D.C.C. § 58-05-02 Officers of a township - Terms of office
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The elected officers of a civil township must be: 1. Three or five supervisors. 2. One township clerk. 3. One assessor except as herein provided. 4. One treasurer. In townships with three-member boards of township supervisors, one supervisor must be elected at each annual townshi…
N.D.C.C. § 58-05-03 When term of office begins
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Repealed by S.L. 1951, ch. 333, § 1.
N.D.C.C. § 58-05-03.1 Elected assessor - Commencement of term of office
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In any township in which an assessor is elected at the annual township meeting, the term of office of the assessor elected at such meeting commences on the first Monday in January next succeeding that election.
N.D.C.C. § 58-05-04 Election of supervisors and other officers in newly organized townships
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At the first meeting of a newly organized township, officers must be elected as follows: one supervisor to serve until the first annual township meeting; one supervisor to serve until the second annual meeting; and one supervisor to serve until the third annual meeting. All the o…
N.D.C.C. § 58-05-05 Bonds of officers
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Each person elected or appointed to the office of township clerk, assessor, or treasurer, within ten days after the person is notified of the person's election or appointment, and before entering upon the duties of the person's office, must be bonded for the faithful discharge of…
N.D.C.C. § 58-05-06 Bonds of township officers - Premiums
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All bonds required by this title for any township officer must be obtained from the North Dakota state bonding fund or from a corporate surety company authorized to do business in this state. Personal sureties may not be accepted on any such bond. The premiums for bonds of the No…
N.D.C.C. § 58-05-07 Officers to take oath
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Each person elected or appointed to the office of supervisor, township clerk, assessor, treasurer, or township overseer of highways, within ten days after the person is notified of the person's election or appointment, shall take and subscribe the oath prescribed in section 4 of …
N.D.C.C. § 58-05-08 Certificate of oath to be filed
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The person taking the oath described in section 58-05-07, immediately and before entering upon the duties of the person's office, shall file the certificate of such oath in the office of the township clerk.
N.D.C.C. § 58-05-09 Penalty for neglect to take oath
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If any township officer who is required by law to take an oath of office enters upon the duties of the office before taking such oath, the person shall forfeit to the township the sum of fifty dollars.
N.D.C.C. § 58-05-10 Neglect to qualify deemed refusal to serve
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If any person elected or appointed to a township office, of whom an oath or bond is required, neglects to file the same within the time prescribed by law, such neglect must be deemed a refusal to serve in such office.
N.D.C.C. § 58-05-11 Poundmaster to file acceptance - Neglect deemed refusal to serve
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Each person appointed to the office of poundmaster, before entering upon the duties of the office and within ten days after being notified of the election or appointment, shall file a notice signifying acceptance of such office in the office of the township clerk. A neglect to fi…
N.D.C.C. § 58-05-12 Officers interested in contracts of township
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Except as otherwise provided by this section, no township officer may become a party to or be interested, directly or indirectly, in any contract made by the board of which the officer is a member. Every contract or payment voted for or made contrary to this section is void. Any …
N.D.C.C. § 58-05-13 Records to be delivered
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Upon going out of office, each supervisor, township clerk, or assessor shall deliver, upon demand of the person's successor and upon oath administered by the latter, all records, books, and papers in the person's possession or under the person's control belonging to the office. T…
N.D.C.C. § 58-05-14 Successor to demand records in case of death
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Upon the death of a supervisor, township clerk, or assessor, the successor of such officer shall make such demand as is provided in section 58-05-13 of the personal representative of such deceased officer. The personal representative shall deliver upon oath all records, books, pa…
N.D.C.C. § 58-05-15 Board may accept resignations
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The board of township supervisors, for sufficient cause shown to it, may accept the resignation of any officer in its township. Whenever the board accepts a resignation, it shall give notice thereof to the township clerk.
N.D.C.C. § 58-05-16 Vacancies - How filled - Term of office - Powers of person appointed
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If the electors of a township fail to elect the proper number of officers, or a person elected to a township office fails to qualify, or a vacancy happens in any such office from death, resignation, removal from the township, or other cause, the board of township supervisors, or …
N.D.C.C. § 58-05-17 Vacancies in appointing board
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Repealed by omission from this code.
N.D.C.C. § 58-05-18 When county auditor to appoint township assessor
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If a township assessor is elected or appointed and fails or refuses to qualify or to discharge the duties of the office, or if the electors of a township have provided that the assessor must be elected but fail for any reason to elect an assessor, and the board of township superv…