Title 1 — General Provisions

If any of the holidays enumerated in section 1-03-02 fall on a Saturday, the Friday immediately before shall be the holiday.

No person, prior to the hour of two p.m. of the day set apart as Memorial Day, may engage in organized or commercial ball games, horseracing, sports, or any entertainment which will interfere with the proper observance of such day. Any violation of this section is an infraction.

All days other than those mentioned in sections 1-03-01, 1-03-02, and 1-03-02.1 are to be deemed business days for all purposes. However, any bank may remain closed on any one business day of each week, as it may from time to time elect. Any day upon which a bank is so closed sha…

Whenever an act of a secular nature, other than a work of necessity or mercy, is appointed by law or contract to be performed upon a particular day, that falls upon a Saturday or a holiday, the act may be performed upon the next business day with the same effect as if it had been…

The governor each year shall designate the second Sunday in May as Mothers' Day. The governor shall issue a proclamation requesting the people of the state to assemble on that Sunday in their churches, or at such other place or places as may be most convenient and proper, for the…

In order to promote and encourage the planting of trees in this state, the first Friday in May of each year is hereby designated and established as "Arbor Day" for the state of North Dakota.

To promote and encourage the conservation and enjoyment of one of nature's most attractive features, and to honor the birth and work of naturalist John James Audubon who made America's birds known to the world through his drawings and vivid prose, April twenty-sixth of each year …

Repealed by S.L. 1991, ch. 55, § 2.

The twenty-eighth day of April of each year is designated as Workers' Memorial Day in remembrance of American workers who have been killed, injured, or diseased on the job.

Each year the governor shall issue a proclamation designating the last Sunday of September as Gold Star Mothers' Day in honor of mothers whose sons or daughters served and died in the line of duty in the armed forces of the United States of America or its allies, or died as a res…

Each year the governor shall issue a proclamation designating the first Sunday of February as Four Chaplains Sunday in honor of the four United States army chaplains, George L. Fox, Alexander D. Goode, Clark V. Poling, and John P. Washington, who sacrificed their own lives to sav…

To recognize the indigenous peoples of the State of North Dakota and their contributions to the state and to the United States, the governor shall issue a proclamation each year designating the Friday before the second Monday in October as Indigenous Peoples Day.

March twenty-ninth of each year is Vietnam Veterans' Day. Each year the governor shall issue a proclamation on March twenty-ninth in honor and remembrance of surviving and departed Vietnam veterans, including the one hundred ninety-eight individuals from North Dakota whose names …

March of each year is Women Veterans' Month. Each year the governor shall issue a proclamation on March first in honor and remembrance of surviving and departed women veterans who have served honorably and with courage on behalf of the United States of America since the American …

Each year the governor shall issue a proclamation designating the dates of the national fallen firefighters memorial weekend as the North Dakota fallen firefighters memorial weekend and require that flags at state buildings be flown at half staff.

The third Monday in April of each year is Patriots' Day. To commemorate the start of the American Revolutionary War and the battles of Lexington and Concord, the governor shall issue a proclamation each year designating the third Monday in April as Patriots' Day. This section may…

To commemorate the ending of slavery in the United States, the nineteenth of June of each year is designated and established as Juneteenth for the state of North Dakota.

To celebrate the life of all affected by fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, reaffirm the dignity and value of every human being, and to create awareness of the number of people affected by the disorder, the ninth day of September of each year is designated and established as Fetal …

May of each year is Military Appreciation Month. Each year the governor shall issue a proclamation on May first in honor of the men and women of the United States armed forces who have served and are now serving, and the significant contributions and incredible sacrifices they ha…

The third Friday in September of each year is Prisoner of War and Missing in Action Day. To remember and honor the sacrifices of those who were held captive and returned, as well as those who remain missing, the governor shall issue a proclamation each year designating the third …

To commemorate the adoption of the Constitution of North Dakota on August 17, 1889, by constitutional convention, and the ratification by vote on October 1, 1889, by the people of the territory that would become North Dakota, and to encourage state citizens to seek greater knowle…

The execution, acknowledgment, filing, and recording of all deeds, leases, mortgages, assignments, satisfactions, and other written instruments affecting the title to real property in this state, in good faith made, taken, or certified, and which have been filed or recorded in th…

The acts of every notary public, county justice, or other officer, done in good faith in taking or certifying to the acknowledgment of any instrument mentioned in section 1-04-01, whether within or without the state, and whether such officer was qualified by law at the time to do…

Good faith is presumed on the part of each person and officer in the execution, acknowledgment, filing, and recording of such instruments as are mentioned in section 1-04-01, and it is presumed prima facie that each officer acted therein within the scope of that officer's authori…

Any instrument affecting a lien upon, title to, or interest in, real estate executed and acknowledged in good faith by the treasurer or cashier in behalf of any loan, trust, or banking corporation, or by the regional treasurer of any United States corporation, prior to July 1, 19…

If any instrument affecting real or personal property in this state heretofore executed by or to any person purporting to act in a representative capacity fails clearly to identify the beneficiary and the nature of the trust, the person by or to whom such instrument was executed,…

Any assignment of a mortgage upon property within this state heretofore made by any executor or administrator appointed in any other state or foreign country on the estate of any person where no executor or administrator had been appointed in this state, if such executor or admin…

Any deed to real property in this state made by the duly appointed and qualified receiver of a foreign corporation prior to January 1, 1943, under order of a foreign court having jurisdiction of such corporation, hereby is declared valid and sufficient. In any such case there sha…

Any corporation organized otherwise than under the laws of this state, having acquired, or attempted to acquire, or to convey legal title by deed or lease to any real property in this state, before complying with the provisions of North Dakota law governing foreign corporations, …

If a sheriff's certificate of sale of any real property in this state, made in favor or in the name of a deceased person, or of the estate of a deceased person, or the executor or administrator thereof, prior to January 1, 1943, on which a sheriff's deed has not been issued, it i…

In any case where a married man or woman, prior to January 1, 1943, conveyed real property which may have been the homestead of the husband, or the wife, or the family, by a deed duly signed and acknowledged by the husband or wife only, but not signed by the other, and the husban…

The record in the office of the recorder, prior to January 1, 1943, of a deed, mortgage, or assignment of mortgage which has failed to contain the post-office address of the grantee, mortgagee, or assignee named in such deed, mortgage, or assignment as provided by section 35-03-0…

Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 47-10-21 and 47-10-22: 1. All reservations of minerals or mineral deposits other than coal, contained in all deeds and transfers of real property in this state; and 2. All conveyances and transfers of minerals or mineral deposits other t…

Any record of a mineral deed actually made in the office of the recorder of any county of this state prior to March 7, 1941, is declared to be valid and fully operative as constructive notice though it was not certified for transfer by the county auditor as provided by section 11…

Every conveyance of real estate made prior to January 1, 1943, by an executor or administrator of an estate pursuant to a decree of specific performance rendered by any county court of this state, as provided by section 30-13-12, without the entry of a subsequent order or judgmen…

Any transfer of any legal or equitable title to or interest in any real property in the state of North Dakota made prior to March 5, 1943, by any person, firm, or corporation to himself, herself, or such firm or corporation and any other person or persons, firm or firms, corporat…

Any and all acknowledgments taken before March 5, 1943, and subsequent to September 16, 1940, in substantial compliance with the provisions of sections 47-19-17 and 47-19-31 are hereby declared legal and valid for all purposes and to the same extent as acknowledgments taken subse…

The record in the office of the recorder, prior to January 1, 1955, of a deed, mortgage, or assignment of mortgage which has failed to contain the post-office address of the grantee, mortgagee, or assignee named in such deed, mortgage, or assignment as provided by section 35-03-0…

Any sale of real estate made under execution or in foreclosure of a mortgage, prior to January 1, 1943, hereby is declared to be legal and valid for all purposes though the sheriff's certificate of sale issued in completion of such sale was not filed for record in the office of t…

All sales of real estate made in proceedings for the foreclosure of mortgages prior to January 1, 1943, hereby are declared legal and valid for all purposes even though: 1. The power of attorney to foreclose was not recorded in the office of the recorder of the county wherein sai…

Any sale of real estate under a judgment of foreclosure entered prior to the passage and taking effect of this code hereby is declared legal and valid for all purposes, though any assignment of the mortgage foreclosed was not recorded prior to the institution of the action to for…

From and after January 1, 1944, no action may be commenced or maintained, and no defense or counterclaim in any action shall be recognized, in the courts of this state, upon the ground that any real estate mortgage foreclosure, sale in connection with which was had prior to Janua…

After January 1, 1944, all proceedings for and preliminary to the foreclosure of a real estate mortgage if sale was had prior to January 1, 1943, are deemed valid and sufficient notwithstanding the defects enumerated in section 1-05-05.

Any sale of real estate heretofore or hereafter made upon the foreclosure of a mortgage executed prior to July 1, 1919, is declared legal and valid for all purposes though no notice of intention to foreclose has been given or served as required by section 32-19-20.

All acts done prior to March 9, 1937, in connection with the calling, giving notice, holding, or in anywise appertaining to a special election held in any city on the question of erecting, operating, and maintaining an electric light and power plant, site, buildings, and equipmen…

All acts and proceedings of the water commission done and performed by said commission under and pursuant to the provisions of chapter 61-02 are declared valid in all things.

The organization of any irrigation district prior to the passage, approval, and taking effect of this code in substantial compliance with the provisions of the statutes of this state authorizing the organization of irrigation districts is hereby declared to be a valid and legal d…

Any sale or transfer of lands acquired by any municipality under the provisions of section 11-27-08, by any governing body of any municipality or park district in this state is hereby validated and confirmed and declared to be fully effective and operative to convey the estates t…

In all cases where the governing body of any city with a population of over ten thousand has heretofore entered into an agreement with the department of transportation of the state of North Dakota for the improvement of streets and construction of street lights, sewers, water mai…

Licenses, permits, or other authorizations provided for by the statutes, ordinances, resolutions, or rules of this state, any city, county, school district, or other political subdivision which were executed with a facsimile signature which was on file with the appropriate office…