Title 11 — Counties
52 chapters · 646 sections in this title.
N.D.C.C. § 11-05-15 Officers of petitioning county to hold office until time expires - Duties
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Repealed by S.L. 1965, ch. 98, § 54.
N.D.C.C. § 11-05-16 Judicial actions and proceedings transferred to courts of adjoining county
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Repealed by S.L. 1993, ch. 401, § 53.
N.D.C.C. § 11-05-17 Trial of criminal cases transferred to adjoining county
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Repealed by S.L. 1993, ch. 401, § 53.
N.D.C.C. § 11-05-18 Officers shall not be elected in petitioning county
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Repealed by S.L. 1993, ch. 401, § 53. 11-05-19. Members of board of county commissioners of petitioning county to meet with board of adjoining county - Expiration of terms of officers of petitioning county. Repealed by S.L. 1993, ch. 401, § 53. 11-05-20. Board of county commissio…
N.D.C.C. § 11-05-23 Authority of officers of adjoining county
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Repealed by S.L. 1993, ch. 401, § 53.
N.D.C.C. § 11-05-24 Petitioning and adjoining counties liable for only their own debts
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Repealed by S.L. 1993, ch. 401, § 53.
N.D.C.C. § 11-05-25 Power of consolidated county to levy taxes to pay debts
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If authorized in the approved consolidation plan, the board of county commissioners of the consolidated county has all the powers which the board of county commissioners of a previous county had at the time of the consolidation, to levy taxes upon the property in the territory wh…
N.D.C.C. § 11-06-03 Election required - Duties of boards of county commissioners
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The boards of county commissioners to which petitions are addressed under the provisions of this chapter shall order an election to be held in their respective counties to vote upon the question of the change in county lines specified in the petitions if the petitions comply with…
N.D.C.C. § 11-06-04 Election - Notice - Ballot - Returns
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The notice of an election to change the boundaries of a county shall contain a description of the territory proposed to be transferred, the name of the county from which, and the name of the county to which, the transfer is intended to be made. The notice shall be posted as requi…
N.D.C.C. § 11-06-05 Petition and election within three years of prior election
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Repealed by S.L. 1993, ch. 401, § 53. 11-06-06. When territory transferred - Assessment of taxes - Judicial and official proceedings - Township officers continue in office. If a majority of the qualified electors in each of the counties affected voting on the question shall favor…
N.D.C.C. § 11-06-07 Debts of transferred territory - Payment to county from which transferred
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Territory transferred under the provisions of this chapter shall not be released from the payment of its proportion of the debts of the county from which it was transferred. Such proportion shall be collected by the county to which the territory is transferred at an equal or grea…
N.D.C.C. § 11-06-08 Redistricting when county enlarged
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Whenever the boundaries of any organized county shall have been enlarged by the addition thereto of any additional territory, the board of county commissioners of such county shall redistrict the county into commissioner districts immediately. Such redistricting may be done at a …
N.D.C.C. § 11-06-09 When territory less than one congressional township - Election
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When a majority of the qualified electors of a territory containing less than one congressional township shall petition the boards of county commissioners as provided in section 11-06-01, such boards, in their discretion, may order elections to be held as provided in this chapter…
N.D.C.C. § 11-07-01 County redistricting board - Membership - Powers
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The redistricting board shall be composed of the following members: 1. The chairman of the board of county commissioners, who shall act as chairman of the redistricting board. 2. The state's attorney. 3. A citizen or member of the governing body selected by the governing body of …
N.D.C.C. § 11-07-04 Commissioners' terms of office - Staggered terms
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1. When redistricting is completed or if failure to redistrict requires at large election of commissioners as provided in section 11-07-03, all commissioners then holding office who will be elected in the same manner, either from districts or at large, as they were elected at the…
N.D.C.C. § 11-07-05 First redistricting under chapter
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The first redistricting of county commissioners' districts under this chapter shall be completed as required in this chapter no later than December 31, 1971, and at least each ten years thereafter. Failure of any redistricting board to complete such redistricting plan and file it…
N.D.C.C. § 11-07-06 Petitions - Signers required - Submission of question to voters
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The board of county commissioners, upon receipt of a petition signed by at least ten percent of the qualified electors of the county as determined by the number of votes cast for the office of governor at the preceding general election, shall, in accordance with applicable provis…
N.D.C.C. § 11-08-01 Who may adopt county consolidated office form of government
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Any county in this state may adopt the county consolidated office form of government in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
N.D.C.C. § 11-08-02 Board of county commissioners to submit plan to electorate
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Repealed by S.L. 1993, ch. 401, § 53.
N.D.C.C. § 11-08-02.1 Board of county commissioners may submit plan
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The question of the adoption of a consolidated office form of government may be submitted at the next primary election as provided by this chapter by the board of county commissioners by a resolution adopted by the affirmative vote of a majority of the entire board.
N.D.C.C. § 11-08-03 Election - Notice - How conducted - Canvass - Return
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The county auditor shall publish a notice of the election in the official county newspaper once each week for four successive weeks prior to the election at which the question is to be submitted. The notice shall contain the question to be voted upon and the statement that the qu…
N.D.C.C. § 11-08-04 Ballot - Form
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The ballot to be used in the election shall be in substantially the following form: Shall the county consolidated office form of government be adopted by the county of __________________ (name of county)? Yes ☐ No ☐
N.D.C.C. § 11-08-05 Vote required - Effective date - Procedure for discontinuance
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If a majority of the votes cast on the question of the adoption of the county consolidated form of government are in favor of that form, it becomes effective on the first day of January next succeeding the election. All elected officers whose offices become appointive under this …
N.D.C.C. § 11-08-06 Officers in county adopting consolidated office form of government
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In addition to the board of county commissioners provided for by this title, the officers in a county which has adopted the county consolidated office form of government are as follows: 1. One county auditor who shall be ex officio recorder and, unless the clerk of district court…
N.D.C.C. § 11-08-08 When appointment of officers made - Qualification
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The county officers to be appointed must be appointed by the board of county commissioners at the following times in the year in which the county consolidated office form of government goes into effect: 1. On or before the fifteenth day of January, the coroner must be appointed, …
N.D.C.C. § 11-08-09 Compensation of officers
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Each member of the board of county commissioners and each other county officer who is appointed by the board or elected must receive as compensation for services the salary prescribed by law for the officer, except that the county auditor must receive a salary not exceeding three…
N.D.C.C. § 11-08-11 Powers and duties of county auditor
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The county auditor, in addition to the duties and powers conferred by law on that officer, shall perform the duties and functions and exercise the powers conferred on the recorder and, subject to subsection 1 of section 11-08-06, the clerk of the district court. The auditor shall…
N.D.C.C. § 11-08-12 Powers and duties of board of county commissioners
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The board of county commissioners shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as are provided by law except as such powers or duties are modified specifically or enlarged by this chapter.
N.D.C.C. § 11-08-13 Powers and duties of other officers
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The sheriff, state's attorney, and coroner elected or appointed under this chapter shall perform the duties and exercise the powers conferred by law upon them.
N.D.C.C. § 11-08-14 Deputies and employees - Appointment - Compensation - Terms
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Subject to the approval of the board of county commissioners, the county auditor may appoint a deputy auditor, a deputy recorder, and, subject to subsection 1 of section 11-08-06, a deputy clerk of the district court. The compensation of any such deputy appointed pursuant to this…
N.D.C.C. § 11-08-15 Removal of officers
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Any county officer appointed by the board of county commissioners or elected under the provisions of this chapter may be suspended or removed by the governor or by judicial proceedings in the manner provided by law.
N.D.C.C. § 11-09-01 County manager government - Forms
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Any county in this state is authorized to adopt one of the following county manager forms of government: 1. Short form of county managership with the office of county manager to be an appointed office. 2. County manager form with the office of county manager to be an appointed of…
N.D.C.C. § 11-09-02 Board of county commissioners to submit plan to electorate
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Repealed by S.L. 1993, ch. 401, § 53.
N.D.C.C. § 11-09-02.1 Petition - Question submitted to electors
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Upon a petition filed with the county auditor at least ninety days in advance of any countywide election signed by not less than ten percent of the qualified electors of the county as determined by the total number of votes cast for the office of governor at the last general elec…
N.D.C.C. § 11-09-03 Board of county commissioners may submit plan
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The question of the adoption of any county manager form of government may be submitted to the qualified electors of the county at the next primary election by the board of county commissioners by a resolution adopted by the affirmative majority vote of the entire board. The resol…
N.D.C.C. § 11-09-04 Notice of election - How election held - Canvass - Return
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The county auditor shall publish once each week for four successive weeks prior to the election at which the question is to be submitted, in the official newspaper of the county, a notice of the election on the question of the adoption of a county manager form of government. The …
N.D.C.C. § 11-09-07 Vote required - Effective date
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If a majority of the votes cast on the question of adoption of a county manager form of government are in favor of that form, it becomes effective on the first day of January next succeeding the election or on a later date as may be designated in the plan or resolution. All elect…
N.D.C.C. § 11-09-08 Board of county commissioners - Election - Term of office - Vacancies
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In a county adopting any form of county managership, the board of county commissioners shall consist of three or five members as is provided by general statute. Members of the board of county commissioners holding office when any form of county managership goes into effect shall …
N.D.C.C. § 11-09-10 Appointment of county manager - Tenure of office - Compensation
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The county manager, in a county which has adopted either of the appointed forms of county managership, shall be appointed by the board of county commissioners. The county manager shall be appointed with regard to merit only and need not be a resident of the county at the time of …
N.D.C.C. § 11-09-11 Manager and officers attend meetings of board of county commissioners
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The county manager, and in a county adopting a county manager form of government, the directors of all departments, and all other officers of the county shall be entitled to be present at all sessions of the board of county commissioners. The manager shall have the right to prese…
N.D.C.C. § 11-09-12 Powers and duties of county manager
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The county manager of any county adopting any form of county managership shall: 1. Serve as the administrative head of the county government and be responsible to the board of county commissioners for the proper administration of all the affairs of the county which the board has …
N.D.C.C. § 11-09-13 Removal of an appointed county manager
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If the board of county commissioners of a county which has adopted either of the appointed forms of county managership determines to remove the manager, the manager shall be given, if the manager so demands, a written statement of the reasons alleged for the proposed removal and …
N.D.C.C. § 11-09-14 Administrative activities, responsibility of county manager
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The county manager shall be responsible to the board of county commissioners for the administration of the following activities: 1. All duties now or hereafter imposed by general law on the county auditor in the matter of assessment of property for taxation and the preparation of…
N.D.C.C. § 11-09-16 Directors of departments appointed
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The county manager in a county adopting a county manager form of government shall appoint a director for each department provided for or authorized by section 11-09-15. With the consent of the board of county commissioners, the manager may act as the director of one or more depar…
N.D.C.C. § 11-09-17 Auditor - Who to act
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Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, in counties adopting a short form of county managership, the functions imposed on the county auditor by general statute shall be performed by or under the direction of the county manager, and in counties adopting a county manager form…
N.D.C.C. § 11-09-18 State's attorney to be elected - Powers - Duties
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Except as provided in section 11-10-02.3, the state's attorney of a county adopting any form of county managership must be elected in the manner prescribed by general statutes. The state's attorney shall serve as legal adviser to the board of county commissioners and to the count…
N.D.C.C. § 11-09-19 Sheriff - Election - Duties - Powers
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The sheriff of a county adopting any form of county managership must be elected in the manner prescribed by general statutes and must perform the duties and be subject to the restrictions contained in the general statutes. The sheriff of an adjoining county may run for election i…
N.D.C.C. § 11-09-20 Treasurer - Who to perform functions
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The functions imposed on county treasurers by general statutes shall be performed by or under the direction of: 1. The county manager in a county adopting a short form of county managership. 2. The director of finance in a county adopting a county manager form of government. Each…
N.D.C.C. § 11-09-21 Designation of depository in lieu of appointment of treasurer
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In a county adopting any form of county managership, the board of county commissioners, in lieu of the appointment of a treasurer, may select and designate annually, by ordinance or recorded resolution, some bank or trust company as an official treasury for the funds of the count…
N.D.C.C. § 11-09-22 County judge - Election - Duties
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Repealed by S.L. 1991, ch. 326, § 203.