Title 57, Taxation

All lots and parcels of real estate, not including rights of way, with the buildings, structures, and improvements thereon, dams and powerhouses, substations, shops, and other buildings, electric power, electric light, gas, or steam distribution systems, and other personal proper…

The state tax commissioner shall certify to the county auditor of each county in which the company assessed owns property the total true and full valuation of the company's property, with information as to the amount in each assessment district within the county.

The county auditor, after receiving the statement from the tax commissioner, shall enter the valuations mentioned in section 57-06-19 in the assessment record of the several taxing districts of the county into or through which the lines extend, or in which the property is located…

1. By January first of each year, the county auditor shall provide to each company required to be assessed under this chapter a current map of the county showing the boundaries of each taxing district in the county. 2. By February fifteenth of each year, each company required to …

By May thirty-first of each year, the county auditor shall verify to the tax commissioner, in the manner and detail prescribed by the tax commissioner, the accuracy of the information filed with the county auditor under subdivision a of subsection 2 of section 57-06-21.

The property of a company assessed under the provisions of this chapter, for the purposes of assessment and taxation and the collection of taxes, must be considered personal property. The taxes assessed on such property are a perpetual paramount lien upon all the franchises and p…

The commissioner shall transfer revenue collected under section 57-06-17.3 to the state treasurer for deposit in the electric generation, transmission, and distribution tax fund. At the time of the transfer, the commissioner shall provide a report showing the information necessar…

1. The electric generation, transmission, and distribution tax fund is appropriated as a continuing appropriation to the state treasurer for allocation and distribution to counties by April first of each year as provided in this section. The state treasurer shall make the necessa…

Taxes under section 57-06-17.3 are due January first for the preceding taxable year and are delinquent if not received by the commissioner by March first following the due date. If any amount of tax imposed by this chapter is not paid on or before March first, or if upon an addit…

Whenever after the final adjournment of the state board of equalization the tax commissioner discovers that any taxable property which is subject to assessment by the board has been omitted in whole or in part in the assessment of any year or years, not exceeding six years, or th…

The tax commissioner shall give notice by mail to the company owning any property, which has escaped taxation, of the tax commissioner's action in assessing the property and shall describe the property and the amount of such assessment and notify such company to appear before the…

If the company or agent or representative thereof, does not appear, or, if after appearance, there is a failure to give good and sufficient reasons why such assessment should not be made, the same must be made. The tax commissioner, in discharging the duties imposed upon the tax …

If any company is aggrieved by any assessment of omitted property made by the tax commissioner under this chapter, it has the right to appeal to the state board of equalization for a review of such assessment. Such appeal must be taken by filing a notice of appeal with the tax co…

In case any appeal to the state board of equalization is filed, the tax commissioner shall call a meeting of the board at a specified time to be approved by the governor, at which time any company protesting the assessment of omitted property may be heard. Due notice of the time …

The valuation of any omitted property must be apportioned to the county or counties in which located proportionately to the regular assessment of such property. Taxes levied against escaped property or omitted property must be levied and collected in the same manner as though suc…

If any company whose property has been valued and assessed for taxation purposes by the state board of equalization under the constitution or statutes of this state, or against whom any tax is levied or assessed by the board, feels aggrieved for any reason with the assessment, th…

At any time after an action is brought pursuant to section 57-08-01, the district court, either before or during trial, may allow the plaintiff to pay to the state or municipalities interested any part of the taxes involved in the action under such agreement as may be made betwee…

Any company claiming to be aggrieved by the levy of a tax upon its property and alleging facts showing substantial injustice in the determination by the state board of equalization, within six months after the payment of the tax under protest, may bring and maintain an action aga…

If the amount of tax justly and equitably due from a utility is determined finally to be less than the amount paid, the excess must be refunded to the utility by the direction of the court, and for that purpose the county auditor of each county which was a party to the action, up…

In any action, suit, or proceeding brought by a utility, in the state courts, to set aside, restrain, or postpone the payment or collection of any tax levied upon the property of the utility, no injunction, order, or writ to enjoin or restrain the payment or collection of the tax…

If any tax levied upon property which is assessed by the state board of equalization is adjudged illegal or nonenforceable, or is set aside by any state or federal court of competent jurisdiction, the board, whether any part of the taxes assessed and levied have been paid or not,…

The tax commissioner, by mail, shall give notice to the company owning such property of the action of the state board of equalization in redetermining the value of such property. In such notice, the tax commissioner shall describe the property in general terms, and shall notify s…

At a hearing held pursuant to section 57-08-07, the company shall present evidence relating to the value of its property. After consideration of the evidence presented at such hearing, if any, the state board of equalization shall fix the final assessment of such property accordi…

The reassessment shall be of the same force and effect as the original assessment made in accordance with law. The valuation of reassessed property must be allocated as the valuation upon the original assessment of such property is allocated, and the provisions of law governing t…

The power to reassess the property of any company may be exercised as often as may be necessary until the amount of taxes legally due from any company for any year under the assessment and taxation laws of this state has been determined finally and definitely. Whenever any tax or…

1. The township board of equalization consists of the members of the board of supervisors of each township, and the township clerk shall act as clerk of the board. The board shall meet in April each year at the usual place of meeting of the township board of supervisors. 2. If th…

The clerk shall keep an accurate record of the proceedings of the board of equalization, showing the facts and evidence upon which its action is based, a copy of which must be furnished to the assessor and filed by the assessor with the county auditor as part of the assessment re…

The township board of equalization shall ascertain whether all taxable property in its township has been properly placed upon the assessment list and duly valued by the assessor. In case any real property has been omitted by inadvertence or otherwise, the board shall place the sa…

Any two members of a three-member board of equalization and any three members of a five-member board of equalization are authorized to act at the meeting of the board and they may adjourn from day to day, but the equalization must be completed within ten days.

The assessor shall add and note the amount of each column in the assessor's assessment books after making the corrections ordered by the township board of equalization. The assessor also shall make in each book a tabular statement showing the footings of the several columns on th…

1. The board of equalization of a city consists of the members of the governing body, and shall meet at the usual place of meeting of the governing body of the city within the first fifteen days of April of each year. The executive officer of the governing body shall act as chair…

The city auditor, as clerk, shall keep an accurate record of all changes made in valuation, and of all other proceedings, and, within ten days after the completion of the equalization of the assessment, shall deliver the assessments as equalized to the county auditor of the count…

At its meeting, the board of equalization shall proceed to equalize and correct the assessment roll. It may change the valuation and assessment of any real property upon the roll by increasing or diminishing the true and full valuation thereof as is reasonable and just to render …

During the session of the board, any person, or the attorney or agent of any person feeling aggrieved by anything in the assessment roll, may apply to the board for the correction of alleged errors in the listing or valuation of real property, and the board may correct the errors…

The board of equalization shall place upon and add to the assessment roll any real property subject to taxation which has been omitted by the owner or the assessor and shall enter the property at a valuation which will bear an equal and just proportion of the taxation.

After the adjournment of the board each year, neither the governing body of the city nor the city board of equalization may change or alter any assessment. Neither may the governing body or the board of equalization reduce or abate, or authorize the reduction, abatement, or retur…

The failure of the board of equalization to hold its meeting does not vitiate nor invalidate any assessment or tax except as to the excess of valuation or tax thereon shown to have been made or levied unjustly.

The board of county commissioners shall meet within the first ten days of June of each year and shall constitute a board of equalization of the assessments made within the county. The chairman of the board shall preside. The county board of equalization shall conduct a continuous…

Prior to the annual meeting of the county board of equalization, the board of county commissioners of each county within this state shall provide for spot checks upon property within each county to properly verify the accuracy of the real property listings and valuations. The spo…

The members of the board of county commissioners also shall meet as a board of equalization as respects all assessments made in assessment districts not embraced in a city or organized township, and shall perform the duties prescribed for a township board of equalization as respe…

The county auditor shall act as clerk of the county board of equalization and shall keep an accurate journal or record of the proceedings and orders of said board, showing the facts and evidence upon which its action is based. Such record must be published as other proceedings of…

At its meeting, the county board of equalization shall examine and compare the assessments returned by the assessors of all the districts within the county and shall proceed to equalize the same throughout the county between the several assessment districts.

The county board of equalization, when equalizing individual assessments, shall observe the following rules: 1. The valuation of each tract or lot of real property which is returned below its true and full value must be raised to the sum believed by such board to be the true and …

1. The rules prescribed in section 57-12-05 apply when the board of county commissioners is equalizing assessments between the several assessment and taxing districts in the county provided that in such case, except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the board may raise or lo…

The county auditor shall calculate the changes in the assessment lists determined by the county board of equalization and shall make corrections accordingly. After making such corrections, the county auditor shall make duplicate abstracts of the real property lists, one copy of w…

The governor, state treasurer, state auditor, agriculture commissioner, and state tax commissioner constitute the state board of equalization. The governor must be chairman of the board and the tax commissioner is secretary.