Title 11 — Counties
52 chapters · 646 sections in this title.
N.D.C.C. § 11-11-47 Tax is paid into judgment payment fund
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Repealed by S.L. 2015, ch. 439, § 104.
N.D.C.C. § 11-11-48 Property in county not subject to seizure for judgment
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The property of a county and of persons owning property situated or liable to taxation therein shall not be subject to the lien of a judgment against the county nor to seizure or sale upon execution or other process of any court issued in connection with any such judgment.
N.D.C.C. § 11-11-49 Board may offer reward
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The board of county commissioners may offer a reward for the apprehension and conviction of each individual violating any of the provisions of chapters 12.1-21 and 12.1-23.
N.D.C.C. § 11-11-50 Former members of armed services' room in courthouses
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The board of county commissioners shall equip and maintain an adequate room in the courthouse or county office building for the priority preference use of former members of the armed services of the United States if the county seat has a population of over ten thousand inhabitant…
N.D.C.C. § 11-11-51 Petitions to board of county commissioners - Qualifications of signers
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The signers of any petition presented to the board of county commissioners praying for the expenditure of county funds shall be qualified electors of the district affected by the petition.
N.D.C.C. § 11-11-52 Board may provide room for historical society
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The board of county commissioners of any county, or the governing body of any municipal corporation, or the board of any public library in the state is hereby authorized and empowered to furnish a room or rooms in the county courthouse, in a municipal building, or in a public lib…
N.D.C.C. § 11-11-53.1 Donation of historical artifacts
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Any historical object or artifact given, donated, or otherwise acquired by a county historical society, upon acceptance by the state historical society, may revert to the state historical society if such local society should cease to function, exist, or no longer operate, unless …
N.D.C.C. § 11-11-57 Counties may cooperate in predatory animal and injurious rodent control
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Boards of county commissioners may perform, within their respective counties, predatory animal, destructive bird, and injurious rodent control as defined in section 4-01-17.1, and may enter into cooperative agreements with the agriculture commissioner and the United States depart…
N.D.C.C. § 11-11-57.1 Funds available for predatory control
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In order to perform bird and animal control, boards of county commissioners are authorized to make necessary expenditures from county special funds available for this purpose or from the county general or contingent funds.
N.D.C.C. § 11-11-58 Programs and activities for senior citizens - Expenditure of funds
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The board of county commissioners is authorized to establish or maintain programs and activities for senior citizens, including the expansion of existing senior citizen centers which will provide recreational and other leisure-time activities, informational, health, welfare, coun…
N.D.C.C. § 11-11-59 Creation of booster station by election
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Repealed by S.L. 2015, ch. 439, § 104.
N.D.C.C. § 11-11-60 Booster station tax levy authorized
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Repealed by S.L. 2015, ch. 439, § 104.
N.D.C.C. § 11-11-61 Booster station levy exemptions - Townships not served
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Repealed by S.L. 2015, ch. 439, § 104.
N.D.C.C. § 11-11-62 County restriction of adult establishments - Definitions
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1. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: a. "Adult bookstore" means a bookstore having as a preponderance of its publications, books, magazines, and other periodicals which are distinguished or characterized by their emphasis on matter depicting, describ…
N.D.C.C. § 11-11-63 Spouse abuse programs - Expenditure of funds
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The board of county commissioners may establish or maintain spouse abuse programs. For the purposes of this section, a spouse abuse program is a program that provides emergency housing for victims of domestic violence and their dependents, plus some or all of these additional ser…
N.D.C.C. § 11-11-64 Bond guarantee fund - Purpose - Limitations
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The board of county commissioners of any county having a population of not more than two thousand may establish a bond guarantee fund as provided in this section. The bond guarantee fund may be used to guarantee the indebtedness of nonprofit corporations organized for the purpose…
N.D.C.C. § 11-11-65 Programs and activities for handicapped persons - Expenditure of funds
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The board of county commissioners may establish or maintain programs and activities for handicapped persons, including recreational and other leisure-time activities and informational, health, welfare, transportation, counseling, and referral services. The board may expend funds …
N.D.C.C. § 11-11-66 Board may establish centennial coordinating committee
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Repealed by omission from this code. 11-11-67. Programs and activities of nonprofit organizations that assist the arts - Expenditure of funds. The board of county commissioners may establish or maintain programs and activities for the benefit of nonprofit organizations that assis…
N.D.C.C. § 11-11-68 Limitation on authority - Seed
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Notwithstanding any other law, a county may not impose any requirements or restrictions pertaining to the registration, labeling, distribution, sale, handling, use, application, transportation, or disposal of seed.
N.D.C.C. § 11-11-69 Cooperative purchasing - Authorized
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With the approval of the board of county commissioners, a county may participate in cooperative purchasing agreements with the state, or another political subdivision of this state or any other state, by executing a joint-powers agreement under chapter 54-40.3.
N.D.C.C. § 11-11-70 Development by a foreign adversary - Prohibition
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Expired under S.L. 2023, ch. 109, § 5. 11-11-71. Floodplain management ordinances - Requirements - Limitations - Definitions - Enforcement. 1. As used in this chapter: a. "Floodplain management" has the same meaning as in section 61-16.2-02. b. "Floodplain management ordinance" h…
N.D.C.C. § 11-12-01 Petition to change number of county commissioners - Election on question
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If at least twenty percent of the qualified electors of a county, as determined by the number of votes cast for the office of governor at the preceding general election, shall petition the board of county commissioners for: 1. The increase of the number of county commissioners fr…
N.D.C.C. § 11-12-02 Notice of election - How given
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Notice of an election on the question of increasing or decreasing the number of county commissioners shall be given in the notice of election prescribed by section 16.1-13-05.
N.D.C.C. § 11-12-03 Ballot - Form
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If the petition asks for an increase in the number of county commissioners, the ballot shall be in substantially the following form: Shall ___________________ County (name the county) increase the number of its county commissioners to five? Yes ☐ No ☐ If the petition asks for a r…
N.D.C.C. § 11-12-04 Increase in number of commissioners authorized - New districts formed
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When the returns of an election to pass on the question of increasing the number of county commissioners in a county show that a majority of the votes cast on the question favored such increase, the board of county commissioners, within ten days after the votes have been canvasse…
N.D.C.C. § 11-12-05 Commissioners for new districts appointed
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The members of the board of county commissioners and the county auditor shall meet immediately after the county has been redistricted and shall appoint one commissioner for each of the new districts. The commissioners hold office until their successors are elected and qualified.
N.D.C.C. § 11-12-06 Commissioners for new districts - When elected - Terms of office
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At the first general election following the division of the county into five commissioners' districts, commissioners for the new districts shall be elected. The commissioner for the fourth district shall be elected for a term of two years, and the commissioner for the fifth distr…
N.D.C.C. § 11-13-01 When county auditor to qualify and take office
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The county auditor shall qualify and enter upon the discharge of the duties of office on the first of April next succeeding the auditor's election.
N.D.C.C. § 11-13-02 Duties of county auditor
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The county auditor shall: 1. Act as clerk of the board of county commissioners and keep an accurate record of the official proceedings of the board. 2. Prepare a financial statement of the county annually unless otherwise ordered by the board of county commissioners. 3. Upon rece…
N.D.C.C. § 11-13-03 Auditor's reception book
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Repealed by S.L. 1945, ch. 156, § 1.
N.D.C.C. § 11-13-04 Auditor is chief financial officer of county - To keep account with treasurer
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The county auditor shall be the chief financial officer of the county and shall keep complete and detailed records of all financial transactions of the county, charging the treasurer with the amount of all property taxes assessed and levied by the state and by any taxing subdivis…
N.D.C.C. § 11-13-05 Verification of cash
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Repealed by S.L. 1987, ch. 144, § 2.
N.D.C.C. § 11-13-06 Auditor to issue warrants to taxing districts
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Upon application of the treasurer of any local taxing district, the county auditor shall give the treasurer an order on the county treasurer for the amount due such local taxing district, and shall charge the treasurer with the amount of such order, and at the same time shall not…
N.D.C.C. § 11-13-07 County auditor to keep tax deed record
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The county auditor shall keep a record to be known as the tax deed record in which the auditor shall enter a description of the land foreclosed for unsatisfied tax lien, the date when the notice of foreclosure of tax lien was issued, the date and description of the return of serv…
N.D.C.C. § 11-13-08 Certified copy of tax deed record prima facie evidence
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A certified copy of the auditor's tax deed record, or of any part thereof, given under the hand and seal of the county auditor shall be prima facie evidence in the courts of this state of the matters and things therein contained. 11-13-09. Auditor to furnish copy of proceedings o…
N.D.C.C. § 11-13-10 Auditor to certify abstracts - Fees
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Repealed by S.L. 1999, ch. 105, § 1.
N.D.C.C. § 11-13-11 Auditor to prepare plats of school districts - Record
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The county auditor shall prepare a record or plat showing the boundaries and the names or numbers of the various school districts in the county. Such record shall remain on file in the auditor's office. When the boundaries of a school district are changed or when a new school dis…
N.D.C.C. § 11-13-13 Auditor's record of transfer of title to real property
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Repealed by S.L. 1995, ch. 111, § 3. 11-13-14. Auditor's certificate on conveyances to the state of North Dakota - Recording conveyance. Whenever any sheriff's deed or other conveyance of real property acquired by the state of North Dakota doing business as the Bank of North Dako…
N.D.C.C. § 11-13-15 County auditor to furnish tax information to mortgagee of lands in county
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Whenever a mortgagee or assignee of a mortgagee, holding or owning one or more mortgages upon real estate in any county in this state, shall furnish to the county auditor of such county a description of the lands covered by such mortgage or mortgages, on a sheet of paper provided…
N.D.C.C. § 11-13-16 When county auditor may call special election
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Whenever the board of county commissioners fails or refuses to call a special election required by any law of this state, the county auditor may provide for and call such election upon the petition of a majority of the qualified electors of the county as determined by the poll li…
N.D.C.C. § 11-13-17 Destruction of county records
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Repealed by S.L. 1987, ch. 153, § 1.
N.D.C.C. § 11-13-18 Reporting name of blind person for which exemption is claimed
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The county auditor of each county shall report to the director of the department of transportation the names of all blind persons for which a property exemption is claimed. Such reports as required are for the information of the department of transportation in determining the eli…
N.D.C.C. § 11-14-01 Treasurer eligible two terms only
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Repealed by omission from this code.
N.D.C.C. § 11-14-02 When county treasurer to qualify and take office
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The county treasurer shall qualify and enter upon the discharge of the duties of the office on the first of May next succeeding the treasurer's election.
N.D.C.C. § 11-14-03 Additional bond may be required of treasurer
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Whenever the county treasurer has furnished a bond by personal sureties or by a surety company, the board of county commissioners may require the treasurer to give an additional bond, or additional sureties if, in the opinion of a majority of the commissioners, the existing secur…
N.D.C.C. § 11-14-04 Failure to give additional bond
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If a county treasurer fails or refuses to give an additional bond or additional sureties for ten days from and after the day on which the board of county commissioners requires the treasurer so to do, the treasurer's office shall become vacant and another treasurer shall be appoi…
N.D.C.C. § 11-14-05 County treasurer to certify abstracts - Fees
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Repealed by S.L. 1999, ch. 105, § 1.
N.D.C.C. § 11-14-06 County treasurer to receive and pay out county money
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The county treasurer shall receive all moneys belonging to the county, from whatever source they may be derived, and all other moneys which by law are directed to be paid to the treasurer. The treasurer shall pay out moneys belonging to the county only on a properly drawn county …
N.D.C.C. § 11-14-07 Treasurer to keep record of cash
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The county treasurer shall keep an accurate and detailed record of all moneys which shall come into the treasurer's hands by virtue of the treasurer's office.
N.D.C.C. § 11-14-08 Duties of the county treasurer - Annual settlement
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The county treasurer shall keep a just and true account of the receipts and expenditures of all tax moneys which shall come into the treasurer's hands by virtue of the treasurer's office, in books or records to be kept by the treasurer for that purpose. Such books or records shal…