Title 11 — Counties

Beginning at the southwest corner of township one hundred fifty-five north, range fifty-nine west of the fifth principal meridian; thence east along the line between townships one hundred fifty-four and one hundred fifty-five north to the main channel of the Red River of the Nort…

Beginning at the southwest corner of township one hundred fifty-one north, range eighty-seven west of the fifth principal meridian; thence east along the line between townships one hundred fifty and one hundred fifty-one north to the southeast corner of township one hundred fifty…

Beginning at the southwest corner of township one hundred forty-five north, range seventy-three west of the fifth principal meridian, a point on the eleventh standard parallel; thence east along the eleventh standard parallel to the southeast corner of township one hundred forty-…

Beginning at the point where the boundary line between the states of North Dakota and Montana intersects the line between townships one hundred fifty-nine and one hundred sixty north; thence south along the boundary line between the states of North Dakota and Montana to the main …

Whenever it is desired to form a new county out of one or more of the then existing counties, a petition conforming to the provisions of this chapter shall be presented to the board of county commissioners of each county to be affected by the division. If it appears to such board…

The petition for the formation of a new county under this chapter shall: 1. Describe the territory proposed to be taken for the new county. 2. Set forth the name of the proposed new county. 3. Be signed by a majority of the qualified electors residing in the territory to be taken…

Notice of the election shall be given and the votes polled at the election shall be canvassed and returned as in the case of general elections.

The ballot to be used in an election under this chapter shall be in substantially the following form: Shall the county of _______________ (name county) be formed from territory in the county of ___________________, or the counties of ________________ (name the county or counties …

The board of county commissioners appointed by the governor shall fix the temporary location of the county seat. The county seat shall remain at such location until after the first general election thereafter.

The board of county commissioners appointed by the governor, after the members thereof have qualified, shall appoint all the county officers of the newly organized county. Such officers, after having qualified, hold their offices until the first general election thereafter and un…

When a new county is organized, the board of county commissioners thereof shall cause to be transcribed, by copying or by photographing into the proper books, all the records, deeds, and other instruments relating to real estate, and all other records and instruments of every kin…

A county organized under this chapter shall assume and pay a just proportion of the indebtedness of the county from which it is segregated, based upon the last assessed valuation of the original county and in the proportion that the valuation within the segregated portion bears t…

The amount of indebtedness of a county organized under this chapter, as ascertained by the two boards of county commissioners, shall be paid to the county from which it segregates in the bonds of the new county.

The bonds of the new county shall be: 1. Dated as of the first day of the January or July from which the outstanding indebtedness of the original county is calculated as provided in section 11-03-11. 2. Issued for a period corresponding with the time or term on which the obligati…

The county treasurer of a county issuing bonds under the provisions of this chapter shall provide a book to be called the "bond register" wherein the treasurer shall note, as to each such bond: 1. The number and denomination thereof. 2. The date of its issue. 3. When and where th…

The board of county commissioners of a county issuing bonds under the provisions of this chapter shall levy and cause to be collected for each year after the date of such bonds a tax sufficient to pay the interest thereon as it shall become due and also sufficient to establish si…

The board of county commissioners of a county from which a portion segregates under this chapter, immediately after such segregation, shall redistrict its county into the commissioners' districts provided for by the laws then existing and shall fill any vacancies occasioned by th…

School districts and road districts within a county affected by this chapter shall be renumbered so as to make their numbers run consecutively in each county.

The validity of bonds issued by school districts prior to the division of a county under this chapter shall not be affected by the division nor by the renumbering or renaming of the school district which issued them.

The authority of a county, from which a portion segregates under the provisions of this chapter, to collect revenue within the boundaries of the new county shall cease on the date upon which the two boards of county commissioners base the settlement between their counties. All as…

A county organized under the provisions of this chapter shall remain a part of the judicial district to which it belonged before its organization.

The judges of the judicial district in which a county organized under this chapter is situated shall appoint and hold at least two terms of the district court each year at the county seat of such county.

All process, writs, bonds, notices, appeals, recognizances, papers, and proceedings in actions changed to a new county under this chapter, issued and made returnable to the district court of the original county prior to the creation of the new county, shall be taken and considere…

County commissioners while in the discharge of their duties as provided for in this chapter shall receive the same compensation as is allowed by law for the performance by county commissioners of their ordinary official duties.

All elections held under this chapter, when it is not otherwise provided, shall be conducted in the manner prescribed by law for the conduct of general elections. The refusal or neglect on the part of an official to perform the official's lawful duties in connection with an elect…

When the temporary county seat of any county has been designated by the board of county commissioners under section 11-03-07, the question of the permanent location of such county seat may be voted upon at any primary election for the purpose of selecting candidates to be voted u…

The names of cities or unincorporated townsites contending for the county seat shall be placed upon the primary election ballot by petition. Each such petition shall: 1. Designate the proposed county seat. 2. Be signed by at least ten percent of the qualified electors of the coun…

The two sites or places receiving the highest number of votes at the primary election, and only such two, shall be placed on the official ballot at the first following general election. The city or unincorporated townsite receiving the higher number of votes cast for the county s…

Whenever a petition of qualified electors of the county equal in number to thirty-three percent of the votes cast in the county for the office of governor at the preceding gubernatorial election is presented to the board of county commissioners of that county asking removal of th…

A petition for the removal of a county seat must be verified by the affidavit of the circulator stating that each signator is a resident of the county and a qualified elector therein, that each signator personally signed the signator's name to the petition knowing the contents an…

The ballot to be used at an election for the removal of a county seat must be in a form that will allow an elector to vote for the existing county seat or a place in the county named in the petition under section 11-04-04.

If two-thirds or more of all the legal votes cast by those voting on the question of removal of the county seat at such election are in favor of the removal, the board of county commissioners must give notice of the result of the election by posting notices in all of the election…

Whenever an election for removal of a county seat has been held, the statement made by the board of county commissioners showing the result of the election must be filed in the office of the county auditor and a certified copy thereof transmitted to the secretary of state.

An election for the removal of a county seat may not be held more often than once in four years.

Repealed by S.L. 1995, ch. 109, § 3.

When a city or unincorporated townsite has been recognized as the county seat of a county for more than ten years and when all of the public business required by law to be transacted at the county seat has been transacted at said place during the period of ten years last past, su…

Repealed by S.L. 1993, ch. 401, § 53.

If a county consolidation plan is submitted to two or more boards of county commissioners pursuant to chapter 11-05.1, each board of county commissioners shall submit the question of consolidation to the qualified electors of the county at a primary election as specified by the c…

The county auditor of each of the counties affected shall publish once each week for at least two consecutive weeks prior to the election in the official newspaper of the county a notice giving the date of the primary election, the hours during which the polls will be opened, a r…

The ballots used at an election held under the provisions of this chapter must be in substantially the following form: Shall the corporate existence and governments of the county of _________________ and the county (or counties) of _________________ be consolidated into one count…

The votes polled at an election held under the provisions of this chapter shall be canvassed and returned in the manner provided for canvassing votes polled at general elections.

A majority of the legal votes cast on the question of consolidation in each of the counties affected is necessary for approval of a county consolidation plan.

Repealed by S.L. 1993, ch. 401, § 53.

Within ten days after the filing of the findings and certificates of the canvassing board on the question of consolidation in each of the counties, the county auditor of each county shall send a correct and duly certified abstract of the votes polled at the election to the secret…

At the next succeeding general election after consolidation is approved by the voters and redistricting of the new county is accomplished pursuant to the consolidation plan, there must be elected for the new county all county officers provided for by general law or as prescribed …

On the first Monday in January following the election of county officers, or on another date as prescribed in the approved consolidation plan, the affected counties are for all purposes a single county as prescribed in the consolidated plan. All rights, privileges, and franchises…

Repealed by S.L. 1993, ch. 401, § 53.

Repealed by S.L. 1993, ch. 401, § 53.

Repealed by S.L. 1993, ch. 401, § 53. 11-05-13. Money and property delivered to adjoining county - Money to be kept in separate fund. Repealed by S.L. 1993, ch. 401, § 53.

Repealed by S.L. 1993, ch. 401, § 53.