Title 46, Printing Laws

If a newspaper elected as the official newspaper suspends publication or ceases to possess the qualifications prescribed in section 46-06-02, a vacancy must be deemed to exist. The board of county commissioners at once shall designate another newspaper having the required qualifi…

There must be published in the official newspaper: 1. All official proceedings of the board of county commissioners of the county in which it is elected. 2. All notices and publications which are required by law to be published by any county officer. 3. All publications of every …

A legal publication of any kind or character described in section 46-06-09 which is not published in the duly elected official newspaper is null and void.

1. "Electronic" means relating to technology having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic, or similar capabilities. 2. "Legal material" means, whether or not in effect: a. The Constitution of North Dakota. b. The North Dakota Century Code. c. The North…

This chapter applies to all legal material in an electronic record that is designated as official under section 46-03.1-03 and published electronically after July 31, 2013.

1. If an official publisher publishes legal material only in an electronic record, the publisher shall: a. Designate the electronic record as official; and b. Comply with sections 46-03.1-04, 46-03.1-06, and 46-03.1-07. 2. An official publisher that publishes legal material in an…

An official publisher of legal material in an electronic record that is designated as official under section 46-03.1-03 shall authenticate the record. To authenticate an electronic record, the publisher shall provide a method for a user to determine that the record received by th…

1. Legal material in an electronic record that is authenticated under section 46-03.1-04 is presumed to be an accurate copy of the legal material. 2. If another state has adopted a law substantially similar to this chapter, legal material in an electronic record that is designate…

1. An official publisher of legal material in an electronic record that is or was designated as official under section 46-03.1-04 shall provide for the preservation and security of the record in an electronic form or a form that is not electronic. 2. If legal material is preserve…

An official publisher of legal material in an electronic record that is required to be preserved under section 46-03.1-06 shall ensure that the material is reasonably available for use by the public on a permanent basis.

In implementing this chapter, an official publisher of legal material in an electronic record shall consider: 1. Standards and practices of other jurisdictions; 2. The most recent standards regarding authentication of, preservation and security of, and public access to, legal mat…

In applying and construing this chapter, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.

This chapter modifies, limits, and supersedes the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act [15 U.S.C. 7001 et seq.] but does not modify, limit, or supersede section 101(c) of that Act [15 U.S.C. 7001(c)] or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices desc…