North Dakota Code — 15
Browse 443 sections in division 15 of the North Dakota code. Each section page includes the full statutory text, official source links, and citation guidance.
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- § 15-01-01. Board - Membership - Officers
- § 15-01-02. Powers - Control of public lands and permanent funds
- § 15-01-02.1. Board of university and school lands to set and establish fees Collections
- § 15-01-03. Meetings of board - Quorum
- § 15-01-04. Record of meeting
- § 15-01-05. Expenses of board - How paid - Limitations
- § 15-02-01. Commissioner of university and school lands - Appointment - Oath
- § 15-02-02. Term of office - Vacancy
- § 15-02-03. Commissioner - Salary
- § 15-02-04. Deputy commissioner - Appointment - Oath
- § 15-02-05. Powers and duties in general
- § 15-02-05.1. Additional duties of commissioner
- § 15-02-05.2. Administrator of abandoned property - Employment
- § 15-02-06. Recording of clear lists of original grant lands - Fees
- § 15-02-07. Custody of abstracts and conveyances to state
- § 15-02-08. Commissioner to keep record of permanent funds - Biennial report
- § 15-02-08.1. Investment reports - Report to budget section
- § 15-02-09. Commissioner to have seal - Seal as evidence
- § 15-02-10. Fees for lease, contracts, patents - Collection
- § 15-03-01. Permanent funds - State treasurer
- § 15-03-01.1. Creation of maintenance fund
- § 15-03-01.2. Payment of salaries and expenses from maintenance fund - Vouchers and
- § 15-03-01.3. Apportionment of maintenance fund balances quarterly
- § 15-03-02. Proceeds from trust fund assets
- § 15-03-03. State treasurer to have custody of certain school funds
- § 15-03-04. Legal investments
- § 15-03-04.1. Loan pool account
- § 15-03-04.2. Board authority over farm loans
- § 15-03-04.3. Loan pool account - Management by Bank of North Dakota
- § 15-03-05. One-half of permanent funds to be invested in farm loans - Exception
- § 15-03-05.1. Calculation of fund income - Coal development trust fund
- § 15-03-05.2. Distribution of fund income
- § 15-03-06. Farm loans - Procedure in negotiating and completing loans
- § 15-03-07. Limitations on farm loans
- § 15-03-08. Warrant for amount of loan - Payable to state land commissioner Disbursement
- § 15-03-09. Term, interest, payment of farm loans
- § 15-03-10. Assignment of mortgage - Regulations governing - Execution
- § 15-03-11. Satisfaction of mortgages
- § 15-03-12. Foreclosure of mortgages
- § 15-03-13. Redemption after foreclosure
- § 15-03-14. Conveyance of mortgaged land to state - Effect
- § 15-03-14.1. Quieting title to certain state lands
- § 15-03-15. Meeting to consider investments and approval of farm loans - Notice - Vote
- § 15-03-16. Continuing appropriation for investments
- § 15-03-17. Redemption of bonds by political subdivisions
- § 15-03-18. Commissioner to maintain records of investments
- § 15-03-19. Board authorizing drawing of warrant upon investment of permanent funds
- § 15-03-20. Reducing or canceling interest due on contracts and mortgages
- § 15-03-21. State treasurer - Duty to collect - Report to board - Duty of attorney general
- § 15-04-01. Leasing of school and other public lands - Rent
- § 15-04-02. Lease of cultivated lands for summer fallow
- § 15-04-03. Rent for cultivated lands
- § 15-04-04. Failure to summer-fallow cultivated lands cause for cancellation of lease
- § 15-04-05. Removal of or payment for improvements upon termination or lease of land
- § 15-04-06. Board of appraisers to appraise land in county - Return of appraisement
- § 15-04-07. Minimum rentals
- § 15-04-08. Selection of lands to be leased
- § 15-04-09. Notice of leasing - Publication - Posting
- § 15-04-10. Leasing to be by auction - Requirements governing
- § 15-04-11. Amount of bid deposited at time of leasing - Minimum bid
- § 15-04-12. Adjournment of auction for leasing
- § 15-04-13. Approval of leases by board - Execution of lease contracts
- § 15-04-13.1. Liability of lessee to public
- § 15-04-14. Failure to lease lands after advertisement - Board may make rental
- § 15-04-15. Collection of rentals
- § 15-04-16. Report by county treasurer of rentals collected
- § 15-04-17. County treasurer's bond to indemnify state for collections of rentals
- § 15-04-18. Destruction of timber by lessee prohibited - Exception - Penalty
- § 15-04-19. Lessee not to break or plow uncultivated land - Penalty
- § 15-04-20. Permits to cut hay and to remove timber
- § 15-04-21. Recovery of possession - Actions
- § 15-04-22. Fraudulent bidding - Penalty
- § 15-04-23. County services benefiting school trust lands - Payment - Continuing
- § 15-04-24. Appropriation for land expenses - Continuing appropriation
- § 15-05-01. Coal lands or coal in tracts - Leases - Term
- § 15-05-02. Rental for coal lands - Regulations governing
- § 15-05-03. Lease for coal mining purposes not to interfere with right to lease for
- § 15-05-04. Lands containing coal leased for agricultural purposes - Contents of lease
- § 15-05-05. Board to make rules and regulations governing coal leasing
- § 15-05-06. Valuable deposits found on school and public institution lands - Disposal
- § 15-05-07. State geologist to determine lands on which coal exists
- § 15-05-08. Penalty for mining and prospecting in violation of requirements governing
- § 15-05-09. Leases for oil, gas, and other products
- § 15-05-10. Royalties from oil and gas leases - Obligation to pay - Rents from other
- § 15-05-11. Improvements defined
- § 15-05-12. Sale or lease of land on which improvements have been made - Right of
- § 15-05-12.1. Improvements made on lands by a mineral lessee
- § 15-05-13. Oil, gas, and other leases separate from grazing and farming leases
- § 15-05-14. Bonds for rents and royalties
- § 15-05-15. Assignment of lease only with consent of board
- § 15-05-16. Reports - State geologist - Department of health and human services Department of environmental quality
- § 15-05-17. Lessee first establishing oil well has preference as to leasing of adjacent
- § 15-05-18. Leases of sand and gravel, construction aggregate, and other construction
- § 15-05-19. Appropriation for lease expenses - Continuing appropriation
- § 15-06-01. Original grant lands defined
- § 15-06-02. County board of appraisers - How composed
- § 15-06-03. Appraisement of lands by county board of appraisers - Regulations
- § 15-06-04. Certification and verification of appraisal - Penalty for false statement
- § 15-06-05. When lands remaining unsold reappraised
- § 15-06-06. Selecting and certifying lands for sale - Time of sale
- § 15-06-07. Notice of sale - Contents - Publication
- § 15-06-08. Manner of sale - Purchase price
- § 15-06-09. Postponement of sale - Order for - Publication of notice
- § 15-06-10. Terms of sale - Sale to highest bidder - Penalty for failure to make first
- § 15-06-11. Withdrawal of lands from sale - Notice to county auditor - Public notice
- § 15-06-12. County auditor to act as clerk at sale - Report of sale
- § 15-06-13. Execution of contract with purchaser - Notice - Failure to execute
- § 15-06-14. Subdivision of land into small tracts or lots
- § 15-06-15. Sale of lots and parcels - New appraisal - Terms of sale
- § 15-06-16. Recording of corrected map when tract divided into parcels or lots
- § 15-06-17. Prepayments on contracts permitted - Payment for townsite lands
- § 15-06-18. Resale to original contractholder or heirs or assigns - Condition and terms
- § 15-06-19. Reconveyance to the United States of lands improperly conveyed
- § 15-06-19.1. Exchange of lands with the United States
- § 15-06-20. Coal lands not to be sold but may be leased
- § 15-06-21. Description of school lands withdrawn from sale except for park purposes
- § 15-06-22. Offer to purchase original grant land - Appraisal - Continuing appropriation
- § 15-06-23. Certification and verification of appraisal
- § 15-06-24. When reappraisal unnecessary in land remaining unsold
- § 15-06-25. Notice of sale - Contents - Publication
- § 15-06-26. Manner of sale - Purchase price
- § 15-06-27. Terms of sale - Sale to highest bidder - Penalty for failure to make first
- § 15-06-28. Execution of contract - Failure
- § 15-06-29. Subdivision of land into small tracts or lots
- § 15-06-30. Sale of lots and parcels - New appraisal - Terms of sale
- § 15-06-31. Recording of correct map when tract divided into parcels or lots
- § 15-06-32. Prepayments on contracts permitted
- § 15-06-32.1. Contracts - Renegotiation
- § 15-06-33. Sale of stumpage near Garrison dam authorized
- § 15-06-34. Applications to purchase
- § 15-06-35. Procedure
- § 15-06-36. Sale at public auction
- § 15-06-37. Conveyance
- § 15-06-38. Forest management authorized - Discontinuance
- § 15-06-39. State forester to control lands designated for forest management
- § 15-06-40. Application of income
- § 15-06-41. Reports by state forester to board of university and school lands
- § 15-07-01. Definitions
- § 15-07-02. Rules and regulations for sale of nongrant lands - Powers of board
- § 15-07-03. Sale of nongrant lands authorized
- § 15-07-04. Sale requirements
- § 15-07-05. Public sale of lands other than original grant lands - Notice
- § 15-07-06. Public sale of nongrant lands - Terms and conditions of sale - Contract
- § 15-07-07. Conveyance to purchaser upon payment in full of purchase price
- § 15-07-07.1. Former conveyances confirmed
- § 15-07-08. Sale of nongrant lands on crop payment contract - Conditions precedent to
- § 15-07-09. Sale of nongrant lands on crop payment contract - Payment of purchase
- § 15-07-10. Mortgagor has right to repurchase
- § 15-07-11. Purchaser of farmlands purchased on crop share payment contract Account of farm income - Assignability of contract
- § 15-07-12. Use of lands purchased on crop payment contract for other than income
- § 15-07-13. Applicant for purchase on crop payment contract to pay appraisal fee Private sale authorized on crop payment contract
- § 15-07-14. State has lien on produce of lands sold on crop payment contract
- § 15-07-15. Sale of nongrant lands on amortized payment plan - Conditions of sale
- § 15-07-16. Application to purchase nongrant lands on amortization contract
- § 15-07-17. Terms of sale of nongrant lands sold on amortization contract
- § 15-07-18. Contract of sale on amortized payment plan
- § 15-07-19. Islands owned by state - Lease and sale
- § 15-07-20. Leasing of nongrant lands
- § 15-07-21. Cancellation of leases of nongrant lands
- § 15-07-22. Appropriation for expenses - Continuing appropriation
- § 15-08-01. Permanent and interest and income funds
- § 15-08-01.1. Oil and gas bonus payments - Apportionment and distribution
- § 15-08-02. Township and district assessors to examine state lands - Compensation
- § 15-08-03. Compensation of board of appraisers
- § 15-08-04. Surveys to be made when necessary - Continuing appropriation for
- § 15-08-05. Sale of public lands subject to confirmation
- § 15-08-06. Void sales - Surrender of contract - Refunding of money
- § 15-08-07. Contracts of purchase - Rights of holder - Recording
- § 15-08-08. Assignee or successor in interest of purchaser - Rights and liabilities Judicial sale - Subrogation
- § 15-08-09. Contracts may be surrendered and two or more contracts issued in lieu
- § 15-08-10. Surrender of contract and issuance of new contract and deed for railroad
- § 15-08-11. Contract payments made to commissioner - Report to state treasurer
- § 15-08-12. Cancellation of contracts of sale for default - Notice - Recording
- § 15-08-13. Redemption from cancellation of contracts
- § 15-08-14. Redemption of lands not listed for taxation
- § 15-08-15. Fee title in state until contract is fulfilled - Unlawful detainer
- § 15-08-16. Patents for public lands - Execution
- § 15-08-16.1. Patents to public lands issued to a person who died before date of patent
- § 15-08-17. Patents - Recording - Effect
- § 15-08-18. Notice of sale to county auditors for taxation purposes
- § 15-08-18.1. Taxation of public lands sold on contract - Cancellation
- § 15-08-18.2. Cancellation of taxes upon cancellation of contract
- § 15-08-18.3. Taxation upon sale to vendee under preference right
- § 15-08-18.4. Taxation after reinstatement
- § 15-08-18.5. Payment of tax before conveyance
- § 15-08-18.6. Exception
- § 15-08-19. Taxation of and foreclosure of tax lien on property sold by state on deferred
- § 15-08-19.1. Organized event
- § 15-08-19.2. Public access
- § 15-08-19.3. Vehicular access
- § 15-08-19.4. Prohibited activities - Penalty
- § 15-08-20. Willful and casual trespass - Civil action for damages
- § 15-08-21. Willful trespass - Penalty
- § 15-08-21.1. Willful trespass - Penalty
- § 15-08-22. Seizure and sale of articles severed from land after trespass
- § 15-08-23. State's attorneys to report and prosecute trespasses
- § 15-08-24. Damages recovered paid into school fund
- § 15-08-25. Lease or sale of public lands traversed or bisected by a highway, road,
- § 15-08-26. Removal of or payment for improvements upon termination of lease
- § 15-08-27. Reservations and exceptions on the sale of land
- § 15-08-28. Penalty
- § 15-09-01. Public lands - Application to acquire for public or quasi-public purpose
- § 15-09-02. Appraisal of lands described in application
- § 15-09-03. Notice of hearing on application - Publication - Hearing and right to appear
- § 15-09-04. Board to fix price for lands described in application - Conveyance
- § 15-09-05. Disagreement as to purchase price - Condemnation - Procedure - Fixing
- § 15-10-01. State board of higher education - Institutions administered by board
- § 15-10-01.1. Board of higher education to assume jurisdiction over junior colleges and
- § 15-10-01.2. North Dakota university system - Unified system of higher education
- § 15-10-02. Membership of state board of higher education - Advisers
- § 15-10-03. Terms of office
- § 15-10-04. Failure of senate to confirm nomination to board - Procedure
- § 15-10-05. Appointments to fill vacancies when legislative assembly not in session
- § 15-10-06. Removal - Impeachment only
- § 15-10-07. Oath of office - Quorum
- § 15-10-08. Compensation of board members - Expenses - Legislative appropriations
- § 15-10-09. President and secretary of board - Appointment - Term
- § 15-10-10. State commissioner of higher education - Qualification - Appointment Term - Removal
- § 15-10-10.1. State commissioner of higher education - Contract terms - Institution
- § 15-10-11. Authority and general powers of board
- § 15-10-12. Board may accept gifts and bequests - Deposit of funds
- § 15-10-12.1. Acceptance of buildings and campus improvements - Legislative
- § 15-10-12.2. College and university investment income
- § 15-10-12.3. Capital construction projects - Local fund sources - Local matching funds
- § 15-10-13. Faculties of institutions under supervision of state board of higher
- § 15-10-13.1. Faculty - English language proficiency
- § 15-10-13.2. Public institutions of higher education - Faculty members - Oath or
- § 15-10-13.3. Public institutions of higher education - Alien faculty members - Oath or
- § 15-10-13.4. Academic tenure - Policy - Evaluations
- § 15-10-13.5. Presidential searches
- § 15-10-14. Accounts and records of institutions - Examination and audit
- § 15-10-14.1. Higher education reports
- § 15-10-14.2. Higher education system strategic plan - Reports
- § 15-10-15. Budget requests - Duties of institution heads
- § 15-10-16. Control of funds and appropriations of educational institutions
- § 15-10-16.1. Loans from Bank of North Dakota
- § 15-10-17. Specific powers and duties of the state board of higher education
- § 15-10-17.1. Conduct of students and others and use of facilities of state colleges and
- § 15-10-17.2. Claims against institutions
- § 15-10-17.3. Political advertising - Student housing
- § 15-10-17.4. Contract - Preparation and provision of meals - Policy
- § 15-10-17.5. Quorums of state board of higher education committees
- § 15-10-18. Tuition of nonresidents at schools under control of state board of higher
- § 15-10-18.1. Waiver of tuition at state institutions for North Dakota youth correctional
- § 15-10-18.2. Definitions
- § 15-10-18.3. Free tuition in North Dakota institutions of higher education
- § 15-10-18.4. Definitions
- § 15-10-18.5. Free tuition in North Dakota institutions of higher education for survivor
- § 15-10-19. Nonresident student for tuition purposes defined - Exceptions
- § 15-10-19.1. Nonresident and resident student for tuition purposes defined
- § 15-10-20. Tuition at model schools in higher educational institutions - Attendance
- § 15-10-21. Military instruction required
- § 15-10-22. Course in cooperatives required
- § 15-10-23. Lease of building sites on educational institution grounds
- § 15-10-24. Monthly statements of institutional expenditures and payroll to board of
- § 15-10-25. Abstracts of expenditures and payroll to the office of management and
- § 15-10-25.1. Out-of-state travel by persons employed by the institutions under the
- § 15-10-26. Appropriations
- § 15-10-27. Appropriations for specific purposes - Payment
- § 15-10-28. Agreements with other states' institutions of higher learning and regional
- § 15-10-28.1. Board of higher education to require note from veterinary medicine,
- § 15-10-28.2. Regional veterinary medical education program - Authority to enter
- § 15-10-29. Higher education facilities commission - Membership - Appointment - Term
- § 15-10-30. Powers and duties
- § 15-10-31. Federal money received by commission - Where deposited - How
- § 15-10-32. Compensation of commission members - Travel expenses
- § 15-10-33. Granting easements to state-owned land by the state board of higher
- § 15-10-34. Authorization of contingency funds at institutions under the board of higher
- § 15-10-35. Investment of endowment funds by the institutions under the control of the
- § 15-10-36. Student registration with selective service system
- § 15-10-37. Technology occupations student loan program
- § 15-10-38. Loans - Teacher shortages - Loan forgiveness
- § 15-10-38.1. Skilled workforce student loan repayment program - Skilled workforce
- § 15-10-38.2. Skilled workforce scholarship program - Skilled workforce scholarship
- § 15-10-38.3. Scholarship and loan forgiveness administrative costs
- § 15-10-38.2. The retained funds must be used for promotion and administration of the programs
- § 15-10-38.4. Dual-credit courses - Tuition scholarship program - Administered by the
- § 15-10-39. Fees - Room and meals - Authorization
- § 15-10-40. Long-term lease and leaseback transaction revenue
- § 15-10-41. Centers of excellence
- § 15-10-42. Faculty - English pronunciation - Policy - Report
- § 15-10-43. Veterinary medical education program - Kansas state university - Contract
- § 15-10-43.1. Professional student exchange programs - Bank of North Dakota Agreements - Repayment
- § 15-10-43.2. Professional student exchange programs - Repayment waiver
- § 15-10-44. Higher education information technology - Board duties - Reports
- § 15-10-44.1. Required use of electronic mail, file server administration, database
- § 15-10-44.2. Audits of computer systems - Penalty
- § 15-10-44.3. Internal auditor and compliance officer working papers
- § 15-10-45. Telecommunications and information services competition prohibited Report
- § 15-10-46. University of North Dakota fighting Sioux nickname and logo
- § 15-10-46.1. University of North Dakota athletic nickname and logo
- § 15-10-47. Construction projects at institutions of higher education - Variance reports
- § 15-10-48. Advancement of academics - Matching grants - University of North Dakota
- § 15-10-48.1. Clinical legal education, including indigent legal services, and faculty
- § 15-10-48.2. Agricultural research and extension - Matching grants - North Dakota
- § 15-10-49. Advancement of academics - Matching grants - Two-year and four-year
- § 15-10-50. Liability for pledged amount
- § 15-10-51. Grant review committee
- § 15-10-52. Grant review committee - Compensation
- § 15-10-53. Definition