North Dakota § 21-04-08 - Bond of depository - Approval or disapproval - Term

§ 21-04-08. Bond of depository - Approval or disapproval - Term

Except as is otherwise provided in sections 21-04-16 and 21-04-17, and before any deposit is made in any depository other than the Bank of North Dakota, by or in behalf of any public corporation, such depository shall furnish a bond payable to the public corporation making such deposit in an amount that at least equals the largest deposit that at any time may be in such depository. Such bond must be approved as to form by the state's attorney and as to amount and sufficiency by the board. If the board fails or refuses to approve any such bond, the same may be presented to the judge of the district court, upon three days' notice to the clerk of the public corporation to which such bond was submitted, and the judge shall proceed forthwith to hear and determine the sufficiency of such bond and may approve or disapprove the same as the facts warrant. If the judge approves such bond, the said financial institution must be declared a depository of the funds of such public corporation. The sureties on all bonds required by public corporations according to the provisions of this chapter shall justify as required by chapter 32-02. In lieu of such personal bond, the governing board of the public corporation involved may require the financial institution designated as a depository to file a surety bond for a sum equal to the amount of funds such financial institution may receive according to the provisions of this chapter. Such bond, when approved, must be deposited with the county auditor. Such bond must be a continuing bond and must be binding until the proper board of the public corporation shall require a new or different bond, but in no case involving the deposit of funds of public corporations may such bond be continued without a renewal thereof for a longer period than four years.