North Dakota § 32-15-06 - Entry for making surveys

§ 32-15-06. Entry for making surveys

1. a. In a case in which land is required for public use, the person or the person's agents in charge of the use may survey and locate the land after providing the owner on the tax list a written notice of intent to survey. The notice must contain the name, proposed completion date, type, proposed route or location of the project associated with the survey, nature of the work the person in charge of the public use intends to complete, and the name, telephone number, physical address, and mailing address of the person in charge of the public use. b. The person in charge of the public use shall deliver the notice to the owner on the tax list through certified mail. The person in charge of the public use may not survey the land until thirty days after delivery of the notice, unless the owner consents to an earlier survey date. If the person in charge of the public use fails to survey the land within ninety days of delivery of the notice, the person shall deliver a new notice of intent to survey through certified mail. A survey conducted under a subsequently issued notice of intent to survey must be conducted in accordance with the timeline established under this subdivision. 2. The survey and location of the condemner's project must be located in the manner which will be compatible with the greatest public benefit and the least private injury and subject to section 32-15-21. 3. The person in charge of the public use may enter upon the land and make examinations, surveys, and maps of the land in accordance with subsection 1, and the entry does not constitute a claim for relief in favor of the owner of the land except for injuries resulting from negligence, wantonness, or malice.