North Dakota § 40-01-01 - Definitions
Full text of North Dakota North Dakota Century Code § 40-01-01 — Definitions, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 40-01-01. Definitions
In this title, unless the context or subject matter otherwise requires: 1. "City" includes cities incorporated under the city council form and city commission system of government, unless the contrary shall appear. 2. "Executive officer" means the mayor in council cities or the president of the board of city commissioners in commission cities. 3. "Governing body" means the city council or the board of city commissioners, as the case may be, of a municipality concerned or affected. 4. "Municipal corporation" or "municipality" includes all cities organized under the laws of this state, but shall not include any other political subdivision. 5. "Warrant" means an order drawn by the proper official of the city on its treasury, the warrant or order to be so drawn that when signed by the auditor in an appropriate place it becomes a check on the depository of such city, and no warrant upon the treasury shall be delivered or mailed to the payee or the payee's agent or representative until such warrant has been signed by the auditor and entered on the auditor's books as a check drawn on a bank depository.
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Section 40-01-01 ("Definitions") is part of the North Dakota Century Code, the codified statutory law of North Dakota. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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