North Dakota § 11-04-13 City recognized as county seat - Removal and relocation

North Dakota Statutes

§ 11-04-13 — City recognized as county seat - Removal and relocation

North Dakota·Title 11 Counties·Ch. 11-04 County Seat Location and Removal

When a city or unincorporated townsite has been recognized as the county seat of a county
for more than ten years and when all of the public business required by law to be transacted at
the county seat has been transacted at said place during the period of ten years last past, such
city or unincorporated townsite shall be deemed to be the county seat of the county and can be
removed only in the manner provided in this chapter. This statute is not to be in any way
construed to bar the temporary emergency relocation of county government, or to affect the
legality of lawful operations, acts, and functions of county government, while such government
is temporarily relocated at a predesignated emergency relocation site or sites under authority of,
approved by, and as directed by the board of co

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When a city or unincorporated townsite has been recognized as the county seat of a county
for more than ten years and when all of the public business required by law to be transacted at
the county seat has been transacted at said place during the period of ten years last past, such
city or unincorporated townsite shall be deemed to be the county seat of the county and can be
removed only in the manner provided in this chapter. This statute is not to be in any way
construed to bar the temporary emergency relocation of county government, or to affect the
legality of lawful operations, acts, and functions of county government, while such government
is temporarily relocated at a predesignated emergency relocation site or sites under authority of,
approved by, and as directed by the board of county commissioners, a majority of the members
concurring therein as to emergency relocation and the return of county government to the
normal seat of county government.

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