North Dakota § 21-02.1-04 Answer to petition - Defense by person interested

North Dakota Statutes

§ 21-02.1-04 — Answer to petition - Defense by person interested

North Dakota § 21-02.1-04

Title 21Governmental Finance

Ch. 21-02.1Evidence of Indebtedness Proceedings - Judicial Review

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N.D. Cent. Code § 21-02.1-04 (2026).

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Any person interested in the proceedings for issuance or sale of the evidence of
indebtedness or proceedings relating to the payment of the evidence of indebtedness may
answer the petition. The provisions of title 28 and the North Dakota Rules of Civil Procedure
relating to the answer to a complaint are applicable to an answer to a petition. The person
answering the petition must be the defendant in the special proceeding and the political
subdivision must be the plaintiff. Every material statement of the petition not specifically
controverted by the answer, for the purpose of the special proceeding, is to be taken as true.
Each person failing to answer the petition is deemed to admit as true all the material statements
of the petition. The rules of pleading and practice provided by title 

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Any person interested in the proceedings for issuance or sale of the evidence of
indebtedness or proceedings relating to the payment of the evidence of indebtedness may
answer the petition. The provisions of title 28 and the North Dakota Rules of Civil Procedure
relating to the answer to a complaint are applicable to an answer to a petition. The person
answering the petition must be the defendant in the special proceeding and the political
subdivision must be the plaintiff. Every material statement of the petition not specifically
controverted by the answer, for the purpose of the special proceeding, is to be taken as true.
Each person failing to answer the petition is deemed to admit as true all the material statements
of the petition. The rules of pleading and practice provided by title 28 and the North Dakota
Rules of Civil Procedure which are not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter are
applicable to the special proceeding provided for in this chapter.