North Dakota § 21-04-01 Definitions

North Dakota Statutes

§ 21-04-01 — Definitions

North Dakota § 21-04-01

Title 21Governmental Finance

Ch. 21-04Depositories of Public Funds

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N.D. Cent. Code § 21-04-01 (2026).

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In this chapter, unless the context or subject matter otherwise requires:

1."Board" means the governing board of any public corporation, including the board of county commissioners, the city council, the board of city commissioners, the school board, the board of township supervisors, and the park board.

2."Clerk" means the person who performs for any public corporation the duties ordinarily performed by a clerk, including the county auditor, the city auditor, the township clerk, and the business manager of the school district.

3."Financial institutions" includes state and national banks insured by the federal deposit insurance corporation, state-chartered or federally chartered savings and loans insured by the federal savings and loan insurance corporation, and state-chartered or feder

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In this chapter, unless the context or subject matter otherwise requires:
1. "Board" means the governing board of any public corporation, including the board of
county commissioners, the city council, the board of city commissioners, the school
board, the board of township supervisors, and the park board.
2. "Clerk" means the person who performs for any public corporation the duties ordinarily
performed by a clerk, including the county auditor, the city auditor, the township clerk,
and the business manager of the school district.
3. "Financial institutions" includes state and national banks insured by the federal deposit
insurance corporation, state-chartered or federally chartered savings and loans
insured by the federal savings and loan insurance corporation, and state-chartered or
federally chartered credit unions insured by the national credit union administration.
4. "Public corporation" includes a county, city, township, school district, and any body
corporate except a private corporation.
5. "Public funds" includes all funds derived from taxation, fees, penalties, sale of bonds,
or from any other source, which belong to and are the property of a public corporation
or of the state, and all sinking funds of such public corporation or of the state, and all
funds from whatever source derived and for whatever purpose to be expended of
which a public corporation or the state have legal custody. The term includes funds of
which any board, bureau, commission, or individual, created or authorized by law, is
authorized to have control as the legal custodian for any purpose whatsoever whether
such funds were derived from general or special taxation or the assessment of
persons or corporations for a specific purpose. The term does not include funds of
students or student organizations deposited in a student financial institution approved
by and under the control of the school board.
6. "State" includes the state of North Dakota and any institution, industry, enterprise, or
agency of the state.