§ 30.1-13-01 — (3-201) Venue for first and subsequent estate proceedings - Location of property

property.
1. Venue for the first informal or formal testacy or appointment proceedings after a
decedent's death is:
a. In the county where the decedent was domiciled at the time of death.
b. If the decedent was not domiciled in this state, in any county where property of
the decedent was located at the time of death.
2. Venue for all subsequent proceedings within the exclusive jurisdiction of the court is in
the place where the initial proceeding occurred, unless the initial proceeding has been
transferred as provided in section 30.1-02-03 or subsection 3.
3. If the first proceeding was informal, on application of an interested person and after
notice to the proponent in the first proceeding, the court, upon finding that venue is
elsewhere, may transfer the proceeding and the file to the other court.
4. For the purpose of aiding determinations concerning location of assets which may be
relevant in cases involving nondomiciliaries, a debt, other than one evidenced by
investment or commercial paper or other instrument in favor of a nondomiciliary, is
located where the debtor resides, or, if the debtor is a person other than an individual,
at the place where it has its principal office. Commercial paper, investment paper, and
other instruments are located where the instrument is. An interest in property held in
trust is located where the trustee may be sued.