North Dakota § 32-17-21 Holder of contract for purchase of land from state may sue

North Dakota Statutes

§ 32-17-21 — Holder of contract for purchase of land from state may sue

North Dakota § 32-17-21

Title 32Judicial Remedies

Ch. 32-17Actions to Quiet Title and Determine Claims to Real Estate

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N.D. Cent. Code § 32-17-21 (2026).

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Any person who shall hold any contract from the state through the board of university and
school lands, or otherwise, for the purchase of any real property within the state, may maintain
any action for injuries done to the same, or an action to recover possession thereof, in the same
manner as though the person possessed the fee simple title to such lands. However, in any
action or proceeding by or against a railway company with reference to right of way or
otherwise, the court, in any judgment which it may enter, shall protect the interest of the state in
and to such real property to the extent that the value of such lands taken, at the price agreed to
be paid per acre to the state therefor, shall be directed to be paid to the proper officials of the
state, and, upon such payment, any cla

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Any person who shall hold any contract from the state through the board of university and
school lands, or otherwise, for the purchase of any real property within the state, may maintain
any action for injuries done to the same, or an action to recover possession thereof, in the same
manner as though the person possessed the fee simple title to such lands. However, in any
action or proceeding by or against a railway company with reference to right of way or
otherwise, the court, in any judgment which it may enter, shall protect the interest of the state in
and to such real property to the extent that the value of such lands taken, at the price agreed to
be paid per acre to the state therefor, shall be directed to be paid to the proper officials of the
state, and, upon such payment, any claim of the state or any of its boards to such part of said
property as shall be taken by the railway company shall be at an end.