§ 40-01-12 — Claims and accounts against municipalities audited

No account or claim against a municipality to be paid from any fund, including a municipal
utilities fund, shall be allowed by the governing body thereof until a full itemized statement in
writing has been filed with the governing body or unless otherwise authorized by the governing
body pursuant to contract or other action. The governing body, in its discretion, may require the
filing of any additional information which it may deem necessary to the proper understanding
and audit of any claim or account and it may require the filing of a sworn statement in such form
as it may prescribe. Every account or claim which is allowed by the governing body shall be
shown in the minutes of the proceedings of the governing body except that wages and salaries
of persons employed by the city may be consolidated and allowed in one order as provided by
subsection 15 of section 40-16-03 and reference made in the proceedings of the governing
body to the payroll record certified to the city auditor.