North Dakota § 47-09-12 Interpretation of descriptive words

North Dakota Statutes

§ 47-09-12 — Interpretation of descriptive words

North Dakota § 47-09-12

Title 47Property

Ch. 47-09Title by Transfer - General Provisions

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N.D. Cent. Code § 47-09-12 (2026).

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If any instrument relating to real or personal property shall be executed by or to any person
as trustee, guardian, executor, administrator, or in any other representative capacity, and shall
fail to identify clearly the beneficiary by name and the nature of the trust, the qualifying words in
such instrument shall be treated as surplusage and as description only of the person by whom
or to whom the instrument was executed.

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If any instrument relating to real or personal property shall be executed by or to any person
as trustee, guardian, executor, administrator, or in any other representative capacity, and shall
fail to identify clearly the beneficiary by name and the nature of the trust, the qualifying words in
such instrument shall be treated as surplusage and as description only of the person by whom
or to whom the instrument was executed.