§ 57-09-06 — Assessor's statement and return to auditor

The assessor shall add and note the amount of each column in the assessor's assessment
books after making the corrections ordered by the township board of equalization. The assessor
also shall make in each book a tabular statement showing the footings of the several columns
on the page and shall add and set down under the respective headings the total amount of the
several columns. On or before the second Monday in May in each year, the assessor shall
make returns to the county auditor of the assessment books, and shall deliver the lists and
statements of all persons assessed, all of which must be filed and preserved in the office of the
county auditor. The returns must be verified by the assessor's affidavit substantially in the
following form:
STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA )
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County of )

I, ____________, assessor of ____________, swear that the book to which this is
attached contains a full list of all property subject to taxation in ____________ so far as I
have been able to ascertain, and that the assessed value set down in the columns opposite
the several kinds and descriptions of property in each case is fifty percent of the true and
full value of the property, to the best of my knowledge and belief, except where and as
corrected by the township board of equalization, and that the footings of the several
columns in the book, and the tabular statement returned herewith, are correct, as I verily
believe.
___________________________________
Assessor
Subscribed and sworn to before me on ______________, ______.
___________________________________
Auditor of _______________
County, North Dakota