§ 61-07-01 — Powers and duties of irrigation district

Each irrigation district:
1. Shall be a body corporate.
2. Shall possess all the powers and duties usual to corporations organized for public
purposes and those conferred by the provisions of this title or which may be conferred
by law.
3. May sue and be sued in its corporate name and may institute and maintain any and all
actions and proceedings, including suits at law or in equity, necessary or proper, in
order to carry out fully the provisions of this chapter, or to enforce, maintain, protect, or
preserve any and all rights, privileges, and immunities created by this title, or acquired
in pursuance thereof.
4. May contract and be contracted with.
5. May hold, lease, own, and possess such real and personal property as shall come into
its possession by contract, conveyance, purchase, gift, or otherwise.
6. Subject to chapter 32-15, may exercise the right of eminent domain for the purpose of
acquiring right of way for ditches, flumes, canals, pipelines, and other conveyance
systems, sites for dams and reservoirs, wells and well fields, related drainage
systems, and for any other purpose or works necessary to establish and construct a
complete system of irrigation works.
In all courts, actions, suits, or proceedings, the board of directors may sue, appear and defend,
in person or by attorneys, in the name of such irrigation district.