The duplication or payment of any mutilated, defaced, lost, or destroyed obligation must be made upon resolution duly adopted:

Terms Used In North Dakota Code 21-06-03

  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • written: include "typewriting" and "typewritten" and "printing" and "printed" except in the case of signatures and when the words are used by way of contrast to typewriting and printing. See North Dakota Code 1-01-37

1.    In case of a bond or interest coupon of the state, by the industrial commission.

2.    In case of any other obligation of the state, by the board, officer, or agency which authorized the issuance of the original.

3.    In case of an obligation of a political subdivision, by the governing board thereof.

Before a duplicate may be issued or payment made in connection with a lost or destroyed obligation, the owner thereof shall furnish proof of such loss or destruction whereupon the state or political subdivision, as the case may be, may require either a surety bond in the amount of the lost obligation, a signed written agreement by the owner, or similar assurance conditioned to save the obligor harmless in the premises. If the Bank of North Dakota is the owner of any such obligation, it may not be required to furnish a bond but it shall furnish proof of the loss or destruction of the obligation and shall reimburse the state or political subdivision for any loss or damage suffered by reason of the issuance of such duplicate or the payment of such obligation.