North Dakota Code 47-19-02 – Instruments entitled to record without acknowledgment
The following instruments may be recorded without acknowledgment or further proof:
Terms Used In North Dakota Code 47-19-02
- Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute means the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- 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
- Uniform Commercial Code: A set of statutes enacted by the various states to provide consistency among the states' commercial laws. It includes negotiable instruments, sales, stock transfers, trust and warehouse receipts, and bills of lading. Source: OCC
- United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
1. An instrument issued by an agency, bureau, department, or the judiciary of the United States, this state or a political subdivision of this state, or an Indian tribe recognized by the United States department of the interior. An instrument includes a contract or agreement that is entered by one of these governmental entities that contract or agreement is deemed to have been issued by the entity.
2. An instrument certified by an agency, bureau, department, or the judiciary of the United States or a foreign government, a state of the United States or a political subdivision of a state, or an Indian tribe recognized by the United States department of the interior.
3. A lis pendens or other instrument that is signed by an attorney at law licensed to practice law in this state which bears the attorney’s identification number issued by the state board of law examiners.
4. An affidavit that bears a jurat or verification upon oath or affirmation.
5. A Uniform Commercial Code financing statement under title 41.
6. A plat signed by a land surveyor registered in this state.