§ 11-11-01 Number of county commissioners
§ 11-11-02 Commissioner must be resident of district – Exceptions
§ 11-11-03 Term of office of commissioners
§ 11-11-03.1 Commissioners’ service on other boards – Term
§ 11-11-04 Specific provisions to be contained in bond of county commissioners
§ 11-11-05 Meetings of board – Time and place – Pledge of allegiance
§ 11-11-05.1 Joint meetings of boards of county commissioners for consideration of levies of taxing districts in multiple counties
§ 11-11-06 Sessions of board to be public – County matters heard at session only
§ 11-11-07 Quorum – Tie vote defers decision
§ 11-11-08 Chairman – Election – Duties
§ 11-11-09 County seal
§ 11-11-10 Power of board to preserve order – Fines – Collection
§ 11-11-11 General duties of board of county commissioners
§ 11-11-13 Board to ascertain amount of satisfaction of tax lien money
§ 11-11-14 Powers of board of county commissioners
§ 11-11-15 Board may obtain copies of field notes and plats made by United States government
§ 11-11-16 Board has power to erect, repair, and maintain buildings from current revenue
§ 11-11-17 Board of county commissioners may supervise the building or repairing of roads, bridges, and property of the county – Compensation
§ 11-11-19 When commissioners may purchase land without election
§ 11-11-19.1 Lease purchase – Building authority
§ 11-11-25.1 Disposition of unexpended and unencumbered county taxes levied for a specific purpose
§ 11-11-26 When board shall advertise for bids for fuel
§ 11-11-27 Contents of fuel bids advertisement – When bids may be opened – Lowest bidder accepted
§ 11-11-28 Bid must be accompanied by a bond – When certified or cashier’s check allowed
§ 11-11-29 Contract – Form – Contents – Majority vote necessary – When payment made
§ 11-11-30 When contracts for furnishing election supplies let
§ 11-11-33 Special funds may be transferred
§ 11-11-34 Auditing building accounts of board of county commissioners
§ 11-11-35 Board to keep records of proceedings
§ 11-11-36 Order of business
§ 11-11-37 Proceedings of board of county commissioners to be published in official newspaper – When published
§ 11-11-38 Proceedings of county commissioners – Copies received as evidence
§ 11-11-39 Appeal from decision of board by aggrieved person – Bond – Costs and fees payable
§ 11-11-41 Notice
§ 11-11-42 When appeal filed – When tried
§ 11-11-43 Appeals docketed – Procedure
§ 11-11-44 District court may enter final judgment on appeal – Enforcement
§ 11-11-48 Property in county not subject to seizure for judgment
§ 11-11-49 Board may offer reward
§ 11-11-50 Former members of armed services’ room in courthouses
§ 11-11-51 Petitions to board of county commissioners – Qualifications of signers
§ 11-11-52 Board may provide room for historical society
§ 11-11-53 Appropriation for historical works – Authorization of tax levy – Approval of state historical society and attorney general
§ 11-11-53.1 Donation of historical artifacts
§ 11-11-54 Nonprofit fair corporations – Receipt of real or personal property for fair purposes
§ 11-11-55 County may agree to make improvements on private roads – Costs of improvements to constitute lien on real estate
§ 11-11-55.1 Petition or resolution for improvements – Levy of special assessments – Levy of infrastructure fee
§ 11-11-56 Comprehensive health planning by counties and county funding of areawide comprehensive health planning
§ 11-11-57 Counties may cooperate in predatory animal and injurious rodent control
§ 11-11-57.1 Funds available for predatory control
§ 11-11-58 Programs and activities for senior citizens – Expenditure of funds
§ 11-11-62 County restriction of adult establishments – Definitions
§ 11-11-63 Spouse abuse programs – Expenditure of funds
§ 11-11-64 Bond guarantee fund – Purpose – Limitations
§ 11-11-65 Programs and activities for handicapped persons – Expenditure of funds
§ 11-11-67 Programs and activities of nonprofit organizations that assist the arts – Expenditure of funds
§ 11-11-68 Limitation on authority – Seed
§ 11-11-69 Cooperative purchasing – Authorized
§ 11-11-70 Development by a foreign adversary – Prohibition

Terms Used In North Dakota Code > Chapter 11-11 - Board of County Commissioners

  • 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.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Donor: The person who makes a gift.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Female: means a girl, woman, or an individual whose biological reproductive system is developed to produce ova. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • 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
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Individual: means a human being. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Male: means a boy, man, or an individual whose biological reproductive system is developed to produce sperm. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Organization: includes a foreign or domestic association, business trust, corporation, enterprise, estate, joint venture, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, limited partnership, partnership, trust, or any legal or commercial entity. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • paper: means any flexible material upon which it is usual to write. See North Dakota Code 1-01-27
  • Person: means an individual, organization, government, political subdivision, or government agency or instrumentality. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Personal property: includes money, goods, chattels, things in action, and evidences of debt. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • population: means the number of inhabitants as determined by the last preceding state or federal census. See North Dakota Code 1-01-47
  • Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Property: includes property, real and personal. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • qualified elector: means a citizen of the United States who is eighteen years of age or older; and is a resident of this state and of the area affected by the petition. See North Dakota Code 1-01-51
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Rule: includes regulation. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • seal: includes an impression of such seal upon the paper alone as well as upon wax or a wafer affixed thereto. See North Dakota Code 1-01-38
  • 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
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Verified: means sworn to before an officer authorized to administer oaths. See North Dakota Code 1-01-42
  • week: means seven consecutive days and the word "month" a calendar month. See North Dakota Code 1-01-33
  • year: means twelve consecutive months. See North Dakota Code 1-01-33