§ 32-15-01 Eminent domain defined – How exercised – Condemnor defined – Exceptions
§ 32-15-02 Purposes for which exercised
§ 32-15-03 What estate subject to be taken
§ 32-15-03.2 Termination of estates greater than an easement
§ 32-15-04 What property may be taken
§ 32-15-05 What must appear before property taken
§ 32-15-06 Entry for making surveys
§ 32-15-06.1 Duty to negotiate – Just compensation – Appraisals
§ 32-15-06.2 Disclosures
§ 32-15-13 Jury may be demanded
§ 32-15-16 Special term of court to hear issue
§ 32-15-17 Issues tried at any term of court
§ 32-15-18 What complaint must contain
§ 32-15-19 Joinder, consolidation, and separation of proceedings
§ 32-15-20 Who may defend
§ 32-15-21 Power of court
§ 32-15-22 Assessment of damages
§ 32-15-23 When right to damages accrues
§ 32-15-24 When title defective
§ 32-15-25 When judgment paid
§ 32-15-26 Payment or deposit – Proceedings annulled
§ 32-15-27 Final order – Filing
§ 32-15-28 Public corporation bound by judgment
§ 32-15-29 When possession taken – How money paid defendant – Acceptance – Abandonment of defenses
§ 32-15-30 Payment of money into court at risk of plaintiff
§ 32-15-31 Deposit of money with state treasurer
§ 32-15-32 Costs
§ 32-15-33 Rules of practice
§ 32-15-34 New trials and appeals
§ 32-15-35 Eminent domain proceedings – Costs of defendant to be paid when proceedings withdrawn or dismissed by party bringing the proceedings
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Terms Used In North Dakota Code > Chapter 32-15 - Eminent Domain

  • Allegation: something that someone says happened.
  • 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.
  • Appraisal: A determination of property value.
  • Clerk of court: An officer appointed by the court to work with the chief judge in overseeing the court's administration, especially to assist in managing the flow of cases through the court and to maintain court records.
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • 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.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
  • Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
  • 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
  • Individual: means a human being. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • Person: means an individual, organization, government, political subdivision, or government agency or instrumentality. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Property: includes property, real and personal. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • 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
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • 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
  • 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