North Dakota Code 15.1-12-04 – Annexation of property to school district – Petition requirements
1. A petition to request the annexation of property must:
Terms Used In North Dakota Code 15.1-12-04
- 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
- 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.
- Person: means an individual, organization, government, political subdivision, or government agency or instrumentality. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- Property: includes property, real and personal. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- year: means twelve consecutive months. See North Dakota Code 1-01-33
a. Be obtained from the county superintendent of schools; b. Identify all property to be annexed, before circulation; c. Identify one child whose place of residence is on the property to be annexed and whose parent has stated an intention to send the child to a public school in the district receiving the property during the school year following the effective date of the annexation; d. Be signed in the presence of the petition carrier; and
e. Be submitted to the county superintendent whose jurisdiction includes the administrative headquarters of the district.
2. Any person who wishes to add or remove that person’s name from the annexation petition may do so until five p.m. on the last business day before the public hearing by the county committee; provided the person appears before the county superintendent to request the action.
3. This section does not apply to annexations involving an exchange of property.