North Dakota Code 15-09-01 – Public lands – Application to acquire for public or quasi-public purpose
The state of North Dakota or any person, firm, limited liability company, or public or private corporation, desiring to acquire any school or institution lands of the state for:
Terms Used In North Dakota Code 15-09-01
- 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.
- Person: means an individual, organization, government, political subdivision, or government agency or instrumentality. 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
- Verified: means sworn to before an officer authorized to administer oaths. See North Dakota Code 1-01-42
- 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. Townsite purposes; 2. Schoolhouse sites; 3. Church sites; 4. Cemetery sites; 5. Sites for other educational or charitable institutions; 6. Sites for public parks; 7. Sites for fairgrounds; 8. Public highway purposes; 9. Fish hatcheries; 10. Airports; 11. Railroad right of way or other railroad uses and purposes; 12. Reservoirs for the storage of water for irrigation; 13. Drainage ditches; 14. Irrigation ditches; or
15. Any of the other purposes for which the right of eminent domain may be exercised under the constitution and laws of the state, may make written application to the board of university and school lands therefor. Such application shall state briefly the purposes for which the land is required, describe the land as accurately as practicable, and shall be accompanied by a map showing the land desired. The application shall be verified by the applicant, or, if the applicant is a public or private corporation, by some officer thereof, or, if the applicant is a limited liability company, by some manager thereof, or, if the applicant is the state of North Dakota, by an officer of the commission, board, or department desiring to acquire the land.