Upon a written petition signed by not less than three-fourths of the qualified electors or by the owners of not less than three-fourths in assessed value of the property in any territory contiguous or adjacent to any incorporated municipality and not embraced within the limits thereof, the governing body of the municipality, by ordinance, may annex such territory to the municipality.

Terms Used In North Dakota Code 40-51.2-03

  • Property: includes property, real and personal. 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
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