North Dakota Code 57-30-03 – Joinder of parties defendant
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In any action brought to determine adverse claims, the county may join as parties defendant as many persons who have estate or interest in, or liens or encumbrances upon any real property appearing of record, as the state‘s attorney shall deem necessary, regardless of the nonexistence of a common interest in and to all of the real property involved in such action, and all other persons unknown whose estates or interests do not appear of record may be proceeded against and joined as parties defendant by adding to the title the following recital:
Terms Used In North Dakota Code 57-30-03
- Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- 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
- Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
- 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.
- 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
All other persons unknown claiming any estate or interest in, or lien or encumbrance upon, the property described in the complaint.