N.D. Cent. Code § 1-05-04
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1-05-04. Validation of foreclosure of mortgage by foreign executor, administrator, or guardian
Official statutory text
1-05-04. Validation of foreclosure of mortgage by foreign executor, administrator, or
guardian.
If any real estate mortgage given prior to January 1, 1943, was foreclosed in any action or
proceeding by a foreign executor, administrator, or guardian, such foreclosure, after six months
from and after the date this code takes effect, may not be set aside by reason of the
appointment of a resident executor, administrator, or guardian, or by reason of the failure of any
such foreign executor, administrator, or guardian to file an authenticated copy of the person's
appointment as such executor, administrator, or guardian, in the office of the clerk of the district
court, or to record such copy in the office of the recorder of the county in which the action or
proceeding to foreclose such mortgage was commenced, if a certified copy of such appointment
heretofore has been recorded in such county, and if in the action or proceeding to foreclose
such mortgage a sheriff's certificate has been issued prior to January 1, 1943.
guardian.
If any real estate mortgage given prior to January 1, 1943, was foreclosed in any action or
proceeding by a foreign executor, administrator, or guardian, such foreclosure, after six months
from and after the date this code takes effect, may not be set aside by reason of the
appointment of a resident executor, administrator, or guardian, or by reason of the failure of any
such foreign executor, administrator, or guardian to file an authenticated copy of the person's
appointment as such executor, administrator, or guardian, in the office of the clerk of the district
court, or to record such copy in the office of the recorder of the county in which the action or
proceeding to foreclose such mortgage was commenced, if a certified copy of such appointment
heretofore has been recorded in such county, and if in the action or proceeding to foreclose
such mortgage a sheriff's certificate has been issued prior to January 1, 1943.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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