N.D. Cent. Code § 11-06-01
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11-06-01. Changing county lines by transfer of territory from one county to another authorized - Petitions required
Official statutory text
11-06-01. Changing county lines by transfer of territory from one county to another
authorized - Petitions required.
Territory may be transferred from one county to another by compliance with the provisions
of this chapter. A majority of the qualified electors, as determined by the vote cast for the office
of governor at the last general election, residing in any territory comprising an area of not less
than one congressional township, may petition the board of county commissioners of the county
in which they reside, and the board of county commissioners of the county to which they desire
territory transferred, for permission to have the territory described in the petition transferred from
one county to another. Such petition shall be presented to the boards of county commissioners
of the counties affected at least sixty days before a general election.
authorized - Petitions required.
Territory may be transferred from one county to another by compliance with the provisions
of this chapter. A majority of the qualified electors, as determined by the vote cast for the office
of governor at the last general election, residing in any territory comprising an area of not less
than one congressional township, may petition the board of county commissioners of the county
in which they reside, and the board of county commissioners of the county to which they desire
territory transferred, for permission to have the territory described in the petition transferred from
one county to another. Such petition shall be presented to the boards of county commissioners
of the counties affected at least sixty days before a general election.
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