N.D. Cent. Code § 11-09-47
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11-09-47. Interest in contracts by officers and employees prohibited
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11-09-47. Interest in contracts by officers and employees prohibited
No member of the board of county commissioners or other officer or employee of a county
which has adopted any form of county managership, and no person receiving a salary or
compensation from funds appropriated by the county, shall be interested, directly or indirectly, in
any contract to which the county is a party, either as principal, surety, or otherwise. No such
officer or employee or an officer's or employee's partner, agent, servant, employee, or the firm of
which the officer or employee is a member, shall purchase from or sell to the county any real or
personal property, nor shall an officer or employee be interested, directly or indirectly, in any
work or service to be performed for the county or in its behalf. Any contract made in violation of
the provisions of this section shall be void.
No member of the board of county commissioners or other officer or employee of a county
which has adopted any form of county managership, and no person receiving a salary or
compensation from funds appropriated by the county, shall be interested, directly or indirectly, in
any contract to which the county is a party, either as principal, surety, or otherwise. No such
officer or employee or an officer's or employee's partner, agent, servant, employee, or the firm of
which the officer or employee is a member, shall purchase from or sell to the county any real or
personal property, nor shall an officer or employee be interested, directly or indirectly, in any
work or service to be performed for the county or in its behalf. Any contract made in violation of
the provisions of this section shall be void.
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