N.D. Cent. Code § 11-10-10

11-10-10. Salaries of elected county officers

1. The salary of an elected county auditor, county treasurer, county superintendent of

schools, recorder, and sheriff must be regulated by the population in the respective

counties according to the last preceding official federal census from and after the date

when the official report of the census has been published. Notwithstanding any

decreases in population, the salaries paid county officers as of July 1, 1981, reduced

by any discretionary salary increase authorized by the county commissioners pursuant

to this section, must be at least the minimum amount payable for that office when filled

on a full-time basis in the future.

2. An elected county treasurer, county superintendent of schools, recorder, and county

auditor are entitled to the following minimum annual salary, payable monthly, for official

services rendered:

a. Nineteen thousand dollars in counties having a population of less than eight

thousand.

b. Nineteen thousand five hundred dollars in counties having a population of or

exceeding eight thousand plus additional compensation of one hundred dollars

per year for each one thousand additional population or major fraction thereof

over eight thousand. However, in counties where the population consists of more

than twenty-five percent Indians who have not severed tribal relations, the county

commissioners may adjust the salaries provided for in this subsection within the

limitations contained in this subdivision.

3. The county superintendent of schools is entitled to receive for any trips necessarily

made within the county in the performance of school district reorganization duties the

same mileage received under section 11-10-15. The board of county commissioners of

any county may, by resolution, increase the salary of any full-time county official

provided in this section, if, in the judgment of such board, by reason of duties

performed, the official merits the increase. The salary of a county official may not be

reduced during the official's term of office. Any county official performing duties on less

than a full-time basis may be paid a reduced salary set by the board of county

commissioners. If the county has for its employees a group insurance program for

hospital benefits, medical benefits, or life insurance, or a group retirement program,

financed in part or entirely by the county, the benefits may be in addition to the salaries

payable to county officials.

4. Each county commissioner may receive an annual salary or per diem as provided by

resolution of the board.

5. An elected sheriff is entitled to the following minimum annual salary, payable monthly,

for official services rendered:

a. Twenty-one thousand nine hundred dollars in counties having a population of less

than eight thousand.

b. Twenty-two thousand nine hundred dollars in counties having a population

exceeding eight thousand plus additional compensation of one hundred dollars

per year for each one thousand additional population or major fraction thereof

over eight thousand. However, in counties where the population consists of more

than twenty-five percent Indians who have not severed tribal relations, the county

commissioners may adjust the salaries provided for in this subsection within the

limitations contained in this subdivision.

6. An elected state's attorney in counties having a population exceeding thirty-five

thousand, or in other counties where the board of county commissioners has

determined by resolution that the state's attorney must be full time and may not be an

attorney or counsel for any party except the state or county, is entitled to receive a

minimum salary of forty-seven thousand dollars. State's attorneys not considered full

time are entitled to an annual salary of at least forty-five percent of the minimum salary

paid to a full-time state's attorney.