N.D. Cent. Code § 11-18-14
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11-18-14. Recorder to remove and destroy certain documents - Records to be made
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11-18-14. Recorder to remove and destroy certain documents - Records to be made
The recorder in each county in this state, unless otherwise earlier permitted by law, shall
remove from the files in the recorder's office, and destroy, all chattel mortgages, agricultural
processor's liens, agricultural supplier's liens, agister's liens, mechanic's liens, repairman's liens,
unpaid earned insurance premium liens, and sales contracts together with any releases for the
instrument upon which a claim for relief has accrued and which claim for relief is more than ten
years old. At the time of destroying the files the recorder shall note on the margin of the index
opposite the record of each instrument so removed and destroyed the date when the instrument
was destroyed.
The recorder in each county in this state, unless otherwise earlier permitted by law, shall
remove from the files in the recorder's office, and destroy, all chattel mortgages, agricultural
processor's liens, agricultural supplier's liens, agister's liens, mechanic's liens, repairman's liens,
unpaid earned insurance premium liens, and sales contracts together with any releases for the
instrument upon which a claim for relief has accrued and which claim for relief is more than ten
years old. At the time of destroying the files the recorder shall note on the margin of the index
opposite the record of each instrument so removed and destroyed the date when the instrument
was destroyed.
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