N.D. Cent. Code § 11-21-06
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11-21-06. May act as general and special administrator, guardian, and conservator
Official statutory text
11-21-06. May act as general and special administrator, guardian, and conservator
The public administrator shall have the same powers as are conferred upon special
administrators, guardians, and conservators, and shall be subject to the same duties, penalties,
provisions, and proceedings as are enjoined upon or authorized against special administrators,
guardians, and conservators by the laws of this state so far as the same may be applicable. The
public administrator may be appointed in proper cases as general administrator without giving
additional bond, except that the court may require additional security, and when so appointed,
the public administrator shall continue the administration until it is finally settled unless the
public administrator resigns, dies, is discharged in the ordinary course of law as the
administrator, or is removed for cause as public administrator or as administrator of such estate.
The public administrator shall have the same powers as are conferred upon special
administrators, guardians, and conservators, and shall be subject to the same duties, penalties,
provisions, and proceedings as are enjoined upon or authorized against special administrators,
guardians, and conservators by the laws of this state so far as the same may be applicable. The
public administrator may be appointed in proper cases as general administrator without giving
additional bond, except that the court may require additional security, and when so appointed,
the public administrator shall continue the administration until it is finally settled unless the
public administrator resigns, dies, is discharged in the ordinary course of law as the
administrator, or is removed for cause as public administrator or as administrator of such estate.
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