North Dakota Century Code Title 11. Counties § 11-04-04. County seat--Removal--Petition--Election

Whenever a petition of qualified electors of the county equal in number to thirty-three percent of the votes cast in the county for the office of governor at the preceding gubernatorial election is presented to the board of county commissioners of that county asking removal of the county seat from its current location to a place designated in the petition and that an election be held to determine whether the removal must occur, the board of county commissioners shall submit the question of removal to the qualified electors of the county at the next general election if the petition conforms to the requirements of this chapter.