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North Dakota Century Code Title 15. Education § 15-09-01. Public lands--Application to acquire for public or quasi-public purpose

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

The state of North Dakota or any person, firm, limited liability company, or public or private corporation, desiring to acquire any school or institution lands of the state for:

1. Townsite purposes;

2. Schoolhouse sites;

3. Church sites;

4. Cemetery sites;

5. Sites for other educational or charitable institutions;

6. Sites for public parks;

7. Sites for fairgrounds;

8. Public highway purposes;

9. Fish hatcheries;

10. Airports;

11. Railroad right of way or other railroad uses and purposes;

12. Reservoirs for the storage of water for irrigation;

13. Drainage ditches;

14. Irrigation ditches; or

15. Any of the other purposes for which the right of eminent domain may be exercised under the constitution and laws of the state,

may make written application to the board of university and school lands therefor. Such application shall state briefly the purposes for which the land is required, describe the land as accurately as practicable, and shall be accompanied by a map showing the land desired. The application shall be verified by the applicant, or, if the applicant is a public or private corporation, by some officer thereof, or, if the applicant is a limited liability company, by some manager thereof, or, if the applicant is the state of North Dakota, by an officer of the commission, board, or department desiring to acquire the land.

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