North Dakota Century Code Title 18. Fires § 18-04-07. Disbursement of fund by city auditor

1. In a city having a paid fire department, the money must be placed in a fund to be disbursed by the governing body of the municipality in maintaining the fire department. If the municipality has a duly organized and incorporated firefighters relief association, the money must be disbursed in accordance with section 18-05-04.

2. In a city or rural fire protection district having no paid fire department, the money must be paid over to the treasurer of the fire department, or to the treasurer of each separately organized fire company that satisfies the requirements of section 18-04-01 in equal proportions when there is more than one in the municipality or rural fire protection district, upon the written order of the department or companies approved by the governing body of the municipality or rural fire protection district. If the municipality or rural fire protection district has a duly organized and incorporated firefighters relief association, the amount must be disbursed in accordance with section 18-05-04.

3. For the purpose of this section, a nonpaid or volunteer fire department is any department in which less than fifty percent of the personnel of the department are full-time regularly salaried firefighters. A volunteer firefighter is a firefighter who does not receive a regular monthly salary though the firefighter may receive compensation for each fire call the firefighter responds to.