North Dakota Century Code Title 20.1. Game, Fish, Predators, and Boating § 20.1-02-18.2. Negotiation of leases, easements, and servitudes for wildlife production purposes

1. Negotiate the time period of the lease, easement, or servitude being sought; however, the duration of an easement for a waterfowl production area acquired by the federal government, and consented to by the governor or appropriate state agency after July 1, 1985, may not exceed fifty years.

2. Restrict a lease, easement, or servitude by legal description to the land, wetland, or water areas being sought, and may drain any after-expanded wetland or water area in excess of the legal description in the lease, easement, or servitude.