North Dakota Century Code Title 30.1. Uniform Probate Code § 30.1-31-01. (6-101) Nonprobate transfers on death

a. Money or other benefits due to, controlled by, or owned by a decedent before death must be paid after the decedent's death to a person whom the decedent designates either in the instrument or in a separate writing, including a will, executed either before or at the same time as the instrument, or later;

b. Money due or to become due under the instrument ceases to be payable in the event of death of the promisee or the promisor before payment or demand; or

c. Any property controlled by or owned by the decedent before death which is the subject of the instrument passes to a person the decedent designates either in the instrument or in a separate writing, including a will, executed either before or at the same time as the instrument, or later.