North Dakota Century Code Title 35. Liens § 35-01-25. Assignment, satisfaction, foreclosure of mortgage, judgment, or other lien by heir, legatee, foreign administrator, executor, or guardian

1. By an executor or administrator appointed in another state or foreign country to administer the estate of any person owning any such mortgage, judgment, or other lien, when no executor or administrator of the estate of such person has been appointed in this state, upon recording or filing an authenticated copy of the person's letters testamentary or letters of administration in the office in which such mortgage, judgment, or other lien is recorded or filed.

2. By an heir or legatee of such deceased person, residing within or without the state, upon recording or filing in the office in which such mortgage, judgment, or other lien is recorded or filed, an authenticated copy of the judgment or decree of the foreign court transferring the ownership of such mortgage, judgment, or other lien to such heir or legatee.

3. By a guardian appointed in another state or foreign country of a person owning any such mortgage, judgment, or other lien upon real or personal property, upon recording or filing an authenticated copy of the person's letters of guardianship in the office in which the mortgage, judgment, or other lien is recorded or filed, together with an authenticated copy of the judgment or decree of the foreign court transferring the ownership of such mortgage, judgment, or other lien to the ward, if it has been so transferred.