North Dakota Century Code Title 40. Municipal Government § 40-24-22. Payment and cancellation of warrants by city auditor

The city auditor shall pay special improvement warrants and the interest coupons appurtenant thereto as they mature and are presented for payment out of the district funds on which they are drawn respectively and shall cancel the warrants when paid, except that definitive improvement warrants, when refunded pursuant to the provisions of sections 40-27-06 to 40-27-12, shall not be canceled but shall be retained by the municipality, in trust for the holders of the refunding improvement warrants or bonds issued thereunder, as therein provided. Definitive warrants shall be issued in lieu of temporary warrants at or before the time when any such warrants are to be so refunded.