North Dakota Century Code Title 49. Public Utilities § 49-19-09. Permission to secure right of way--Condition

The right to lay, maintain, and operate pipelines, together with telecommunications lines incidental to and designed for use only in connection with the operation of such lines along, across, or under any public stream or highway in this state, is conferred upon all common pipeline carriers. Any person, firm, limited partnership, joint-stock association, corporation, or limited liability company may acquire the right to construct pipelines and such incidental telecommunications lines along, across, or over any public road or highway in this state by filing with the commission an acceptance of the provisions of this chapter, expressly agreeing in writing that in consideration of the rights so acquired, the applicant shall be and become a common pipeline carrier, subject to the duties and obligations conferred or imposed in this chapter. Such right to run along, across, or over any public road or highway, as herein provided for, can be exercised only upon condition that the traffic thereon shall not be interfered with, that such road or highway shall be restored promptly to its former condition of usefulness, and that the restoration thereof shall be subject also to the supervision of the board of county commissioners of the county in which said highway is situated.