North Dakota Century Code Title 61. Waters § 61-02-09. Commission a state agency--Function as state

The commission shall be a state agency with all of the powers and authority possessed by such a state agency in the performance of its duties. The commission may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, and contract and be contracted with. The commission in the exercise of all its powers and in the performance of all its duties shall be the state of North Dakota functioning in its sovereign and governmental capacity.