11-10 General Provisions - North Dakota Statutes

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CHAPTER 11-10GENERAL PROVISIONS11-10-01.County a corporate body - Powers.Each organized county is a bodycorporate for civil and political purposes only.As such, the county may sue and be sued,contract and be contracted with, and in all cases when lands have been granted to it for public
purposes and any part thereof has been sold and the purchase money or any part thereof is due
and unpaid, all proceedings necessary to recover possession of such lands or to enforce the
payment of the purchase money shall be instituted in the name of the proper county.11-10-02. Number and election of county officers. Each organized county, unless ithas adopted one of the optional forms of county government provided by the code or has
combined or separated the functions of county offices or redesignated offices as elective or
appointive pursuant to chapter 11-10.2 or 11-10.3, must have the following officers:1.One county auditor.2.One recorder.3.One county treasurer.4.One coroner.5.A board of county commissioners consisting of three or five members as provided in
this title.In addition, unless otherwise provided in section 11-10-02.3, each county must have an elected
state's attorney and an elected sheriff. In counties having a population of six thousand or less,
the recorder also serves as ex officio clerk of the district court. The required officers must be
chosen by the qualified electors of the respective counties at the general election in each
even-numbered year, except the recorder, county auditor, treasurer, sheriff, and state's attorney,
who must be chosen in 1966 and every four years thereafter, the members of the board of
county commissioners, who must be chosen in the manner prescribed in section 11-11-02, and
the county coroner, who must be chosen in the manner prescribed in section 11-19.1-03.11-10-02.1. Employment of county surveyors. The board of county commissionersmay employ a county surveyor to serve at the pleasure of the board and such surveyor may be
compensated on a per diem basis or otherwise as may be determined by the board. The office
of county surveyor may be combined with the office of county highway engineer.11-10-02.2.County supervisor of assessments - Appointment.Repealed byS.L. 1969, ch. 130,