N.D. Cent. Code § 11-30-08
11-30-08. Governor to designate county to which unorganized county attached - Purposes of attachment
11-30-08. Governor to designate county to which unorganized county attached -
Purposes of attachment.
After the result of the election is proclaimed, but not before December fifteenth nor later
than December thirty-first following, the governor, by proclamation, shall designate an adjoining
organized county to which the unorganized county shall be attached for judicial, record, and
taxation purposes, and all purposes of county government, and such proclamation shall become
effective on January first following. If, before such December fifteenth, the board of county
commissioners of the unorganized county designates, by resolution, the organized county to
which the unorganized county desires to be attached, and if the organized county, before such
date, agrees to such attachment, by resolution, the governor, by proclamation, shall declare that
the unorganized county is attached to such organized county, effective on January first following
the proclamation.