N.D. Cent. Code § 11-04-04
11-04-04. County seat - Removal - Petition - Election
11-04-04. County seat - Removal - Petition - Election
Whenever a petition of qualified electors of the county equal in number to thirty-three
percent of the votes cast in the county for the office of governor at the preceding gubernatorial
election is presented to the board of county commissioners of that county asking removal of the
county seat from its current location to a place designated in the petition and that an election be
held to determine whether the removal must occur, the board of county commissioners shall
submit the question of removal to the qualified electors of the county at the next general election
if the petition conforms to the requirements of this chapter.