§ 24-07-01 Public roads by prescription
§ 24-07-02 Established roads are public highways
§ 24-07-03 Section lines considered public roads open for public travel – Closing same under certain conditions
§ 24-07-03.1 Improvement of section line by landowner
§ 24-07-04 Jurisdiction of proceedings to open or vacate highway
§ 24-07-05 Petition for laying out, altering, or discontinuing roads
§ 24-07-06 Public road may be established to give access to highway
§ 24-07-07 Survey of proposed road – Deviation from petition
§ 24-07-08 State land subject to chapter
§ 24-07-09 Copy of petition to be posted
§ 24-07-10 Notice to all parties to be given – What deemed to be notices
§ 24-07-11 When notice dispensed with
§ 24-07-12 Petition must be filed with county auditor
§ 24-07-13 Examination of proposed highway
§ 24-07-14 Proceedings when road is laid out, altered, or discontinued
§ 24-07-15 Order or certified copy – Competent evidence
§ 24-07-16 Damages – How ascertained
§ 24-07-17 When damages not allowed
§ 24-07-18 Determination final for one year
§ 24-07-19 Notice to party to remove fences
§ 24-07-20 Notice to overseer of highways
§ 24-07-21 Repair of highways across railroads, canals, or ditches
§ 24-07-22 Appeals – When and where taken
§ 24-07-23 Appeals – How taken – Notice – Bond
§ 24-07-24 Appeals – Filing – Approval of undertaking – Service
§ 24-07-26 Trial in district court
§ 24-07-27 Scope of review upon appeal
§ 24-07-28 Judgment – Copy filed
§ 24-07-29 Costs of appeal
§ 24-07-30 When appeal sustained – Duty of the board
§ 24-07-31 Nonuse for ten years will vacate highway
§ 24-07-32 Highways on county and township lines
§ 24-07-33 Public lands – Damages
§ 24-07-34 Roads on lines between township and city
§ 24-07-35 Designation of minimum maintenance road
§ 24-07-36 Required signs on minimum maintenance roads
§ 24-07-37 Limitations on designation of minimum maintenance roads
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Terms Used In North Dakota Code > Chapter 24-07 - Opening and Vacating Highways

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Affirmed: In the practice of the appellate courts, the decree or order is declared valid and will stand as rendered in the lower court.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Director: means the director of the department of transportation of this state, acting directly or through authorized agents as provided in section 24-02-01. See North Dakota Code 24-01-01.1
  • Easement: means a right acquired by public authority to use or control property for a designated highway purpose. See North Dakota Code 24-01-01.1
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Individual: means a human being. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Person: means any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, limited liability company, organization, or business trust. See North Dakota Code 24-01-01.1
  • Property: includes property, real and personal. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Right of way: means a general term denoting land, property, or interest therein, acquired for or devoted to highway purposes and shall include, but not be limited to publicly owned and controlled rest and recreation areas, sanitary facilities reasonably necessary to accommodate the traveling public, and tracts of land necessary for the restoration, preservation, and enhancement of scenic beauty adjacent to the state highway system. See North Dakota Code 24-01-01.1
  • Roadway: means in general, the portion of a highway, including shoulders, for vehicular use. See North Dakota Code 24-01-01.1
  • Rule: includes regulation. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • written: include "typewriting" and "typewritten" and "printing" and "printed" except in the case of signatures and when the words are used by way of contrast to typewriting and printing. See North Dakota Code 1-01-37
  • year: means twelve consecutive months. See North Dakota Code 1-01-33