§ 61-01-01 Waters of the state – Public waters
§ 61-01-01.2 Findings and declaration of policy – Use of ground water for irrigation
§ 61-01-03 Claims to the use of water initiated prior to and after March 1, 1905
§ 61-01-04 Eminent domain – Who may exercise
§ 61-01-05 Reclaiming waters turned into natural or artificial watercourse
§ 61-01-06 Watercourse and waterway – Definitions
§ 61-01-07 Obstruction of watercourses – Penalty
§ 61-01-08 Obstructing navigation – Penalty
§ 61-01-09 Destruction of dams – Penalty
§ 61-01-16 Erection of guards when cutting ice – Penalty for failure to do so
§ 61-01-17 Lawful to boom logs in navigable rivers
§ 61-01-19 Right of way granted
§ 61-01-20 When special assessments shall become a lien
§ 61-01-21 Foreclosure of property when only special assessment is delinquent
§ 61-01-23 Investigation or removal of obstructions in channel
§ 61-01-24 Mouse official name of river
§ 61-01-25 Penalty
§ 61-01-26 Declaration of state water resources policy
§ 61-01-26.1 Findings and declaration of policy – Water to eastern North Dakota a critical priority – Water supplementation study – Employment of staff
§ 61-01-26.2 Statewide water development goals
§ 61-01-26.3 Water projects stabilization fund
§ 61-01-27 Procedure for converting mineral wells to water wells
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Terms Used In North Dakota Code > Chapter 61-01 - General Provisions

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • 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.
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute means the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. Source: OCC
  • 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.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Person: means an individual, organization, government, political subdivision, or government agency or instrumentality. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Property: includes property, real and personal. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • 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
  • year: means twelve consecutive months. See North Dakota Code 1-01-33