North Dakota Code 57-20-28 – Collection of real estate taxes on leasehold or other possessory interest
1. If any holder of a leasehold or other possessory interest in exempt real property neglects or refuses to pay any real estate taxes legally assessed and levied on that property at the time required by law for the payment of real property taxes, the taxes shall constitute a personal charge against the holder of the lease or other possessory interest from and after the day they become due, and all of the provisions of law with respect to the enforcement of collection of personal property taxes are applicable.
Terms Used In North Dakota Code 57-20-28
- Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
- Personal property: All property that is not real property.
- Personal property: includes money, goods, chattels, things in action, and evidences of debt. 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.
2. For property subject to assessment under the provisions of subsection 2 of section 57-02-26, taxes upon the property constitute a personal charge against the lease or easement holder from and after the day they become due, and all of the provisions of law with respect to the enforcement of collection of personal property taxes are applicable.