North Dakota Code 57-21-03 – Order of court
After hearing, the court may issue an order directing the tenant to pay to the county treasurer all rents payable under the terms of the lease of the property, either due or to become due, and also directing the county treasurer to apply the said payments of rent to the delinquent and current taxes and special assessments, including penalty and interest, and the costs and expenses of the proceeding as determined and taxed by the court. In such order, or thereafter, upon application and hearing, the court, in its discretion, may allow to the taxpayer a percentage of rents, property, and crops, as to the court may seem just, up to and including fifty percent thereof, and may order the treasurer to pay such percentage to such taxpayer at such times and under such circumstances as to the court may seem just and equitable.
Terms Used In North Dakota Code 57-21-03
- Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
- 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
- Property: includes property, real and personal. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49