When state and district officers shall qualify
N.D. Cent. Code § 44-01-03
in effect44-01-03. When state and district officers shall qualify
Except when otherwise specially provided, all state and district officers shall qualify on the
first day of January next succeeding their election and on said first day of January shall enter
upon the discharge of the duties of their respective offices, provided that when a person is
elected to fill an unexpired term in a district office then vacant or then held by an appointee,
such person may qualify and enter upon the discharge of the duties of such office at any time
after receiving a certificate of election to that office but not later than the first day of January
next succeeding the date of election to the unexpired term of office.
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