Materials of different owners united by labor of one - Inseparable without inconvenience - Common ownership
N.D. Cent. Code § 47-08-03
in effect47-08-03. Materials of different owners united by labor of one - Inseparable without
inconvenience - Common ownership.
When one has made use of materials which in part belong to that person and in part to
another, in order to form a thing of a new description without having destroyed any of the
materials, but in such a way that they cannot be separated without inconvenience, the thing
formed is common to both proprietors in proportion, as respects the one, of the materials
belonging to that person, and as respects the other, of the materials belonging to that person
and the price of that person's workmanship.
Source: Open US Law by Vaquill AI (CC BY 4.0)URL: https://ndlegis.gov/cencode/t47c08.pdf#nameddest=47-08-03Fetched: 10/16/2026