North Dakota Code § 16.1-02-06

Reporting deceased individuals and changes of names - Changes to
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records in the central voter file.
1. The department of health and human services shall provide for the regular reporting to 
the secretary of state the name, address, date of birth, and county of residence, if 
available, of each individual eighteen years of age or older who has died while 
maintaining residence in this state since the last report. Within thirty days after 
receiving a report, the secretary of state shall designate each individual included in the 
report as "deceased" in the central voter file.
2. The department of health and human services shall provide for the regular reporting to 
the secretary of state the name, address, date of birth, and county of residence, if 
available, of each individual eighteen years of age or older whose name was changed 
by marriage since the last report.
3. After receiving notice of death of an individual who has died outside the county, the 
county auditor shall designate that individual as "deceased" in the central voter file. 
Notice must be in the form of a printed obituary or a written statement signed by an 
individual having knowledge of the death of the individual.

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