North Dakota Code § 35-01-25

Assignment, satisfaction, foreclosure of mortgage, judgment, or other lien
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by heir, legatee, foreign administrator, executor, or guardian.
A mortgage, judgment, or other lien upon real or personal property may be satisfied, 
assigned, or foreclosed by the following persons upon complying with the provisions of this 
section:
1. By an executor or administrator appointed in another state or foreign country to 
administer the estate of any person owning any such mortgage, judgment, or other 
lien, when no executor or administrator of the estate of such person has been 
appointed in this state, upon recording or filing an authenticated copy of the person's 
letters testamentary or letters of administration in the office in which such mortgage, 
judgment, or other lien is recorded or filed.
2. By an heir or legatee of such deceased person, residing within or without the state, 
upon recording or filing in the office in which such mortgage, judgment, or other lien is 
recorded or filed, an authenticated copy of the judgment or decree of the foreign court 
transferring the ownership of such mortgage, judgment, or other lien to such heir or 
legatee.
3. By a guardian appointed in another state or foreign country of a person owning any 
such mortgage, judgment, or other lien upon real or personal property, upon recording 
or filing an authenticated copy of the person's letters of guardianship in the office in 
which the mortgage, judgment, or other lien is recorded or filed, together with an 
authenticated copy of the judgment or decree of the foreign court transferring the 

ownership of such mortgage, judgment, or other lien to the ward, if it has been so 
transferred.

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