North Dakota Code § 46-05-09

Publication of legal notices on website
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1. When a legal notice is required by law to be published in a newspaper, the newspaper 
also shall publish the notice on a statewide legal notices website maintained by the 
North Dakota newspaper association and on the newspaper's website in a location 
open and free to the public, if the newspaper maintains a website, at no additional cost 
to the entity placing the notice.
2. A state agency may request immediate publication of a notice on the North Dakota 
newspaper association public notice website and the North Dakota newspaper 
association must provide an affidavit of the posting. The posting is considered legal 
notification if a newspaper fails to publish the legal notice in the newspaper.
3. If an insubstantial error in the notice occurs as a result of placement on the website 
and the error is the fault of the newspaper, the error does not affect the validity and 
effectiveness of the notice.
4. A notice required by law which is published on a statewide legal notices website 
maintained by the North Dakota newspaper association or on a website maintained by 
the proper governmental unit, fulfills the publication requirement if a newspaper fails to 
publish the notice required by law in the newspaper.

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