North Dakota Code § 58-05-18

When county auditor to appoint township assessor
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If a township assessor is elected or appointed and fails or refuses to qualify or to discharge 
the duties of the office, or if the electors of a township have provided that the assessor must be 
elected but fail for any reason to elect an assessor, and the board of township supervisors and 
the board of county commissioners fail or refuse to appoint such officer for the township on or 
before the fifteenth day of February of the year for which the assessor is to serve or if the 
electors of a township have authorized the assessment to be contracted for as provided in 
section 58 -05-02 and the board of township supervisors fails or refuses to enter into such a 

contract by the fifteenth day of February, the county auditor shall appoint an assessor for the 
township.

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