====== N.D. Const. art. VII, § 7 — Research ======

**Optional Forms of Government for Counties.** Text of the section: [[.:start|current and prior versions]].

Every citing reference in the corpus: **13** court opinions and **6** Attorney General opinions. Counts include the section's pre-1981 designation (§ 172), era-gated by the renumbering crosswalk.

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===== Cases by topic =====

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== County commissioners' control of fiscal affairs ==

  * N.D. Att'y Gen.: [[https://attorneygeneral.nd.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/74-167.pdf|N.D. Op. Att'y Gen. 74-167 (1974)]]
  * Traill County v. Moackrud, [[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/3934777/traill-county-v-moackrud/|1935 ND 36]] (1935, Christianson, J.)
  * Rolette State Bank v. Rollete County, [[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/3933543/rolette-state-bank-v-rollete-county/|1928 ND 37]] (1928, Christianson, J.)
  * Bowman County v. McIntyre, [[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/3934349/bowman-county-v-mcintyxe/|1927 ND 71]] (1927, Nuessle, J.)
  * Murphy v. Swanson, [[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/6851566/murphy-v-swanson/|1924 ND 40]] (1924, Nuessle, J.)
  * State ex rel. Kopriva, County Auditor, v. Larson, [[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/6851255/state-ex-rel-kopriva-v-larson/|1922 ND 63]] (1922, Birdzell, J.)
  * Daly v. Beery, County Auditor, [[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/6850860/daly-v-beery/|1920 ND 48]] (1920, Grace, J.)
  * Boettcher v. McDowall, [[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/6850689/boettcher-v-mcdowall/|1919 ND 137]] (1919, Birdzell, J.)
  * Braaten v. Olson, County Treasurer, [[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/6849550/braaten-v-olson/|1914 ND 100]] (1914, Bruce, J.)

== Election, terms, and vacancies of county officers ==

  * N.D. Att'y Gen.: [[https://attorneygeneral.nd.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/78-58.pdf|N.D. Op. Att'y Gen. 78-58 (1978)]]
  * N.D. Att'y Gen.: [[https://attorneygeneral.nd.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/67-231.pdf|N.D. Op. Att'y Gen. 67-231 (1967)]]
  * N.D. Att'y Gen.: [[https://attorneygeneral.nd.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/66-90.pdf|N.D. Op. Att'y Gen. 66-90 (1966)]]
  * N.D. Att'y Gen.: [[https://attorneygeneral.nd.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/66-69-May-3.pdf|N.D. Op. Att'y Gen. (May 3, 1966)]]
  * N.D. Att'y Gen.: [[https://attorneygeneral.nd.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/60-64.pdf|N.D. Op. Att'y Gen. 60-64 (1960)]]
  * Goughnour v. Brant, [[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/6851046/goughnour-v-brant/|1921 ND 34]] (1921, Christianson, J.)
  * O'Laughlin v. Carlson, [[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/6849689/olaughlin-v-carlson/|1915 ND 79]] (1915, Christianson, J.)

== Scope of fiscal affairs and legislative power ==

  * Cass County v. Nixon, [[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/6850081/cass-county-v-nixon/|1917 ND 7]] (1917, Grace, J.)
  * State ex rel. McCue, Atty. Gen., v. Lewis, Auditor, [[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/6848659/state-ex-rel-mccue-v-lewis/|1909 ND 8]] (1909, Fisk, J.)
  * Martin v. Tyler, [[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/6847203/martin-v-tyler/|1894 ND 35]] (1894, Bartholomew, J.)

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