Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly of North Dakota
In Regular Session Commencing Tuesday, January 7, 2025
SENATE BILL NO. 2069
(State and Local Government Committee)
(At the request of the Public Service Commission)
AN ACT to amend and reenact section 46-05-09 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to
publication requirements for legal notices.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA:
SECTION 1. AMENDMENT. Section 46-05-09 of the North Dakota Century Code is amended and
reenacted as follows:
46-05-09. Publication of legal notices on website.
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. S. B. NO. 2069 - PAGE 2
____________________________ ____________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
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Secretary of the Senate Chief Clerk of the House
This certifies that the within bill originated in the Senate of the Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly of North
Dakota and is known on the records of that body as Senate Bill No. 2069.
Senate Vote:Yeas 32 Nays 15 Absent 0
House Vote: Yeas 72 Nays 17 Absent 5
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Secretary of the Senate
Received by the Governor at ________M. on _____________________________________, 2025.
Approved at ________M. on __________________________________________________, 2025.
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Governor
Filed in this office this ___________day of _______________________________________, 2025,
at ________ o’clock ________M.
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Secretary of State