The affidavit of publication must be recorded in the office of the recorder of the county in which the real property is situated in a record kept for mortgages. The original affidavit, the record thereof, and certified copies of the record are prima facie evidence of the facts contained in the record.
N.D. Cent. Code § 35-22-16
Affidavit of publication recorded - Effect of in evidence
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