A person is not eligible to hold an elective municipal office unless that person is a qualified elector of the municipality and has been a resident of the municipality for at least nine months preceding the election. A person is not eligible to hold an appointive office unless that person is a citizen of the United States. A person in default to the municipality is not eligible to any office.
N.D. Cent. Code § 40-13-01
Qualifications of elective and appointive officers
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