When any officer removes from a municipality or refuses or neglects for ten days after official notification of that person's appointment to qualify and enter upon the discharge of the duties of the office, the office shall be deemed vacant.
N.D. Cent. Code § 40-13-07
Office deemed vacant on removal from municipality or failure to qualify
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