N.D. Cent. Code § 54-02-11

The North Dakota museum of art, formerly the university of North Dakota art galleries, established in 1972 on the university campus in Grand Forks, is designated the North Dakota art museum. Unless clear title is otherwise demonstrable, any work of art, artifact, or artistic property located in the state art museum is deemed to be the property of the North Dakota art museum and is subject to disposition by the North Dakota art museum.