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ROADS THAT QUALIFY FOR TOWNSHIP MILEAGE PAYMENTS
84-03-01-01 Township Road Defined
A township road, for purposes of the administration of North Dakota Century Code section 57-50-01, is a public road established pursuant to North Dakota Century Code chapter 24-07 which is an improved road, constructed, maintained, graded, and drained by the township, or county in the case of an unorganized township. A township road includes a street in an unincorporated townsite and does not necessarily have to be surfaced. A sodded road is not a township road. In order for a section line to be a township road it must be graded and drained and be an improved maintained road. A township road is a public road which is not designated as part of a county, state, or federal-aid road system and is not located in an incorporated city.
History: Effective June 1, 1982.
TOWNSHIPS ARE NOT REQUIRED TO BUILD ROADS.
24-07-06. Public road may be established to give access to highway.
Whenever any tract of land is surveyed or sold in tracts less than the original subdivision as established by the government survey thereof, so that any part thereof does not touch upon a public road so as to allow the owner of such tract access to a public highway, the board of county commissioners or board of township supervisors, upon petition of such owner, may open a public road to gain access to any such tract or tracts when in the judgment of such board such public road is necessary and that it is of sufficient benefit to the county or township as a whole, but no such public road may exceed two rods [10.06 meters] in width unless in the judgment of such board a roadway of such width is not sufficient to accommodate the travel thereon.
North Dakota State Statutes Concerning Township Roads
Chapter 24-06 - Local Road Improvements