Surviving employee to perform service - Exception
N.D. Cent. Code § 34-02-17
in effect34-02-17. Surviving employee to perform service - Exception
When a service is to be rendered by two or more persons jointly and one of them dies, the
survivor shall act alone if the service to be rendered can be performed properly without the aid
of the deceased person, but not otherwise.
Source: Open US Law by Vaquill AI (CC BY 4.0)URL: https://ndlegis.gov/cencode/t34c02.pdf#nameddest=34-02-17Fetched: 10/16/2026