When may be brought
N.D. Cent. Code § 32-16-01
in effect32-16-01. When may be brought
When several cotenants hold and are in possession of real or personal property as
partners, joint tenants, or tenants in common, in which one or more of them have an estate of
inheritance, or for life or lives, or for years, an action may be brought by one or more of such
persons for a partition thereof according to the respective rights of the persons interested
therein and for a sale of such property or a part thereof, if it appears that a partition cannot be
made without great prejudice to the owners. Real and personal property may be partitioned in
the same action.
Source: Open US Law by Vaquill AI (CC BY 4.0)URL: https://ndlegis.gov/cencode/t32c16.pdf#nameddest=32-16-01Fetched: 10/16/2026
