Valve or valves required on artesian well - Flow permitted from artesian wells - Preventing flow
N.D. Cent. Code § 61-20-01
in effect61-20-01. Valve or valves required on artesian well - Flow permitted from artesian
wells - Preventing flow.
Every person, stock company, association, corporation, or limited liability company owning
or controlling the real estate upon which is located an artesian or flowing well shall provide for
each such well a valve or valves capable of controlling the discharge from such well and shall
keep such valve or valves so adjusted that only such supply of water shall escape as is
necessary for ordinary use by the owner, or the person in control, of such land, in conducting
the owner's or person's business. In the winter, such flow may be permitted as will prevent
freezing of the well, and when it is necessary, a sufficient flow may be allowed for the purposes
of developing the well. The owner of an artesian well shall be required, by means of the
construction of a reservoir or otherwise, to prevent the flow of the owner's well from running
upon land belonging to another or from running into any ditch along any public highway except a
regularly established drainage ditch.
Source: Open US Law by Vaquill AI (CC BY 4.0)URL: https://ndlegis.gov/cencode/t61c20.pdf#nameddest=61-20-01Fetched: 10/16/2026