# N.D. Cent. Code § 32-17-04: 32-17-04. Complaint form - Description of property

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## Section

- **Citation:** N.D. Cent. Code § 32-17-04
- **Heading:** 32-17-04. Complaint form - Description of property
- **Jurisdiction:** North Dakota
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** ND Code / Title 32 / Chapter 32-17 / Section 32-17-04

## Text

32-17-04. Complaint form - Description of property

In an action for the determination of adverse claims, the property must be described in the

complaint with such certainty as to enable an officer upon execution to identify it. In other

respects the complaint, exclusive of the venue, title, subscription, and verification, may be

substantially in the following form, the blanks being properly filled:

The plaintiff for claim for relief shows to the court that the plaintiff has an estate or

interest in, or a lien or encumbrance upon, as the case may be, the following described real

property, situated in the above-named county and state, to wit:

_________________________________________________________________

That the defendants claim certain estates or interests in, or liens or encumbrances

upon, the same, as the case may be, adverse to the plaintiff. (Here allege the facts

concerning use and occupation and value thereof, and any property wasted or removed

and the value thereof, if pertinent. Where the state is named as a party defendant, the

complaint must state the interest the state or its agencies or departments might have in the

property; or in the alternative state that the complainant is not aware of any specific interest

that the state might have in the property.)

Wherefore, the plaintiff prays:

1. That the defendants be required to set forth all their adverse claims to the property

above described, and that the validity, superiority, and priority thereof be determined.

2. That the same be adjudged null and void, and that they be decreed to have no estate

or interest in, or lien or encumbrance upon, said property.

3. That this title be quieted as to such claim, and that defendants be forever debarred

and enjoined from further asserting the same.

4. That the plaintiff recover possession of the premises described, if possession is

desired.

5. That the plaintiff recover ___________________ dollars as the value of the use and

occupation and value of property wasted and removed therefrom.

6. That the plaintiff have such other general relief as may be just, together with costs and

disbursements.

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