N.D. Cent. Code § 60-01-03

Current through 2023 Legislative Sessions

Section 60-01-03 - Involuntary deposits - Definition - Obligation of depositary

An involuntary deposit is made:

1. By the accidental leaving or placing of personal property in the possession of any person without negligence on the part of its owner; or

2. In cases of fire, shipwreck, inundation, insurrection, riot, or like extraordinary emergencies, by the owner of personal property committing it out of necessity to the care of any person.

The person with whom a thing is so deposited is bound to take charge of it if able to do so.

N.D.C.C. § 60-01-03