N.D. Cent. Code § 61-33-05
The department of water resources shall manage, operate, and supervise all properties transferred to it by this chapter; may enter into any agreements regarding the property; may enforce all rights of the owner in its own name; may issue and enforce administrative orders and recover the cost of the enforcement from the party against which enforcement is sought; and may make and execute all instruments of release or conveyance as may be required pursuant to agreements made with respect to the assets, whether the agreements were made before or after this section was enacted. The department of water resources may enter agreements with the game and fish department or other law enforcement entities to enforce this chapter and rules adopted under this chapter.
N.D.C.C. § 61-33-05