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N.D. Cent. Code § 32-01-04 (2026)

Special proceeding defined

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A special proceeding is any remedy other than an action.

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1961–2022 · leading case: State ex rel. Dep't of Human Servs. v. North Dakota Ins. Reserve Fund, 822 N.W.2d 38 (N.D. 2012).
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State ex rel. Dep't of Human Servs. v. North Dakota Ins. Reserve Fund, 822 N.W.2d 38 (N.D. 2012). · cites it 4× “Under N.D.C.C. § 32-01-04, “[a] special proceeding is any remedy other than an action.”
Sandbeck v. Rockwell, 524 N.W.2d 846 (N.D. 1994). · cites it 4× “" N.D.C.C. § 32-01-04. This Court has previously discussed the procedural differences between an action, or an ordinary proceeding, and a special proceeding.”
Blomdahl v. Blomdahl, 2011 ND 78 (N.D. 2011). · cites it 2× “) Section 32-01-04, N.D.C.C., provides that “[a] special proceeding is any remedy other than an action.”
Orwig v. Orwig, 2022 ND 29 (N.D. 2022). · cites it 2× “) Section 32-01-04, N.D.C.C., provides that “[a] special proceeding is any remedy other than an action.”
Kee v. Redlin, 203 N.W.2d 423 (N.D. 1972). · cites it 2× “A special proceeding is defined in Section 32-01-04, N.D.C.C., as any remedy other than an action.”
City of Fargo v. Annexation Review Comm'n of Cass Cnty., 148 N.W.2d 338 (N.D. 1966). · cites it 2× “§ 32-01-04, N.D.C.C. Special proceedings are defined in § 32-32-01, and included therein are the writs of certiorari, mandamus and prohibition.”
Hazelton-Moffit Special Sch. Dist. No. 6 v. Ward, 107 N.W.2d 636 (N.D. 1961). · cites it 2× “The averments of the answer pleaded affirmatively could, if it were a proper case, be construed to be a counterclaim in the nature of quo warranto, but our statutes on mandamus do not provide for a counterclaim (Section 32-34-05 NDCC), and generally when the only pleadings…”
Collette v. Matejcek, 146 N.W.2d 156 (N.D. 1966). · cites it 2× “Section 32-01-04, N.D.C.C., provides that a special proceeding is any remedy other than an action.”
Herring v. Lisbon Partners, 2012 ND 226 (N.D. 2012). · cites it 4× “Under N.D.C.C. § 32-01-04, “[a] special proceeding is any remedy other than an action.”
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