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Resident asks Dunn County to locate records in long‑running section‑line easement dispute
Summary
Kurt Heinert addressed the commission about a decade-old dispute over a section-line easement and urged the auditor and county attorney's office to locate records; county staff said the matter may be civil and advised Mr. Heinert to provide paperwork for review.
Kurt Heinert came to the Dunn County Commission to request the record be checked for a long-running dispute over a section-line easement in his area.
Heinert told commissioners a neighbor previously agreed to back off 33 feet from the section line but has been farming up to the line more recently. The exchange included legal context from an agency official who explained that, in North Dakota, property owners generally own to the middle of section-line roads and may farm their half of the easement as long as they do not obstruct travel. The official advised that private agreements or signed easements would be civil matters if they exist and suggested Heinert deliver any documentation to the state's attorney's office; the auditor agreed to search county minutes and records for any prior hearings.
The commission directed Auditor Sally to perform a records search and told Heinert to provide any paperwork he has so county counsel can review the matter.
