North Dakota State Auditor

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The North Dakota State Auditor is a political office in North Dakota. The auditor's duty is to oversee the three divisions of the Office of the State Auditor: State Audit, which audits the state of North Dakota; Local Government Audit, which performs audits of counties, school districts, and other political subdivisions; and Royalty Audit, which performs audits of federal royalty payments from oil, gas, and coal leases located within the state.^[1] The current state auditor is Bob Peterson.

Contents 1 History 2 See also 3 Notes 4 External links

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Since the creation of the office with the state's constitution in 1889, the state has seen a total of 16 State Auditors. The first eight State Auditors all served within the first 25 years of the office's creation, but since then Auditors such as Robert W. Peterson, who served for 24 years, have served for longer spans of time. The office has been held by the state's Democratic Party only two years; that was from 1893 to 1894 when Arthur W. Porter was elected. All other auditors have been from the North Dakota Republican Party. The Auditor originally served a two-year term, but this was extended to four in 1964 by a constitutional amendment.

[edit] See also

• List of North Dakota State Auditors

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[edit] External links

• About the Office of State Auditor

State Government of North Dakota State Capitol | North Dakota Constitution | Coat of Arms | Flag | Seal
Executive Branch	Governor | Agriculture Commissioner | Attorney General | Auditor | Insurance Commissioner | Lieutenant Governor | Secretary of State | Superintendent of Public Instruction | Tax Commissioner | Treasurer | State Cabinet
Legislative Branch	Legislative Assembly | House of Representatives | Senate
Judicial Branch	Court System | Supreme Court | Court of Appeals | District Court | Municipal Courts
Departments and divisions	Agriculture | Career and Technical Education | Commerce | Corrections and Rehabilitation | Emergency Services | Financial Institutions | Game and Fish | Health | Human Services | Labor | Land | Office of Management and Budget | Oil and Gas | Parks and Recreation | Public Instruction | Securities | Seed | Transportation | Veterans Affairs
Boards and commissions	Board of Higher Education | Industrial Commission | Public Service Commission | Water Commission
Other	Bank of North Dakota | Highway Patrol | State Library | State Mill and Elevator | State Penitentiary | State School for the Blind | State School for the Deaf | University System

v • d • e State Auditors in the United States     AK: Pat Davidson AL: Samantha Shaw AR: Jim Wood AZ: Debra K. Davenport CA: Elaine Howle CO: Sally Symanski CT: Nancy Wyman DE: R. Thomas Wagner Jr. FL: William O. Monroe GA: Russell W. Hinton HI: Marion M. Higa IA: David A. Vaudt ID: Donna M. Jones IL: William G. Holland IN: Tim Berry KS: Les Donovan KY: Crit Luallen LA: Steve J. Theriot MA: Joseph DeNucci MD: Bruce A. Myers ME: Neria R. Douglass MI: Thomas H. McTavish MN: Rebecca Otto MO: Susan Montee MS: Phil Bryant MT: John Morrison NC: Les Merritt ND: Bob Peterson NE: Mike Foley NH: Catherine A. Provencher NJ: Richard Fair NM: Hector H. Balderas NV: Paul V. Townsend NY: Thomas DiNapoli OH: Mary Taylor OK: Jeff McMahan OR: Bill Bradbury PA: Jack Wagner RI: Ernest A. Almonte SC: Richard A. Eckstrom SD: Rich Sattgast TN: John G. Morgan TX: John M. Keel UT: John Schaff VA: Walter J. Kucharski VT: Thomas M. Salmon WA: Michael J. Murphy WI: Janice Mueller WV: Glen B. Gainer III WY: Michael Geesey