N.D. Cent. Code § 40-18-06.2
With the agreement of the governing body of the county, the presiding judge of the judicial district in which the city is located, and the state court administrator, the governing body of a city may, by ordinance, transfer some or all of the cases of the municipal court to the district court serving the county in which the city is located. These cases are deemed district court cases for purposes of appeal. The governing body of a city with a population of less than five thousand, upon transferring all municipal court cases to the district court, may abolish by resolution the office of municipal judge. The term of office of the municipal judge elected to serve that city terminates upon the last day of the month in which all municipal cases have been transferred to district court or the expiration of the judge's term, whichever occurs first.
N.D.C.C. § 40-18-06.2