N.D. Cent. Code § 30.1-31-16: (6-223) Payment on P.O.D. designation

A financial institution, on request, may pay sums on deposit in an account with a P.O.D. designation to:

1.One or more of the parties, whether or not another party is disabled, incapacitated, or deceased when the payment is requested and whether or not a party survives another party;

2.The beneficiary or beneficiaries, if proof of death is presented to the financial institution showing that the beneficiary or beneficiaries survived all persons named as parties; or

3.The personal representative, if any, or, if there is none, the heirs or devisees of a deceased party, if proof of death is presented to the financial institution showing that the deceased party was the survivor of all other persons named on the account either as a party or beneficiary.