North Dakota Code — 14
Browse 373 sections in division 14 of the North Dakota code. Each section page includes the full statutory text, official source links, and citation guidance.
Sections (showing up to 300)
- § 14-01-01. Person without understanding - Contract rights - Liability for necessaries
- § 14-01-02. Partial incapacity - Contracts - Rescission
- § 14-01-03. Insane person - Cannot contract after incapacity determined - Right to make
- § 14-02-01. General personal rights
- § 14-02-02. Defamation classified
- § 14-02-03. Civil libel defined
- § 14-02-04. Civil slander defined
- § 14-02-05. Privileged communications
- § 14-02-06. Offenses against personal relation
- § 14-02-07. Force to protect
- § 14-02-08. Libel suits against newspapers - Retraction
- § 14-02-09. Defamation by visual or radio broadcast - Limitation of liability
- § 14-02-10. Uniform Single Publication Act
- § 14-02-11. State policy against discrimination
- § 14-03-01. What constitutes marriage - Spouse defined
- § 14-03-01.1. Members of armed forces deemed residents
- § 14-03-02. Lawful age for marriage
- § 14-03-03. Void marriages
- § 14-03-04. Marriage between white person and Negro person void - Penalty
- § 14-03-05. Definition of a Negro person
- § 14-03-06. Marriage of person having husband or wife void - Exception
- § 14-03-07. Prohibited marriages
- § 14-03-08. Foreign marriages recognized - Exception
- § 14-03-09. Who may solemnize marriages
- § 14-03-10. Marriage may not be solemnized without license
- § 14-03-11. Who issues marriage license to official
- § 14-03-12. Serological test for syphilis required before application for license filed
- § 14-03-13. Standard serological test defined
- § 14-03-14. Serological test - Contents of laboratory statement
- § 14-03-15. When serological test not necessary
- § 14-03-16. Physician's certificate and laboratory statement - Misrepresentation Penalty
- § 14-03-17. Application for license
- § 14-03-18. License to and marriage of intoxicated person prohibited
- § 14-03-19. License issued to all who comply with law
- § 14-03-20. License and certificate
- § 14-03-20.1. Surname options
- § 14-03-20.2. Middle name options
- § 14-03-21. Return of license and certificate - Duplicate delivered to persons married Records kept - Penalty
- § 14-03-22. Marriage license fee - Supplemental fee - Fee for marriage ceremony Duties of officers
- § 14-03-23. Marriage registered with bureau of vital statistics
- § 14-03-24. Certified record is evidence
- § 14-03-25. Performing marriage ceremony without authority - Penalty
- § 14-03-26. Issuing license of marriage between Negroes and whites - Penalty
- § 14-03-27. Performing marriage ceremony between Negroes and whites - Penalty
- § 14-03-28. Penalty
- § 14-04-01. Grounds for annulling marriage
- § 14-04-02. Action to annul - Limitations of time
- § 14-04-03. Legitimacy of children
- § 14-04-04. Custody of children
- § 14-04-05. Effect of judgment
- § 14-05-01. Marriage - How dissolved
- § 14-05-02. Effect of divorce
- § 14-05-02.1. Decree to include social security numbers
- § 14-05-03. Causes for divorce
- § 14-05-03.1. Grounds for separation
- § 14-05-04. Adultery defined
- § 14-05-05. Extreme cruelty defined
- § 14-05-06. Desertion defined
- § 14-05-07. Willful neglect defined
- § 14-05-08. Abuse of alcohol or controlled substances defined
- § 14-05-08.1. Recognition of foreign decree of divorce and foreign annulment of
- § 14-05-09. Desertion, neglect, intemperance - Duration
- § 14-05-09.1. Irreconcilable differences defined
- § 14-05-10. Denial of divorce
- § 14-05-11. Connivance defined
- § 14-05-12. Collusion defined
- § 14-05-13. Condonation defined - Requisites
- § 14-05-14. Revocation of condonation
- § 14-05-15. Recrimination defined
- § 14-05-16. Limitation of time
- § 14-05-17. Residence requirements
- § 14-05-18. Presumption of domicile
- § 14-05-19. Affirmative proof required
- § 14-05-20. Legitimacy of children - Adultery by husband
- § 14-05-21. Legitimacy of children - Adultery by wife
- § 14-05-22. Parental rights and responsibilities - Costs
- § 14-05-23. Temporary support, attorney's fees, and parental rights and responsibilities
- § 14-05-24. Division of property and debts
- § 14-05-24.1. Spousal support
- § 14-05-24.2. Summary real estate disposition judgment
- § 14-05-24.3. Property and debt listing information confidential - Exception
- § 14-05-25. Security for alimony - Disposition of homestead
- § 14-05-25.1. Money judgment to secure division of property enforceable by contempt
- § 14-05-25.2. Enforcement of support order
- § 14-05-26. Separate maintenance provided for when divorce denied
- § 14-05-27. Separation - Spousal support - Division of property
- § 14-05-28. Decree of separation - Effect
- § 14-05-29. Revocation of decree of separation - Divorce granted
- § 14-07-01. Mutual obligations
- § 14-07-02. Head of family
- § 14-07-03. Duty to support
- § 14-07-04. Separate property - Rights and privileges
- § 14-07-05. Rights and liabilities of married person
- § 14-07-06. Contracts between husband and wife and third persons as to property
- § 14-07-07. Contracts to alter marital relations
- § 14-07-08. Separate and mutual rights and liabilities of husband and wife
- § 14-07-09. Curtesy and dower extinguished
- § 14-07-10. Mutual liability for necessaries
- § 14-07-11. Spouse liable for support - Exception
- § 14-07-12. Transfer of property when abandoned or imprisoned
- § 14-07-13. Contracts made under power given by court binding on both parties
- § 14-07-14. When order for transfer may be set aside
- § 14-07-15. Abandonment or nonsupport of child - Penalty
- § 14-07-16. Abandonment or nonsupport of spouse - Penalty
- § 14-07-17. Presumption of intent to abandon
- § 14-07-18. Penalty for abandonment and nonsupport
- § 14-07-19. Bond may be given in lieu of punishment
- § 14-07-20. Conditions of bond
- § 14-07-21. Violation of conditions of bond - Who may sue on breach
- § 14-07-22. Evidence required to prove relationship
- § 14-08-01. Action against husband or wife for support of spouse and minor children When maintained
- § 14-08-02. Power of court to render judgment
- § 14-08-03. Procedure for action
- § 14-08-04. What payments made by spouse pending action
- § 14-08-05. Security required - Receiver
- § 14-08-06. Modifying or vacating judgment
- § 14-08-07. Support payments - Payment to court - Transfer of payment to court of
- § 14-08-08. Notification and duties of county social service board
- § 14-08-09. Aid of court available to recipients of support
- § 14-08-10. Remedies additional to those existing
- § 14-09-00.1. Definitions
- § 14-09-01. Legitimacy of children born in wedlock
- § 14-09-02. Children born after dissolution of marriage or before wedlock - Legitimacy
- § 14-09-03. Who may dispute presumption of legitimacy
- § 14-09-04. Custody of legitimate child
- § 14-09-05. Custody of illegitimate child
- § 14-09-05.1. Grandparental rights of visitation to unmarried minor child - Mediation or
- § 14-09-06. Priority of custody of father and mother
- § 14-09-06.1. Awarding custody - Best interests and welfare of child
- § 14-09-06.2. Best interests and welfare of child - Court consideration - Factors
- § 14-09-06.3. Parenting investigations and reports - Costs
- § 14-09-06.4. Appointment of attorney guardian ad litem for child in proceedings
- § 14-09-06.5. Allegation of harm to child - Effect
- § 14-09-06.6. Limitations on postjudgment modifications of primary residential
- § 14-09-07. Residence of child
- § 14-09-08. Mutual duty to support children
- § 14-09-08.1. Support payments - Payment to state disbursement unit - Transfer of
- § 14-09-08.2. Support for children after majority - Retroactive application
- § 14-09-08.3. Duration of child support obligations
- § 14-09-08.4. Periodic review of child support orders
- § 14-09-08.5. Notice of review of child support orders
- § 14-09-08.6. Obligor's duties upon review
- § 14-09-08.7. Notice of review determination
- § 14-09-08.8. Motion for amendment of child support order - How made - Presumption
- § 14-09-08.9. Request for review - Notice of right to request review
- § 14-09-08.10. Order. (Contingent effective date - See note)
- § 14-09-08.11. Eligible child - Employer to permit enrollment - Employer duties and
- § 14-09-08.12. Authorization to insurer
- § 14-09-08.13. Application for service
- § 14-09-08.14. Child support agency to establish criteria
- § 14-09-08.15. Reasonable cost of health insurance. (Contingent repeal - See note)
- § 14-09-08.16. Requests for information from income payer
- § 14-09-08.17. Delinquent obligor may not renounce claims
- § 14-09-08.18. Health insurance reimbursements received by but not owed to obligor to
- § 14-09-08.19. Child support order - Required interest statement
- § 14-09-08.20. National medical support notice - Child support agency duties
- § 14-09-08.21. Termination of parental rights - Duty of support
- § 14-09-08.22. Enforcement of health insurance coverage from an obligee
- § 14-09-09. Liability of stepparent for support
- § 14-09-09.1. Child support - Wage assignment - Procedures
- § 14-09-09.2. Child support - Alternative procedure to withhold and transmit earnings
- § 14-09-09.3. Child support - Duties and liabilities of income payer under income
- § 14-09-09.4. Child support - Order for wage assignment or to withhold and transmit
- § 14-09-09.5. Child support - Judgment or order as lien on property - Duration - Effect
- § 14-09-09.6. Voluntary income withholding for support - Limitations
- § 14-09-09.7. Child support guidelines
- § 14-09-09.8. Out-of-state wage withholding orders - Filing requirements
- § 14-09-09.9. Effect of filing out-of-state wage withholding order
- § 14-09-09.10. Definitions
- § 14-09-09.11. Income withholding order
- § 14-09-09.12. Provision of notice of impact of income withholding law to obligors
- § 14-09-09.13. Procedure - Notice to obligor
- § 14-09-09.14. Hearing upon obligor's request
- § 14-09-09.15. Form - Effect of income withholding order
- § 14-09-09.16. Service of income withholding order on income payer
- § 14-09-09.17. Amendment - Termination of income withholding order
- § 14-09-09.18. Interstate income withholding - Initiation by this state to other state
- § 14-09-09.19. Interstate income withholding - Duties of the public authority upon
- § 14-09-09.20. Interstate income withholding - Notice to obligor
- § 14-09-09.21. Interstate income withholding - Hearing upon request of obligor
- § 14-09-09.22. Interstate income withholding - Form - Service on income payor Termination of order
- § 14-09-09.23. Administration of income withholding
- § 14-09-09.24. Immediate income withholding
- § 14-09-09.25. Requests by obligee for income withholding - Approval - Procedures and
- § 14-09-09.26. State is real party in interest
- § 14-09-09.27. Attorney represents people's interest in the enforcement of child support
- § 14-09-09.28. Application to existing cases
- § 14-09-09.29. Coordination of income withholding activities and child support case
- § 14-09-09.30. Monthly amount due
- § 14-09-09.31. Child support exempt from process
- § 14-09-09.32. Agreements to waive child support
- § 14-09-09.33. Offsets of child support
- § 14-09-09.34. Lump sum payments
- § 14-09-09.35. Transfers of funds for payment of child support
- § 14-09-09.36. Fee for child support services
- § 14-09-09.37. Allocation of tax exemption for the child
- § 14-09-09.38. Child support obligation of incarcerated parents
- § 14-09-09.39. Income withholding - Information provided to obligor
- § 14-09-10. Reciprocal duty of support for health services - Support of poor
- § 14-09-11. Allowance to parent for support of child
- § 14-09-12. Support - Liability of parent's estate
- § 14-09-13. Neglect of child - Parent liable to third person
- § 14-09-14. When parent not liable for support of child
- § 14-09-15. Support of children after majority
- § 14-09-16. Control of property of child
- § 14-09-17. Child's earnings - Relinquished by parent
- § 14-09-18. Wages of minors
- § 14-09-19. Parental abuse
- § 14-09-20. When parent's authority ceases
- § 14-09-21. Parent and child not liable for acts of other
- § 14-09-22. Abuse of child - Mandatory sentence - Penalty
- § 14-09-22.1. Neglect of child - Penalty
- § 14-09-23. Full faith and credit for paternity determinations
- § 14-09-24. Interference with visitation - Attorney's fees - Enforcement remedies and
- § 14-09-24.1. Parenting time - Interference - Penalty
- § 14-09-25. State disbursement unit - Duties - Continuing appropriation
- § 14-09-26. Modification of existing child support orders
- § 14-09-27. State disbursement unit fund - Continuing appropriation - Correction of
- § 14-09-28. Parental custody and visitation rights and duties
- § 14-09-29. Parental rights and responsibilities - Best interests and welfare of child
- § 14-09-30. Parenting plans - Contents
- § 14-09-31. Decisionmaking responsibility
- § 14-09-32. Parental rights and responsibilities
- § 14-09-32.1. Parent's interest in child's upbringing
- § 14-09-33. References to child custody and custodial parent
- § 14-09-34. Electronic remittal of funds withheld under an income withholding order
- § 14-09-35. Missing child - Duty to report - Penalty
- § 14-09-36. Death of a child - Duty to report - Penalty
- § 14-10-00.1. Presumption of age
- § 14-10-01. Minors defined
- § 14-10-02. Adults defined
- § 14-10-03. Minor or person of unsound mind liable for wrongs
- § 14-10-04. Minor's rights of action
- § 14-10-05. Assignment of children prohibited - Penalty
- § 14-10-06. Unlawful to encourage or contribute to the delinquency of minor or the
- § 14-10-07. Marriage of minors under supervision of juvenile court may be annulled Penalty
- § 14-10-08. Person to whom child confided substituting other child - Penalty
- § 14-10-09. Minor's disability to delegate power and to contract relating to real property
- § 14-10-10. Contracts of minor
- § 14-10-11. Minor's contracts - Disaffirmation
- § 14-10-12. Minor cannot disaffirm contracts for necessaries
- § 14-10-13. Minor may not disaffirm statutory contracts
- § 14-10-14. Undertaking by minors for release on bail
- § 14-10-15. Unborn child - When deemed existing person
- § 14-10-16. Identification cards - Application - Misrepresentation of age - Falsifying
- § 14-10-17. Minors - Treatment for sexually transmitted disease - Substance use
- § 14-10-17.1. Minor's emergency care
- § 14-10-18. Blood donations by minors
- § 14-10-18.1. Blood donation - Minors
- § 14-10-19. Minor's consent for prenatal care and other pregnancy care services
- § 14-10-20. Unaccompanied homeless minor's consent for health care
- § 14-13-01. Establishment of interstate compact - Text
- § 14-13-02. Determination of financial responsibility
- § 14-13-03. Definitions
- § 14-13-04. Authority to enter into agreements - Limitation
- § 14-13-05. Inspection and supervision in other state
- § 14-13-06. Restrictions not to apply
- § 14-13-07. Placement of delinquent children
- § 14-13-08. Governor to appoint compact administrator
- § 14-15-01. Definitions
- § 14-15-02. Who may be adopted
- § 14-15-03. Who may adopt
- § 14-15-04. Venue - Inconvenient forum - Caption
- § 14-15-05. Persons required to consent to adoption
- § 14-15-06. Individuals as to whom consent not required - Notice of hearing
- § 14-15-07. How consent is executed
- § 14-15-08. Withdrawal of consent
- § 14-15-09. Petition for adoption
- § 14-15-10. Report of petitioner's expenditures
- § 14-15-11. Notice of petition - Investigation and hearing
- § 14-15-12. Required residence of minor
- § 14-15-12.1. Health insurance requirements for adoptees
- § 14-15-13. Appearance - Continuance - Disposition of petition
- § 14-15-14. Effect of petition and decree of adoption
- § 14-15-15. Appeal and validation of adoption decree
- § 14-15-16. Hearings and records in adoption proceedings - Confidential nature Disclosure of identifying and nonidentifying information - Retroactive operation
- § 14-15-17. Recognition or validation of foreign decree affecting adoption
- § 14-15-18. Application for new birth record
- § 14-15-19. Relinquishment and termination of parent and child relationship
- § 14-15-19.1. Right to counsel
- § 14-15-20. Adoption and legitimation by conduct
- § 14-15-21. Application and construction
- § 14-15-22. Short title
- § 14-15-23. Effect on pending proceedings
- § 14-18-01. Definitions
- § 14-18-02. Maternity
- § 14-18-02.1. Paternity
- § 14-18-03. Assisted conception by married woman
- § 14-18-04. Parental status of donors and deceased persons
- § 14-18-05. Surrogate agreements
- § 14-18-06. Relation of parent and child
- § 14-18-07. Succession and gift rights
- § 14-18-08. Gestational carrier agreements
- § 14-18-09. Responsibility of intended parents for pregnancy-related costs
- § 14-19-01. Definitions
- § 14-19-02. Construction of chapter - Place of acknowledgment or birth need not be
- § 14-19-03. Establishment of relationship of father and child
- § 14-19-04. Effect of voluntary acknowledgment of paternity - Who may dispute
- § 14-19-05. Filing of acknowledgment
- § 14-19-06. Hospital-based program for acknowledgment of paternity - Effect of