North Dakota Code — 27
Browse 262 sections in division 27 of the North Dakota code. Each section page includes the full statutory text, official source links, and citation guidance.
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- § 27-01-01. Courts composing judicial system of state - Those constituting courts of
- § 27-01-01.1. Budgeting and financing of the supreme court and district courts
- § 27-01-02. Sittings of courts public - When public may be excluded
- § 27-01-03. Courts not open on Sundays and holidays - Jurisdiction of magistrates on
- § 27-01-04. Authority of judges of the district and county courts in bankruptcy
- § 27-01-05. Expenses on change of venue
- § 27-01-06. Payment of expenses on change of venue
- § 27-01-07. Civil action fees - Waiver
- § 27-01-08. Service of process by mail by federal marshals
- § 27-01-09. Reciprocal recognition of certain state and tribal court judgments, decrees,
- § 27-01-10. Fee assessments for funding crime victim and witness programs
- § 27-02-01. Appointment and duties of chief justice of the supreme court
- § 27-02-02. Salaries of justices of supreme court
- § 27-02-02.1. Additional compensation - Supreme and district court judges
- § 27-02-03. Stenographers for supreme court
- § 27-02-04. Jurisdiction of supreme court - Appellate - Original
- § 27-02-05. General powers of supreme court
- § 27-02-05.1. Administration by supreme court
- § 27-02-05.2. State juvenile services coordinator - Powers and duties - Selection and
- § 27-02-06. Terms
- § 27-02-07. Rules relating to the unauthorized practice of the law may be made by
- § 27-02-08. Rules of pleading, practice, and procedure may be made by supreme court
- § 27-02-09. Statutes regulating procedure effective as rules of supreme court
- § 27-02-10. Limitation on rulemaking powers of supreme court
- § 27-02-11. Notice of intention to promulgate rule - Requirement - Method of giving Hearing interested parties
- § 27-02-12. Proposal of new rules and amendments to rules of practice by attorneys
- § 27-02-13. Means of putting into effect rules or amendments to rules adopted by
- § 27-02-14. Effective date of rules promulgated by supreme court
- § 27-02-15. Duties of clerks of district courts with reference to rules - Rules open to
- § 27-02-16. Issuance and return of writs by supreme court
- § 27-02-17. Issues of fact in original proceedings in supreme court may be sent to
- § 27-02-18. Calendar of the supreme court
- § 27-02-19. Causes given preference on supreme court calendar
- § 27-02-20. When causes on calendar stand over
- § 27-02-21. Adjournments
- § 27-02-22. Majority of judges must concur in judgment - Effect if concurrence of
- § 27-02-23. Decisions must be written - Filing - Requirement
- § 27-02-24. Regulations governing publication and distribution of official reports to be
- § 27-02-25. Supreme court may call special terms for district courts - Court may
- § 27-02-26. Uniform traffic summons and complaint
- § 27-02-27. Judicial emergency
- § 27-03-01. Appointment of clerk of supreme court
- § 27-03-02. Clerk of supreme court - Oath - Deputy
- § 27-03-03. Salary of clerk of supreme court
- § 27-03-04. Mileage and expenses allowed clerk
- § 27-03-05. Fees to be charged and collected by clerk of supreme court
- § 27-03-06. Fees to be deposited monthly with state treasurer
- § 27-03-07. Clerk personally to perform all duties - When deputy can act
- § 27-03-08. Clerk of supreme court to procure necessary records, supplies, and
- § 27-03-09. Clerk to furnish copy of syllabus of each decision to daily newspaper
- § 27-03-10. Clerk to furnish copies of opinions, abstracts, and briefs to supreme court
- § 27-04-01. Supreme court reporter - Appointment, qualifications, term, titles
- § 27-04-02. Bond of supreme court reporter
- § 27-04-03. Salary of supreme court reporter
- § 27-04-04. Location of office of supreme court reporter
- § 27-04-05. Opinions and reports of supreme court printed and published by reporter
- § 27-04-06. Reporter's duties as to state law library
- § 27-04-07. Reporter's duties as legislative reference librarian
- § 27-04-08. Sale and disposal of books and other library materials by supreme court
- § 27-04-08.1. Secretary of state to purchase certain property and publication rights
- § 27-04-09. Court security
- § 27-04-10. Sheriff acting as marshal liable on official bond
- § 27-04-11. Appointment and duties of bailiff of supreme court - Compensation of
- § 27-05-00.1. County courts abolished - Election of additional district court judges Case file transition - Budget and property considerations
- § 27-05-01. Judicial districts - Number of judges
- § 27-05-02. Election and term of office of district judges
- § 27-05-02.1. Vacancy in office of district judge - Transfer of judgeships - Hearing
- § 27-05-03. Salaries and expenses of district judges
- § 27-05-03.1. Retirement for mental or physical disability of supreme court judges and
- § 27-05-03.2. Judicial retirement salary payable to judge retired for mental or physical
- § 27-05-04. Expenses of district judges sitting with supreme court or in other districts Allowance - Payment
- § 27-05-05. Presiding judge of district - How determined - Term of office
- § 27-05-06. Jurisdiction of district courts
- § 27-05-07. Purposes for which district courts always open - When and where issues of
- § 27-05-08. Chambers - Residence
- § 27-05-08.1. Terms of district court to be fixed by supreme court
- § 27-05-09. First judicial district - General terms
- § 27-05-10. Second judicial district - General terms
- § 27-05-11. Third judicial district - General terms
- § 27-05-12. Fourth judicial district - General terms
- § 27-05-13. Fifth judicial district - General terms
- § 27-05-14. Sixth judicial district - General terms
- § 27-05-15. Terms for naturalization
- § 27-05-16. District judges may call special terms and may summon juries thereto
- § 27-05-17. General provisions concerning terms
- § 27-05-18. District judges prohibited from holding consecutive jury terms - Exception
- § 27-05-19. Effect where first day of term falls on legal holiday
- § 27-05-20. Acts of district judge are acts of court
- § 27-05-21. District judges to have statewide jurisdiction - Exception
- § 27-05-22. District judges to act only within their districts - Exceptions
- § 27-05-23. Judgments or orders improperly given in matters pending outside judge's
- § 27-05-24. Ex parte applications may be heard and default judgments may be given
- § 27-05-25. How business of district courts assigned judges and regulated - Several
- § 27-05-26. Change of venue
- § 27-05-27. Motions before trial judge
- § 27-05-28. Orders without notice
- § 27-05-29. District judges may assign additional duties to juvenile supervisors Authority of supreme court
- § 27-05-30. Judicial referees
- § 27-05-31. Magistrates - Appointment - Salary - Authority
- § 27-05-32. District court supervised treatment programs - Roles and responsibilities
- § 27-10-01. Acts punishable as criminal contempts by courts of record
- § 27-10-01.1. Definitions
- § 27-10-01.2. Power of court to punish for contempt of court
- § 27-10-01.3. Nonsummary procedure for remedial and punitive sanctions - Joint
- § 27-10-01.4. Remedial sanctions - Punitive sanctions for nonsummary and summary
- § 27-10-02. Penalty for criminal contempt
- § 27-10-03. Acts punishable as civil contempts
- § 27-10-04. Penalty for civil contempt - When party injured indemnified instead of fine
- § 27-10-05. Corporations subject to fines
- § 27-10-06. Contempt committed in presence of judge punishable summarily - Order
- § 27-10-07. Order to show cause or warrant of attachment for contempt not committed
- § 27-10-08. Nature of proceedings upon order to show cause or warrant of attachment
- § 27-10-09. Papers to be served on person arrested for contempt
- § 27-10-10. Amount of undertaking for appearance of accused may be fixed and
- § 27-10-11. Duties of sheriff after arrest if undertaking not given by accused
- § 27-10-12. Accused discharged from arrest on delivering undertaking - Nature of
- § 27-10-13. Procedure on return of warrant of attachment or order to show cause for
- § 27-10-14. Order directing punishment of and warrant of commitment of person found
- § 27-10-15. Contents of order for punishment and warrant of commitment
- § 27-10-16. Person imprisoned for contempt may be ordered discharged
- § 27-10-17. Punishment for contempt no bar to criminal prosecution
- § 27-10-18. Procedure when person arrested gives undertaking for appearance but fails
- § 27-10-19. Undertaking may be ordered prosecuted by and in behalf of party aggrieved
- § 27-10-20. When undertaking ordered prosecuted in name of state - Disposition of
- § 27-10-21. Sheriff liable for insufficient surety - Enforcement of liability
- § 27-10-22. Procedure to punish contempt before referee
- § 27-10-23. Contempt of witness before notary public, officer, board, or tribunal
- § 27-10-24. Appeal to supreme court from final order adjudging a person guilty of
- § 27-10-25. Undertaking for stay of execution of order on appeal in criminal contempt
- § 27-10-26. Undertaking for stay of execution of order on appeal in civil contempts
- § 27-10-27. Undertaking on appeal in contempt where stay of execution not desired
- § 27-11-01. Practicing law and serving on courts of record without certificate of
- § 27-11-02. Power to admit vested in the supreme court
- § 27-11-03. Qualifications of applicants for admission to practice law
- § 27-11-03.1. Conviction not bar to certification - Exceptions
- § 27-11-04. Attorney's certificate of clerkship
- § 27-11-05. Applicants for admission to bar to be examined by state bar board Exception
- § 27-11-06. State board of law examiners established - Appointment and qualifications
- § 27-11-07. Oath of member of state board of law examiners
- § 27-11-08. Terms and removal of members of state board of law examiners
- § 27-11-09. Filling vacancies on state board of law examiners
- § 27-11-10. Officers of state board of law examiners
- § 27-11-11. Compensation of members of state board of law examiners
- § 27-11-12. Compensation of secretary-treasurer of state board of law examiners
- § 27-11-13. Powers of state board of law examiners
- § 27-11-14. Payment of compensation and expenditures of state board of law
- § 27-11-15. Records to be kept by state board of law examiners
- § 27-11-16. Examinations for admission to bar conducted by state bar board - Nature of
- § 27-11-17. Fee payable by all applicants for admission to bar - Disposition of fees
- § 27-11-18. Board to report results of examinations and recommendations to supreme
- § 27-11-19. Supreme court to order issuance of certificate of admission
- § 27-11-20. Oath and pledge to be taken by applicants admitted to the bar
- § 27-11-21. Certificate of admission - When issued - Contents
- § 27-11-22. Annual licenses to practice law and to serve on certain courts Requirement - Issuance - Fees
- § 27-11-23. Fees from annual licenses to be deposited in state bar fund
- § 27-11-24. Expenditure of state bar fund
- § 27-11-25. Attorneys admitted in other states admitted without examination
- § 27-11-26. Procedure and proof required for admission without examination
- § 27-11-27. When foreign attorneys may practice in this state
- § 27-12-01. State bar association of North Dakota - How governed
- § 27-12-02. Membership of state bar association
- § 27-12-03. Rights of members of bar association
- § 27-12-04. Moneys payable from state bar fund to state bar association
- § 27-12-05. Bond of secretary-treasurer of bar association - Payment of premium
- § 27-12-06. Method of expenditure of association's funds - Annual report of receipts
- § 27-12-07. No liability upon state created by provisions of chapter
- § 27-12-08. Use of funds
- § 27-12-09. Confidential records
- § 27-13-01. Duties of attorneys
- § 27-13-02. Powers of attorneys
- § 27-13-03. Attorney not to be surety
- § 27-13-04. Court may require proof of attorney's authority - Proceedings stayed until
- § 27-13-05. Attorney's refusal to deliver client's money or property - Penalty
- § 27-13-06. Attorney's withholding of client's money or property under alleged lien
- § 27-13-07. Attorney's refusal to deliver client's money or property not unlawful if
- § 27-13-08. Misconduct of attorney - Penalty - Treble civil damages forfeited
- § 27-13-09. Permitting use of or making use of attorney's name unlawful - Penalty
- § 27-13-10. When use of attorney's name permissible
- § 27-13-11. Partner of public prosecutor not to aid defense - Penalty
- § 27-13-12. Attorney not to aid defense when formerly interested as public prosecutor Penalty
- § 27-13-13. Public prosecutors or partners thereof may defend themselves in criminal
- § 27-13-14. Attorney for attorney fiduciary required - Exception
- § 27-14-01. Admission to bar revocable
- § 27-14-02. Causes for suspension or revocation of certificate of admission to bar
- § 27-14-03. Reference to state bar board by supreme court
- § 27-14-04. Investigation by bar board - Witnesses, subpoenas, oaths, testimony
- § 27-14-05. Report by bar board
- § 27-14-06. Prosecution by state bar board
- § 27-14-07. Filing of accusations - Answer thereto
- § 27-14-08. Trial
- § 27-14-09. Revocation and suspension
- § 27-14-10. Expenses of prosecution
- § 27-15-01. Judicial conference established
- § 27-15-02. Term of office - Vacancy - How filled
- § 27-15-03. Organization of judicial conference - Rules of procedure
- § 27-15-04. Meetings
- § 27-15-05. Duties
- § 27-15-06. Hearings - Subpoena of witnesses - Compelling testimony
- § 27-15-07. Bureau of statistics - Duties of officers - Information required
- § 27-15-08. Report and recommendations to governor - Suggestion of rules to supreme
- § 27-15-09. Meeting of judges
- § 27-15-10. Compensation - Expenses
- § 27-17-01. Retirement of supreme court judges and district court judges
- § 27-17-01.1. Supplemental retirement benefits
- § 27-17-02. Retention of assessments from judges' salaries - Withdrawal of sums so
- § 27-17-03. Services and compensation of retired justices and judges
- § 27-17-04. Salary of retired judges
- § 27-17-05. Disposition of contributions
- § 27-17-06. Immediate withdrawal of present active judges from judges retirement fund
- § 27-19-01. Assumption of jurisdiction
- § 27-19-02. Method of acceptance
- § 27-19-03. Acceptance proclamation
- § 27-19-04. Effective date
- § 27-19-05. Individual acceptance
- § 27-19-06. Acceptance by guardian
- § 27-19-07. Contempt powers
- § 27-19-08. Limitations upon jurisdiction
- § 27-19-09. Tribal ordinances and customs preserved
- § 27-19-10. Other benefits not affected
- § 27-19-11. Petition for withdrawal
- § 27-19-12. Withdrawal proclamation
- § 27-19-13. Individual withdrawal
- § 27-21-00.1. Definitions
- § 27-21-01. Creation of division of juvenile services - Director
- § 27-21-02. Division of juvenile services - Powers and duties
- § 27-21-02.1. Placement procedures
- § 27-21-03. Temporary care
- § 27-21-04. Creation of state youth authority advisory board - Members - Meetings Powers and duties
- § 27-21-05. Division of juvenile services to report to the committing juvenile court
- § 27-21-03. The division shall review each placement and the current status of each child
- § 27-21-06. Division of juvenile services to contract with facilities in other states for
- § 27-21-07. Report by caretaker to division of juvenile services
- § 27-21-08. Planning - Development
- § 27-21-09. Cooperation with other agencies and departments of the state - Right to
- § 27-21-10. Cooperation with federal agencies and departments
- § 27-21-11. Transfer of students from the North Dakota youth correctional center to
- § 27-21-12. Division of juvenile services files and records confidentiality
- § 27-23-01. Definitions
- § 27-23-02. Creation and composition of commission, terms of office, appointment, and
- § 27-23-03. Other powers
- § 27-23-04. Cooperation with, and assistance and information to, commission
- § 27-23-05. Duty of sheriffs and police officers to serve process and execute orders of
- § 27-23-06. General powers of commission, hearing panel, and disciplinary counsel
- § 27-23-07. Process extends to all parts of state
- § 27-23-08. Petition for order compelling person to attend or testify or produce writings
- § 27-23-09. Deposition
- § 27-23-10. Fees and mileage of witnesses
- § 27-23-11. Costs
- § 27-23-12. Commission budget
- § 27-24-01. Appointment of eligible person to temporary judgeship
- § 27-24-02. Transfer, challenge, disqualification, and supervision of person appointed
- § 27-24-03. Extension and termination of appointment of temporary judge - Eligibility to
- § 27-24-04. Compensation and expenses of person appointed temporary judge
- § 27-25-01. Definitions
- § 27-25-02. Creation and composition of committee - Terms of office - Appointment Vacancies
- § 27-25-03. Submission of nominee list to governor
- § 27-25-04. Governor to appoint or call special election
- § 27-25-05. Powers and duties
- § 27-25-06. Submission of names by citizens - Withdrawal
- § 27-25-07. Committee members ineligible for vacancy appointment
- § 27-25-08. Expenses of committee
- § 27-25-09. Committee budget