North Dakota § 13-13-21 - Confidentiality

§ 13-13-21. Confidentiality

To promote more effective regulation and reduce regulatory burden through supervisory information sharing: 1. Except as otherwise provided in Public Law 110-289, section 1512, the requirements under any federal law, chapter 44-04, or section 6-01-07.1, regarding the privacy or confidentiality of any information or material provided to the nationwide multistate licensing system and registry, and any privilege arising under federal or state law, including the rules of any federal or state court, with respect to information or material, continue to apply to information or material after the information or material has been disclosed to the nationwide multistate licensing system and registry. Information and material may be shared with all state and federal regulatory officials with mortgage industry oversight authority without the loss of privilege or the loss of confidentiality protections provided by federal law, chapter 44-04, or section 6-01-07.1. 2. For these purposes, the commissioner may enter agreements or sharing arrangements with other governmental agencies, the conference of state bank 3. 4. 5. supervisors, the American association of residential mortgage regulators, or other associations representing governmental agencies. Information or material that is subject to a privilege or confidentiality under subsection 1 is not subject to: a. Disclosure under any federal or state law governing the disclosure to the public of information held by an officer or an agency of the federal government or the respective state; or b. Subpoena or discovery, or admission into evidence, in any administrative process, unless with respect to any privilege held by the nationwide multistate licensing system and registry with respect to such information or material, the person to whom the information or material pertains waives, in whole or in part, in the discretion of the person, that privilege. The commissioner shall take all necessary steps, under any applicable law or rule, to protect the disclosure of information or material that is subject to a privilege or confidentiality under subsection 1. Records subject to a privilege or confidentiality under subsection 1 may be required to be disclosed only pursuant to an order of the court. The court ordering the disclosure shall issue a protective order to protect the confidential nature of the records. Application of chapter 44-04 or section 6-01-07.1, relating to the disclosure of confidential supervisory information or any information or material described in subsection 1 which is inconsistent with subsection 1, is superseded by the requirements of this section.