Inmate personal property

N.D.C.C. § 12-44.1-12 — under Jails and Regional Correction Centers.

N.D.C.C. § 12-44.1-12

A written, itemized inventory of all personal property taken from an inmate at the time of admission shall be made by correctional facility staff. The property, including money and other valuables, shall be secured and the inmate given a receipt for all property to be held until the inmate's release unless the inmate requests a different disposition in writing. Upon release, the items of inmate personal property shall be compared with the inventory list, and the inmate shall sign a receipt for the property's return. If the inmate is released for transfer to another correctional facility, the correctional officer transporting the inmate shall sign the receipt. The releasing correctional facility shall maintain a copy of the property receipt for its files.

12-44.1-12.1. Establishment of inmate accounts - Withholding funds for inmate financial obligations - Health care costs - Payment of funds to inmate upon release. 1. The correctional facility administrator shall establish an inmate account for each inmate. The correctional facility administrator may withdraw funds from an inmate's account to meet the inmate's legitimate financial obligations, including child support and restitution and for the inmate's medical, dental, and eye care costs, and establish an administrative procedure for an inmate to appeal the withdrawal of the funds. 2. The correctional facility administrator shall pay an inmate all funds in the inmate's account when the inmate is discharged from the correctional facility or when the inmate is transferred to another correctional facility, less the inmate's outstanding obligations to the correctional facility. 3. This section does not limit or alter the provisions of chapter 14-09 relating to income withholding orders for child support.