If, after an arrest, the accused is taken before a magistrate other than the one who issued the warrant, the complaint on which the warrant was granted must be sent to that magistrate, or if it cannot be procured, the prosecutor and the prosecutor's witnesses must be summoned to give their testimony anew.
29-05-17. Requirements of warrant for accused from other county - Complaint to accompany. Superseded by N.D.R.Crim.P., Rule 5.
29-05-18. Accused taken to proper county - Delivery of complaint with the accused - Depositions. The officer who executes a warrant for an offense triable in another county shall take the accused before the nearest or most accessible magistrate of the county in which the offense is triable and shall deliver to the magistrate the complaint and the depositions, if any, and the warrant, with the officer's return endorsed thereon, and the magistrate then shall proceed in the same manner as upon a warrant issued by that magistrate.