Title 11 — Counties
52 chapters · 646 sections in this title.
N.D.C.C. § 11-16-01 Duties of the state's attorney
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1. The state's attorney is the public prosecutor, and shall: a. Attend the district court and conduct on behalf of the state all prosecutions for public offenses. b. Institute proceedings before magistrates for the arrest of persons charged with or reasonably suspected of public …
N.D.C.C. § 11-16-01.1 Restitution collection and enforcement
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Except as provided in this section, the county and state offices performing restitution collection and enforcement activities as of April 1, 2001, shall continue to perform those activities. In counties in which a county office performs those activities, a county may transfer res…
N.D.C.C. § 11-16-02 Assistant - Appointment - Duties
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The state's attorney may appoint assistant state's attorneys, who, when qualified by filing the required oath of office, shall have the same powers as, and shall perform any and all duties required of, the state's attorney. The state's attorney is responsible, under the state's a…
N.D.C.C. § 11-16-03 Person receiving receipt from state's attorney to file the same
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Any person who shall receive duplicate receipts from the state's attorney for moneys paid to the state's attorney shall file one copy of each such receipt in the office of the county treasurer.
N.D.C.C. § 11-16-04 Penalty for failure to pay over moneys
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Whenever the state's attorney shall refuse or neglect to account for or pay over the public moneys received by the state's attorney, the state's attorney is guilty of an infraction. 11-16-05. Restrictions on powers of state's attorney - Option regarding full-time state's attorney…
N.D.C.C. § 11-16-08 County commissioners may employ special counsel for the county
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The board of county commissioners, in cases of public importance and with the advice and consent of the state's attorney, may employ additional counsel to assist the state's attorney. Such counsel shall receive such compensation as may be agreed upon between the parties.
N.D.C.C. § 11-16-09 State's attorney's contingent fund
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The board of county commissioners shall set aside from any funds in the county treasury not specifically appropriated or set aside for any other purpose the following sum of money to be used by the state's attorney of the county as a contingent fund for the purpose of defraying t…
N.D.C.C. § 11-16-10 Use of state's attorney's contingent fund
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The state's attorney may incur expenses in securing evidence and investigating criminal cases, so far as is necessary, to the amount annually appropriated by the board of county commissioners to the state's attorney's contingent fund. 11-16-11. District judge to require statement…
N.D.C.C. § 11-16-13 Warrants on state's attorney's contingent fund
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All disbursements from the state's attorney's contingent fund must be made in the usual manner by the county treasurer upon the warrant of the county auditor. The auditor's warrant must be executed and delivered in the amount and to the person designated by the order of the state…
N.D.C.C. § 11-16-14 Unexpired balance of state's attorney's contingent fund
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Any sum remaining in the state's attorney's contingent fund on the thirty-first day of December of each year shall be transferred by the county auditor to the general fund of the county. 11-16-15. Criminal act causing death - Felony - Inquiry - State's attorney may subpoena witne…
N.D.C.C. § 11-16-16 Prosecution-led diversion program
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1. The state's attorney for each county may create and administer a prosecution-led diversion program if, after due consideration of any crime victim's rights and subject to approval from the court, the prosecuting attorney and the defendant agree to suspend prosecution for a per…