Title 12.1 — Criminal Code
53 chapters · 382 sections in this title.
N.D.C.C. § 12.1-31-01 Disorderly conduct
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1. An individual is guilty of a class B misdemeanor if, with intent to harass, annoy, or alarm another person or in reckless disregard of the fact that another person is harassed, annoyed, or alarmed by the individual's behavior, the individual: a. Engages in fighting, or in viol…
N.D.C.C. § 12.1-31-01.1 Disorderly conduct at a funeral - Penalty
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1. For purposes of this section: a. "Funeral" means the ceremonies, rituals, processions, and memorial services held at a funeral site in connection with the burial, cremation, or memorial of a deceased individual. b. "Funeral site" means a church, synagogue, mosque, funeral home…
N.D.C.C. § 12.1-31-01.2 Sexual assault restraining order - Penalty
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Repealed by S.L. 2025, ch. 145, § 17.
N.D.C.C. § 12.1-31-02 Engaging in or financing criminal usury business
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1. A person is guilty of a class C felony if he knowingly engages in, or directly or indirectly provides financing for, the business of making extensions of credit at such a rate of interest that repayment or performance of any promise given in consideration thereof is unenforcea…
N.D.C.C. § 12.1-31-03.1 Vending machines prohibited - Penalty
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1. It is an infraction for any person to sell or furnish cigarettes, cigarette papers, cigars, snuff, tobacco in any other form in which it may be utilized for smoking or chewing, electronic smoking devices, or alternative nicotine products through a vending machine, except as pr…
N.D.C.C. § 12.1-31-03.3 Sale of flavored e-liquid to minors prohibited - Penalty
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1. A person may not sell, offer for sale, or distribute in this state any flavored e-liquid or electronic smoking device containing flavored e-liquid to an individual under twenty-one years of age. 2. A person that violates subsection 1 and is not a manufacturer is subject to a f…
N.D.C.C. § 12.1-31-04 Manufacture, sale, or delivery of paraphernalia - Definitions - Penalty
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Repealed by S.L. 1981, ch. 160, § 8.
N.D.C.C. § 12.1-31-05 Child procurement - Penalty
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Except with respect to fees and charges authorized by law or approved by a court in a proceeding related to the placement of a minor child for adoption or related to the adoption of a minor child, a person is guilty of child procurement, a class C felony, if the person knowingly …
N.D.C.C. § 12.1-31-06 Volatile chemicals - Inhalation of vapors prohibited - Definitions - Penalty
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Repealed by S.L. 2001, ch. 214, § 10.
N.D.C.C. § 12.1-31-07 Endangering an eligible adult - Penalty
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1. In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: a. "Caregiver" means a person who is responsible for the care of an eligible adult as a result of a familial or legal relationship, or a person who has assumed responsibility for the care of an eligible adult. The term do…
N.D.C.C. § 12.1-31-07.1 Exploitation of an eligible adult - Penalty
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1. A person is guilty of exploitation of an eligible adult if: a. The person stands in a position of trust and confidence or has a business relationship with the eligible adult and knowingly, by deception, intimidation, or undue influence, obtains or uses, or attempts to obtain o…
N.D.C.C. § 12.1-31-07.2 Criminal proceeding involving an eligible adult - Speedy trial
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In a criminal proceeding in which an eligible adult is a victim, the court and state's attorney shall take appropriate action to ensure a speedy trial to minimize the length of time the eligible adult must endure the stress of involvement in the proceedings. In ruling on a motion…
N.D.C.C. § 12.1-31-10 Sale of bidis prohibited - Penalty
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It is an infraction for any person to sell the tobacco product commonly referred to as bidis or beedies. For purposes of this section, "bidis" or "beedies" means a product containing tobacco which is wrapped in temburni leaf, also known as diospyros melanoxylon, or tendu leaf, al…
N.D.C.C. § 12.1-31-11 False representation of marital status
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An individual is guilty of a class B misdemeanor if the individual lives openly and notoriously with an individual of the opposite sex as a married couple without being married to the other individual and falsely represents the couple's status as being married to each other.
N.D.C.C. § 12.1-31-12 Abortion - Affirmative defenses
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Repealed by S.L. 2023, ch. 122, § 11. 12.1-31-13. Tattooing, branding, subdermal implants, scarifying, and piercing - Minors. 1. As used in this section: a. "Brand" means the use of heat, cold, or any chemical compound to imprint permanent markings on an individual's skin. b. "Pi…
N.D.C.C. § 12.1-31-14 Surreptitious intrusion or interference with privacy
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1. An individual is guilty of a class B misdemeanor if, with intent to intrude upon or interfere with the privacy of another, the individual: a. Enters upon another's property and surreptitiously gazes, stares, or peeps into a house or place of dwelling of another; or b. Enters u…
N.D.C.C. § 12.1-31-15 Wearing of masks during commission of criminal offense prohibited
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1. An individual may not wear a mask, hood, or other device that covers, hides, or conceals any portion of that individual's face: a. With the intent to intimidate, threaten, abuse, or harass any other individual; b. For the purpose of evading or escaping discovery, recognition, …