Title 27, Judicial Branch of Government
42 chapters · 368 sections in this title.
N.D.C.C. § 27-01-01 Courts composing judicial system of state - Those constituting courts of record
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The following are the courts of justice of this state: 1. The supreme court; 2. The district courts; and 3. Such other courts as are or may be created by law for cities. Of these the supreme court and the district courts are courts of record.
N.D.C.C. § 27-01-01.1 Budgeting and financing of the supreme court and district courts
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The state court administrator shall submit a comprehensive budget for the supreme court and the district courts to the legislative assembly. An informational copy of the budget must be delivered to the director of the budget pursuant to section 54-44.1-13. The budget for the dist…
N.D.C.C. § 27-01-02 Sittings of courts public - When public may be excluded
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The sittings of every court of this state must be public, and every citizen may freely attend the same, except that on the trial of cases of a scandalous or obscene nature the presiding judge or justice may exclude therefrom all persons not necessarily present as parties or witne…
N.D.C.C. § 27-01-07 Civil action fees - Waiver
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Any filing fees connected with any civil action to be heard in any of the courts of the judicial system as listed in section 27-01-01 may be waived with or without a hearing, at the court's discretion, by the filing of an in forma pauperis petition accompanied by a sworn affidavi…
N.D.C.C. § 27-01-09 Reciprocal recognition of certain state and tribal court judgments, decrees, and orders - Conditions
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The district courts shall recognize and cause to be enforced any judgment, decree, or order of the tribal court of the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation in any case involving the dissolution of marriage, the distribution of property upon divorce, child cust…
N.D.C.C. § 27-01-10 Fee assessments for funding crime victim and witness programs
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1. The governing body of a county shall, by resolution, authorize the district judges serving that county to assess a fee under subsection 3 of not more than twenty-five dollars as part of a sentence imposed on a defendant who pleads guilty to or is convicted of a criminal offens…