Title 29 — Judicial Procedure, Criminal
48 chapters · 631 sections in this title.
N.D.C.C. § 29-29.5-01 Definitions
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1. "Benefit" means any of the following conferred on a confidential informant or a third party: a. Leniency in a criminal case or probation or parole matter, including a decision whether to arrest or charge an offense or to limit the number or severity of charges; b. Sentence red…
N.D.C.C. § 29-29.5-02 Limitation on use of juvenile confidential informants
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1. A law enforcement agency may not use a juvenile fifteen years of age or younger as a confidential informant. 2. A juvenile over the age of fifteen, but under the age of eighteen, may not be used as a confidential informant unless: a. The juvenile is married; b. The juvenile is…
N.D.C.C. § 29-29.5-03 Limitation on use of campus police
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A law enforcement officer employed under section 15-10-17 may not enter an informant agreement with a student enrolled in an institution under the control of the state board of higher education.
N.D.C.C. § 29-29.5-04 Law enforcement confidential informant training and guidelines
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1. After July 1, 2018, a law enforcement agency may not use a confidential informant unless the law enforcement agency is trained in the use of confidential informants in a training course approved by the attorney general. a. Training must occur at least once every three years, a…
N.D.C.C. § 29-29.5-05 Written agreement required
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Except for court proceedings, a law enforcement agency may use a confidential informant only with a written agreement executed by the confidential informant and the law enforcement agency. An agreement for use of a confidential informant must be in writing, and include: 1. The co…
N.D.C.C. § 29-29.5-06 Death of a confidential informant
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Upon the death of a confidential informant, the supervising law enforcement agency shall withdraw from the investigation of the death of its confidential informant. The supervising law enforcement agency promptly shall notify the attorney general of its withdrawal from the invest…
N.D.C.C. § 29-29.5-07 Reporting violations of this chapter
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1. An individual may report a suspected violation of this chapter to the appropriate law enforcement agency administration. The law enforcement agency shall investigate any reported violation within twenty days from receiving the complaint and, within forty-five days from receivi…
N.D.C.C. § 29-29.5-08 Disposition of cases involving confidential informants
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1. An informant agreement may be presented to the court at the time of sentencing. A court shall give consideration at sentencing to a confidential informant who has substantially complied with an informant agreement. 2. After consideration of an informant agreement, a court may …