Title 32 — Judicial Remedies
69 chapters · 746 sections in this title.
N.D.C.C. § 32-33-01 When and by whom writ of certiorari granted
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A writ of certiorari shall be granted by the supreme court or district court when an officer, board, tribunal, or inferior court has exceeded the jurisdiction of such officer, board, tribunal, or inferior court, as the case may be, and there is no appeal, nor, in the judgment of …
N.D.C.C. § 32-33-02 How application made
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The application must be made on affidavit by the party beneficially interested, and the court may require a notice of the application to be given to the adverse party, or may grant an order to show cause why it should not be allowed, or may grant the writ without notice.
N.D.C.C. § 32-33-03 To whom directed
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The writ may be directed to the inferior court, tribunal, board, or officer, or to any other person having the custody of the records or proceedings to be certified.
N.D.C.C. § 32-33-04 Requisites of writ
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The writ of certiorari shall command the party to whom it is directed to certify fully to the court issuing the writ, at a specified time and place, and to annex to the writ a transcript of the record and proceedings, describing or referring to them with convenient certainty, and…
N.D.C.C. § 32-33-05 To officer whose term has expired
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A writ of certiorari may be issued to and a return to a writ of certiorari may be made by an officer whose term of office has expired. Such an officer may be punished for a failure to make a return to the writ as required thereby, or to make a further return as required by an ord…
N.D.C.C. § 32-33-06 Stay of proceedings
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If a stay of proceedings is not intended, the words requiring the stay must be omitted from the writ. These words may be inserted or omitted in the sound discretion of the court, but if omitted, the power of the inferior court or officer is not suspended nor the proceedings staye…
N.D.C.C. § 32-33-07 Other proofs permitted if officer dies or return incomplete
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If the officer or other person whose duty it is to make a return dies, absconds, or moves from the state, or becomes insane after the writ is issued and before making a return, or after making an insufficient return, and it appears that there is no other officer or person from wh…
N.D.C.C. § 32-33-08 How served
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The writ must be served in the same manner as a summons in a civil action except when otherwise expressly directed by the court.
N.D.C.C. § 32-33-09 Extent of review
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Except as otherwise provided by law, the review upon a writ of certiorari cannot be extended further than to determine whether the inferior court, tribunal, board, or officer has pursued regularly the authority of such court, tribunal, board, or officer.
N.D.C.C. § 32-33-10 Return of writ and hearing
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If the return to the writ is defective, the court may order a further return to be made. Any record made by the inferior court, officer, board, or tribunal may be impeached by the return to the writ, or in the cases mentioned in section 32-33-07, by affidavits or other written pr…
N.D.C.C. § 32-33-11 Judgment sent below
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A copy of the judgment signed by the clerk must be transmitted to the inferior court, tribunal, board, or officer having custody of the record or proceedings certified.
N.D.C.C. § 32-33-12 Judgment roll
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A copy of the judgment signed by the clerk, entered upon or attached to the writ and return, constitutes the judgment roll.