Title 12.1 — Criminal Code

1. A person is guilty of an offense if he: a. Incites or urges five or more persons to create or engage in a riot; or b. Gives commands, instructions, or directions to five or more persons in furtherance of a riot. 2. "Riot" means a public disturbance involving an assemblage of f…

1. A person is guilty of a class B felony if the person: a. Knowingly supplies a firearm, dangerous weapon, or destructive device for use in a riot; b. Teaches another to prepare or use a firearm, dangerous weapon, or destructive device with intent that any such thing be used in …

1. A person is guilty of a class A misdemeanor if the person engages in a riot, as defined in section 12.1-25-01. 2. The provisions of subsection 3 of section 12.1-25-01 are applicable to attempt, solicitation, and conspiracy to commit an offense under this section. Mere presence…

A person is guilty of a class A misdemeanor if, during a riot as defined in section 12.1-25-01, or when one is immediately impending, the person disobeys a reasonable public safety order to move, disperse, or refrain from specified activities in the immediate vicinity of the riot…

As used in this chapter: 1. "Gambling" means risking any money, credit, deposit, or other thing of value for gain, contingent, wholly or partially, upon lot, chance, the operation of gambling apparatus, or the happening or outcome of an event, including an election or sporting ev…

Except as permitted by law: 1. It is an infraction to engage in gambling on private premises where the total amount wagered by an individual player exceeds twenty-five dollars per individual hand, game, or event. 2. It is a class A misdemeanor to: a. Sell, purchase, receive, or t…

1. A person is guilty of an offense if he: a. Operates a prostitution business or a house of prostitution; b. Induces or otherwise intentionally causes another to become engaged in sexual activity as a business; or c. Knowingly procures a prostitute for a prostitution business or…

1. A person is guilty of an offense if the person: a. Knowingly solicits a person to patronize a prostitute; b. Knowingly procures a prostitute for a patron; c. Knowingly leases or otherwise permits a place controlled by the actor, alone or in association with others, to be regul…

An adult is guilty of prostitution, a class B misdemeanor, if the adult: 1. Is an inmate of a house of prostitution or is otherwise engaged in sexual activity as a business; 2. Solicits another person with the intention of being hired to engage in sexual activity; or 3. Agrees to…

Testimony of a person against his or her spouse shall be admissible to prove offenses under this chapter involving that spouse's prostitution.

In this chapter: 1. A "house of prostitution" is any place where prostitution is regularly carried on by a person under the control, management, or supervision of another. 2. An "inmate" is a prostitute who acts as such in or through the agency of a house of prostitution. 3. A "p…

Except as provided in section 12.1-41-06, an individual who hires or offers or agrees to hire another individual with the intention of engaging in sexual activity is guilty of: 1. A class B misdemeanor for a first offense; and 2. A class A misdemeanor for a second or subsequent o…

A sentence for an offense under section 12.1-29-06 or chapter 12.1-41 may include an order for the offender to participate in an offender education program on the negative consequences of the commercial sex industry, including health and legal consequences and the impact on commu…

Repealed by S.L. 2019, ch. 112, § 2.

Repealed by S.L. 2019, ch. 112, § 2.

Repealed by S.L. 2019, ch. 112, § 2.

A retail business may not be required to be open on Sunday as a part of a lease agreement, franchise agreement, or any other contractual arrangement entered and executed before January 1, 2019. A violation of this section is a class A misdemeanor.

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…

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…

Repealed by S.L. 2025, ch. 145, § 17.

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…

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…

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…

Repealed by S.L. 1981, ch. 160, § 8.

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 …

Repealed by S.L. 2001, ch. 214, § 10.

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.

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…

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…

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, …

Offenses are divided into seven classes, which are denominated and subject to maximum penalties, as follows: 1. Class AA felony, for which a maximum penalty of life imprisonment without parole may be imposed. The court must designate whether the life imprisonment sentence imposed…

Any organization, as defined in section 12.1-03-04, shall, upon conviction, be subject to a maximum fine in accordance with the following classification: 1. For a class A felony, a maximum fine of one hundred thousand dollars. 2. For a class B felony, a maximum fine of seventy th…

1. a. Every person convicted of an offense who is sentenced by the court must be sentenced to one or a combination of the following alternatives, unless the sentencing alternatives are otherwise specifically provided in the statute defining the offense or sentencing is deferred u…

1. Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, a term of imprisonment must be imposed upon an offender and served without benefit of parole when: a. In the course of committing an offense, the offender inflicts or attempts to inflict bodily injury upon another, threatens o…

1. In addition to any other provision of law, when sentencing an individual convicted of a violation in chapter 19-03.1 for which there is a mandatory minimum sentence, the court may depart from the applicable mandatory minimum sentence if the court, in giving due regard to the n…

When an organization is convicted of an offense, the court may, in addition to any other sentence which may be imposed, require the organization to give notice of its conviction to the persons or class of persons ostensibly harmed by the offense, by mail or by advertising in desi…

1. Except as provided in this subsection, all procedural provisions relating to the trial of criminal cases as provided in the statutes or rules relating to criminal procedure shall apply to the trial of a person charged with an infraction. A person charged with an infraction is …

The following factors, or the converse thereof where appropriate, while not controlling the discretion of the court, shall be accorded weight in making determinations regarding the desirability of sentencing an offender to imprisonment: 1. The defendant's criminal conduct neither…

A person who violates subdivision d of subsection 1 or subdivision a of subsection 2 of section 12.1-20-03 may not receive a deferred imposition of sentence unless that person proves at sentencing by clear and convincing evidence that that person reasonably believed the victim to…

1. The court, in making a determination of the propriety of imposing a sentence to pay a fine, shall consider the following factors: a. The ability of the defendant to pay without undue hardship. b. Whether the defendant, other than a defendant organization, gained money or prope…

Repealed by S.L. 1989, ch. 158, § 18. 12.1-32-06.1. Length and termination of probation - Additional probation for violation of conditions - Penalty. 1. Except as provided in this section, the length of unsupervised probation imposed in conjunction with a sentence to probation or…

1. When the court imposes probation upon conviction for a felony offense subject to section 12.1-32-09.1 or 12.1-32-02.1, a second or subsequent violation of section 12.1-17-07.1, a second or subsequent violation of any domestic violence protection order, a violation of chapter 1…

1. Whenever a person has been placed on probation and in the judgment of the court that person has satisfactorily met the conditions of probation, the court shall cause to be issued to the person a final discharge from further supervision. 2. Whenever a person has been placed on …

1. Whenever the court orders that a person convicted of a felony is to be placed on probation, the clerk of the court in which the order is entered immediately shall make full copies of the judgment or order of the court with the conditions of probation and shall certify the same…

A probationer is considered an escapee and a fugitive from justice if the probationer leaves the jurisdiction before the expiration of the probationary period without permission of the court or the department of corrections and rehabilitation.

1. The sentencing court shall sentence an individual who has pled guilty to, or has been found guilty of, a class C felony offense or class A misdemeanor offense to a term of probation at the time of initial sentencing, except for an offense involving domestic violence; an offens…